Technology Specialist - IT Service, Support and Operations | Automated Testing | Automated Testing - ALL

Pay Rate Range: $ 45.00 - 46.32/hr. Job Title: Technology Specialist - IT Service, Support and Operations | Automated Testing | Automated Testing - ALL – Automation Lead Work Location & Reporting Address: Saint Paul, MN 55101 (Onsite-Hybrid. Will consider candidates willing to relocate to client's location) Contract duration: 6 Target Start Date: 01 May 2026 Does this position require Visa independent candidates only? Yes Must Have Skills: UI Test Automation using WDIO with JavaScript/Typescript/Node JS, java, HTML, JSON API Test Automation using Vitest - Typescript, XML, SQL Nice to Have Skills: In-sprint or sprint - 1 automation experience AI Exposure Detailed Job Description: Participate in design and specification reviews and use this information to design test plans. Provide creative ideas to ensure overall product and integration quality Recommend and influence the quality strategy for the team including both manual and automation testing. Comfortable with unknowns and able to drive ideas and solutions using AI Ensure automation code quality, leveragability, and maintainability Promote practices to further Continuous Delivery & Continuous Improvement Provide technical guidance to others on the QE team. Daily responsibilities: Agile Scrum with Jira, Xray, GitHub, GitHub Actions - test planning, development, execution, defect management Comfortable with unknown and AI. Contribute to Agile ceremonies, helps identify gaps, defines and streamline process. Ability to translate business requirements into test strategy and test cases, estimating Agile testing tasks o Good verbal and written communication Minimum Years of Experience: 5+ years Certifications Needed: None Top 3 responsibilities you would expect the Subcon to shoulder and execute: Interview Process (Is face to face required?) Virtual Any additional information you would like to share about the project specs/nature of work: