Microsoft Playwright & PeopleSoft Technical Testing and Automation Consultant Oct 2026
Position: Technical Testing & Automation Consultant (Microsoft Playwright / PeopleSoft)
Type: Contract / Consulting
Location: Remote
Position Overview
CLIENT is initiating the use of Microsoft Playwright for technical testing across the IT department. To accelerate this effort, the client is seeking an experienced Technical Testing & Automation Consultant to assist in developing automated test scripts specifically tailored for PeopleSoft functional testing.
The primary goal of this engagement is to build robust, scalable end-to-end test suites while ensuring full knowledge transfer so that IT personnel can easily maintain, update, and extend the scripts moving forward.
Key Responsibilities
- Test Script Development: Design, write, and execute automated functional test scripts using Microsoft Playwright to validate PeopleSoft business processes and workflows.
- Framework Optimization: Ensure test scripts follow modular, maintainable, and readable architectural patterns (e.g., Page Object Model) so non-primary authors can easily update them.
- PeopleSoft Testing Strategy: Map functional requirements and end-to-end user scenarios in PeopleSoft Campus Solutions / Financials into reliable automated test cases.
- Knowledge Transfer & Mentorship: Provide clear documentation, maintenance guidelines, and hands-on training to staff to build internal proficiency with Playwright.
- Integration & Maintenance: Set up test structures and reporting mechanisms that allow IT to seamlessly maintain, run, and scale automated testing as PeopleSoft receives updates and patches.
Required Qualifications & Experience
- Microsoft Playwright Expertise: Hands-on, practical experience scripting automated test suites with Playwright (JavaScript/TypeScript or Python).
- PeopleSoft Functional Testing: Demonstrated experience writing and maintaining automated functional tests for PeopleSoft enterprise applications.
- Maintainability Focus: Proven track record of delivering clean, well-structured, and well-documented test code designed for long-term ownership by client teams.
- Test Automation Best Practices: Deep understanding of test architecture, dynamic wait strategies, element locators in complex web applications, and test execution reporting.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with automated testing in a Higher Education environment (Campus Solutions, Student Financials, HR, or Financials).
- Experience integrating Playwright scripts into CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, or Jenkins).
How to Apply / Proposal Requirements
Interested consultants or firms should submit:
- Resume / Profile highlighting specific experience with Playwright automation and PeopleSoft environments.
- Examples or Overview of maintainable test automation frameworks delivered on previous client engagements.
- Training & Hand-off Approach outlining how you prepare client teams to take full ownership of the scripts upon project completion.
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