Quality Assurance Analyst for HHSC, Austin, TX

Quality Assurance Analyst for HHSC
Agency: Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC)
Solicitation Number: 529601661
Primary Work location: 74601 W Guadalupe Street, Austin, Texas 78751.
Telework Policy: Position is ONSITE/Hybrid at the location listed above (Remote - Mondays, Thursdays, Fridays ---ONSITE - Tuesdays and Wednesdays). The program will only accept LOCAL ONLY candidates for this position.
Hours: Monday through Friday from 8:00 AM through 5:00 PM, excluding State holidays when the agency is closed. Some nights and weekends as needed.
Visa/Contracting Type: W-2 employment with benefits. Must be US Citizen, EAD, or Green Card Holder. No H1-B's, 1099's, or Corp-to-Corp.

Required/Preferred Skills:

• 10 years, Required - Experience in manual test script execution
• 8 years, Required - Experience in automated QA testing
• 8 years, Required - Experience in QA test script creation
• 8 years, Required - Experience in performance testing
• 5 years, Preferred - Experience in QA Automated Test Case Reporting
• 5 years, Preferred - JavaScript, HTML Experience, Playwright, WebdriverIO, JMeter
• 3 years, Preferred - Experience in Agile, Scrum, Jira, XRay, or Zephyr
• 3 years, Preferred - Experience in accessibility testing

8 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.

• QA automation engineers design automated tests by creating scripts that run testing functions automatically. 
• Determining the priority for test scenarios and creating execution plans to implement these scenarios. 
• Designing documentation for automated processes.

This QA Engineer Automated 3 contractor position performs Quality Assurance activities for an application for the (PCS) Contract Operations team.

• 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.
• 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.

Texas Health and Human Services Commission requires the services of 1 QA Engineer Automated 3, hereafter referred to as Candidate(s), who meets the general qualifications of QA Engineer Automated 3, Quality Assurance (QA) and Testing and the specifications outlined in this document for the Texas Health and Human Services Commission.

All work products resulting from the project shall be considered "works made for hire" and are the property of the Texas Health and Human Services Commission and may include pre-selection requirements that potential Vendors (and their Candidates) submit to and satisfy criminal background checks as authorized by Texas law. Texas Health and Human Services Commission will pay no fees for interviews or discussions, which occur during the process of selecting a Candidate(s).