QA Automation/ Manual Tester

Sr. QA Automation/Manual TesterPosition Type: Contract Location: New York, NY Visa Status: GC,USC, H4EADThe IT Business Systems Delivery (BSD) Customer Engagement Pega team collaborates with our Customer Operations and Energy Services business partners to support, manage, and implement a portfolio of IT system capital initiatives. This IT group oversees each project from its inception to deployment, offering essential IT support needed to either improve existing systems, develop or upgrade interfaces, and design, test, and launch new applications. We are looking for a QA Automation/Manual Engineer to boost our Team's ability to deliver top-notch software solutions. In this position, you will play a crucial role in advancing our software quality assurance lifecycle by working closely with the development teams to formulate test strategies and craft both automated and manual tests to ensure our releases uphold the highest criteria. Additionally, your skills will be vital in maintaining our Continuous Integration(CI) processes and resolving system problems.ResponsibilitiesDrive the software quality assurance lifecycle within an Agile/ waterfall processEstablish and coordinate test strategies with development/product teamsDesign and implement test plans and test casesDevelop and execute automated/ manual UI and functional testsEnhance and maintain automated CI flowsReview and validate UAT test resultsTroubleshoot issues in systems under testTechnical Skills Must HaveAgile TesterAPI TestingAutomated TestingBA/UAT TesterManual TestingRequirementsBS/MS degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.8+ years of experience as a Software Development Engineer in Test.Experience with web application testing and Continuous Integration processes.Familiarity with version control, defect tracking, and test management tools (ADO, JIRA, RCLM).Knowledge of SQL databases.Experience with automation testing using Selenium, Playwright.Experience with API testing using postman or SoapUI.Experience with performance testing tools using JMeter, LoadRunner, etc.