QA Engineer Automated 3

Title: QA Engineer Automated 3Location: Austin, TXDuration: 3 monthsJob Description:Level Description8 or more years of experience, relies on experience and judgement 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 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.II. CANDIDATE SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONSMinimum 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/PreferredExperience10RequiredManual Test Script Execution Experience8RequiredAutomated QA Testing Experience8RequiredQA Test Script Creation Experience8RequiredPerformance Testing Experience5PreferredQA Automated Test Case Reporting Experience5PreferredJavaScript, HTML Experience, Playwright, WebdriverIO, JMeter3PreferredAgile, Scrum, Jira, XRay, or Zephyr Experience3PreferredAccessibility Testing Experience