Job Details

***POSTIONS IS HYBRID - Onsite Tuesdays and Wednesdays Austin, TX***
***Candidate must already reside in Austin, TX***

Job Description
QA automation engineers design automated tests by creating scripts that run testing functions automatically. This includes determining the priority for test scenarios and creating execution plans to implement these scenarios. Designing documentation for automated processes.

Additional job details and special considerations
This QA Engineer Automated 3 contractor position performs Quality Assurance activities for an application for the (PCS) Contract Operations team. This application is part of an initiative to enhance and update the System Contract Operating and Reporting application to create a more robust and comprehensive system for agency contract management, monitoring, and compliance activities. This position is part of the Administrative Applications Software Quality Assurance team and is responsible for developing and maintaining automated test cases using Playwright or similar technology, and for developing and maintaining test scripts for both manual and automated testing. Perform manual testing as required. Track test case execution. Establish regular automated schedules for test cases and required reporting. Use Jira to log and track defects. Develop and maintain requirements traceability matrices. Must have experience working in an Agile environment. Support the development team as needed in dev, test, UAT, and production, and troubleshoot test cases as required. Lead UAT testing activities as needed. Available for on-call support as needed.

CANDIDATE SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS/Minimum Requirements:

Years Required/Preferred Experience
10 Required Experience in manual test script execution
8 Required Experience in automated QA testing
8 Required Experience in QA test script creation
8 Required Experience in performance testing
5 Preferred Experience in QA Automated Test Case Reporting
5 Preferred JavaScript, HTML Experience, Playwright, WebdriverIO, JMeter
3 Preferred Experience in Agile, Scrum, Jira, XRay, or Zephyr
3 Preferred Experience in accessibility testing