QA Engineer
Location: Austin, TX
Job Type: contract
Company: IDR
Category: Quality Assurance
Job Description Apply Now
QA EngineerTerms: 6+ Mo CT
Location: On-site Monday + Thursday, 701 W 51st St Austin, Texas 78751
Bill Rate: $119.00/hour
Pay Rate: $74.00/hour w2 | $86.00/hour c2c
Interview Process: 2 rounds of interview
Subs: 2 roles 1 slot - due 2/24
vendor should submit that candidate resume to ITSAC_RFR@hhs.texas.gov.
Essential Job Functions
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.
Top Skills:
Minimum Requirements:
Candidates that do not meet or exceed the minimum stated requirements (skills/experience) will be displayed to customers but may not be chosen for this opportunity.YearsRequired/PreferredExperience7RequiredExperience in Quality Assurance and testing7RequiredStrong hands-on expertise in Selenium WebDriver and other automation tools7RequiredExperience with Java (preferred) or C#/Python for automation scripting.7RequiredExperience building and maintaining automation frameworks from scratch.7RequiredStrong understanding of functional testing principles.7RequiredExperience with: TestNG / JUnit / NUnit, Maven / Gradle, Git7RequiredExperience integrating automation with CI/CD tools (Jenkins, Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions).7RequiredExperience with API testing tools (Postman, RestAssured, etc.).7RequiredStrong SQL knowledge for backend validation.6RequiredExperience working in Agile/Scrum environments.6RequiredStrong understanding of: Test planning and strategy, Test case design techniques (boundary value, equivalence partitioning), Regression strategy, Risk-based testing6RequiredAbility to independently own testing for a feature/module.7PreferredExperience with BDD frameworks (Cucumber, SpecFlow).7PreferredExperience with Selenium Grid / parallel execution.7PreferredExperience testing cloud-based applications (Azure/AWS).7PreferredExperience with performance testing tools (JMeter).5PreferredExperience with containerization (Docker).5PreferredExposure to DevOps practices and shift-left testing.5PreferredExperience in microservices architecture testing.5PreferredKnowledge of security testing basics.
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