QA Automation Engineer

Denver, United States | Posted on 08/01/2025 We are seeking a highly skilled and detail-oriented QAAutomation Engineer (Contractor) to join our IT department. This role is ideal for someone with deep experience inbuilding and maintaining automated test frameworks using SpecFlow, C#, andGherkin, and who thrives in a fast-paced Agile environment. The QA Automation Engineer will play a critical role inensuring the quality and reliability of our next-generation cloud-nativeenterprise applications by driving automation strategy, collaborating withcross-functional teams, and championing best practices in behavior-drivendevelopment (BDD). This is an exciting opportunity to shape testingstandards, modernize legacy frameworks, and contribute directly to thesuccess of a strategic technology transformation. Key Responsibilities: Extend and troubleshoot automated testing andbehavior-driven development (BDD) frameworks for .NET applications. Analyze existing libraries of executable specifications(e.g., Gherkin) to improve test resilience and refactor incorrect orunnecessary steps. Contribute to defining standards for test cases toensure clarity, consistency, and effectiveness. Use established standards to design and implement amodern cloud-native test framework to replace legacy SpecFlow-basedautomation. Participate in the design and architecture of anext-generation, cloud-native enterprise application to: Ensure adherenceto test automation standards, Ensure test automation is developed in parallel withapplication components. Collaborate cross-functionally with developers, productowners, and QA team members in an Agile Scrum environment to ensurehigh[1]quality software delivery. Conduct functional, regression, performance, andexploratory testing for critical application workflows, with a focus onautomated execution. Ensure coverage of usability, accessibility, andsecurity testing as part of automation strategy. Coordinate with internal business stakeholders and QApeers to facilitate user acceptance testing (UAT), including datavalidation and business rules alignment. Actively identify inefficiencies in test automationpipelines or regression coverage and propose improvements to increase testrobustness and execution speed. Requirements Mandatory Skill Sets Required Proven experience with SpecFlow, Gherkin, and C# forbuilding and maintaining automated test frameworks. Hands-on experience migrating or upgrading legacy testframeworks to cloud-native solutions. Strong understanding of executable specifications andtheir value in aligning business and technical teams. Familiarity with CI/CD tools and cloud platforms,particularly Azure DevOps. Exposure to performance, load, or security testing incloud environments. Familiarity with tools such as JIRA, qTest, or UiPathTest Manager for test planning and execution. Experience working in Agile environments, includingScrum or Kanban frameworks. 7+ years of experience in automated software testingwith emphasis on BDD and cloud-based environments. 5+ years of experience with Selenium / ChromeDriver. 5+ years building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines inAzure DevOps. 5+ years using Visual Studio / VS Code Nice to Have: Experience with non-functional testing such asaccessibility, performance, or security automation. Familiarity with tools like Tosca or alternative testorchestration platforms. Exposure to test data management tools or synthetictest data generation. #J-18808-Ljbffr Govserviceshub