Senior Quality Assurance Automation Engineer (Austin)

Allied Consultants, Inc is a proudly Austin based firm with over 34 years of experience delivering top-tier technical and business professionals within Texas State Agencies. We are currently seeking an experience Senior QA Automation Engineer to play a key role within a high-impact technical services team.Work Location:Hybrid, 2 days onsite (Mondays & Tuesdays) and 3 days remote (Wednesdays, Thursdays & Fridays). Candidates must be local to Austin, TX**ResponsibilitiesLevel Description8 or more years of experience, relies on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals, independently performs a variety of complicated tasks, a wide degree of creativity and latitude is expected.Job DescriptionQA 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 considerationsThis QA Engineer Automated 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.QualificationsMinimum Requirements:10 years of:Manual Test Script Execution Experience8 years of:Automated QA Testing ExperienceQA Test Script Creation ExperiencePerformance Testing ExperiencePreferred:5 years of:QA Automated Test Case Reporting ExperienceJavaScript, HTML Experience, Playwright, WebdriverIO, JMeter3 years of:Agile, Scrum, Jira, XRay, or Zephyr ExperienceAccessibility Testing ExperienceOverviewAt Allied Consultants, we value our consultants and are committed to providing an exceptional experience including:Highly competitive pay ratesLocal support staff for responsive, personal serviceComprehensive benefits package, including:Medical insurance (with employer cost sharing)Life insuranceA 401(K) plan with company matchFlexible spending through a cafeteria planCandidates selected for interviews will be subject to a criminal background check and may be required to pass a drug screening, in compliance with federal and state regulations. All offers of employment are contingent upon successful completion of these checks.Allied Consultants is a proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.