Quality Assurance Automation Engineer

Position: QA Automation Engineer (Healthcare) Location: Bloomfield, CT/ Franklin, TN Employment: ContractWhile professional experience and qualifications are key for this role, make sure to check you have the preferable soft skills before applying if required.Job Summary: As a Senior End-to-End Integration QA Engineer to support the CMS Burden Reduction / CMS Interoperability program. This role is heavily focused on API testing and validation of HL7 FHIR-based healthcare APIs, ensuring regulatory compliance, data integrity, and high-quality end-to-end integrations across complex healthcare systems. Responsibilities: - Own and execute end-to-end API and integration testing for CMS Burden Reduction Initiatives Validate HL7 FHIR-based REST APIs including payloads, schemas, headers, authentication, and error handling. Perform deep API validation across upstream and downstream systems and integration partners. Ensure data accuracy, integrity, and regulatory compliance across API workflows Agile & Program Enablement Participate in Pre-PI Planning, PI Planning & break-outs, Release retrospectives, and Technical Design Walkthroughs Engage in Sprint Planning, daily stand-ups, and System Demos as part of System QA/QE Test Planning, Design & Execution Contribute to Test Strategy during PI Planning (scenarios, dependencies, risks, regression impact). Provide end-to-end test estimates for assigned features (story points). Define and review Acceptance Criteria using GIVEN-WHEN-THEN format Design, automate, and execute end-to-end test scenarios (positive, negative, integration). Identify test data needs and provide inputs for integrated test environment setup. Execute tests based on business priority and critical paths. xywuqvp Walk through test evidence and provide demos for feature acceptance. Defect Management & Governance Collaborate with Product Owner, Architects, Developers, RTE, and QE. Leads on defect management Support warranty and post-production validation Maintain daily Jira updates for features, test execution, and defects Required Mandatory Skills API Testing End-to-End Testing Integration Testing HL7 FHIR REST APIs