Title: Lead QA Automation Engineer
Duration: 6 Months (3 Years Ext)
Location: Austin, Texas 78751. The working position is Hybrid - On Site and Telework.
Position will be 3 days remote with 2 days (Mon & Thurs) required to be onsite at the location listed above. Program will only allow candidates who are Local to The Austin Area Only (Within 50-mile radius).
Summary:
Understands business objectives and problems, identifies alternative solutions, performs studies and cost/benefit analysis of alternatives. Analyzes user requirements, procedures, and problems to automate processing or to improve existing computer system: Confers with personnel of organizational units involved to analyze current operational procedures, identify problems, and learn specific input and output requirements, such as forms of data input, how data is to be; summarized, and formats for reports. Writes detailed description of user needs, program functions, and steps required to develop or modify computer program. Reviews computer system capabilities, specifications, and scheduling limitations to determine if requested program or program change is possible within existing system.
Skilled QA Engineer / Automation Tester with deep expertise in Selenium-based functional automation testing. This role requires a strong foundation in core testing principles, hands-on automation framework development, and the ability to ensure high-quality software delivery through structured, scalable, and reliable test solutions.
Key Responsibilities
Design, develop, and maintain robust automated test scripts using Selenium.
Build and enhance automation frameworks (data-driven, hybrid, or BDD).
Perform functional, regression, integration, and system testing.
Analyze business requirements and create comprehensive test scenarios and test cases.
Collaborate with developers, product owners, and architects to clarify requirements.
Participate in Agile ceremonies (sprint planning, grooming, retrospectives).
Perform API testing (manual and automated).
Conduct defect tracking, root cause analysis, and impact assessment.
Ensure CI/CD pipeline integration of automation suites.
Provide test coverage analysis and quality metrics reporting.
Required Skills:
7 Years of Required Experience in Quality Assurance and testing
7 Years of Required Strong hands-on expertise in Selenium WebDriver and other automation tools
7 Years of Required Experience with Java (preferred) or C#/Python for automation scripting.
7 Years of Required Experience building and maintaining automation frameworks from scratch.
7 Years of Required Strong understanding of functional testing principles.
7 Years of Required Experience with: TestNG / JUnit / NUnit, Maven / Gradle, Git
7 Years of Required Experience integrating automation with CI/CD tools (Jenkins, Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions).
7 Years of Required Experience with API testing tools (Postman, RestAssured, etc.).
7 Years of Required Strong SQL knowledge for backend validation.
6 Years of Required Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments.
6 Years of Required Strong understanding of: Test planning and strategy, Test case design techniques (boundary value, equivalence partitioning), Regression strategy, Risk-based testing
6 Years of Required Ability to independently own testing for a feature/module.
Preferred Skills:
7 Years of Preferred Experience with BDD frameworks (Cucumber, SpecFlow).
7 Years of Preferred Experience with Selenium Grid / parallel execution.
7 Years of Preferred Experience testing cloud-based applications (Azure/AWS).
7 Years of Preferred Experience with performance testing tools (JMeter).
5 Years of Preferred Experience with containerization (Docker).
5 Years of Preferred Exposure to DevOps practices and shift-left testing.
5 Years of Preferred Experience in microservices architecture testing.
5 Years of Preferred Knowledge of security testing basics.
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