Test Automation Engineer

Job Description

Job Description

Advantage Tech is Hiring! We are looking for a Test Automation Engineer for our Kansas City Client.

Job Summary:

The Information Technology department is responsible for supporting business systems, applications, and technology solutions.

This role supports QA, developers, business partners, and release teams and plays a key role in developing and executing automated testing coverage that validates functional and regression requirements for assigned applications and user stories within established guidelines and service level expectations.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain automated test scripts for assigned applications and user stories using approved frameworks, coding standards, and reusable components to validate functional and regression requirements.
• Execute automated test suites in local and shared environments, review results for accuracy, and identify failures, flaky tests, and coverage gaps that require follow-up.
• Troubleshoot failed tests to determine whether the cause is an application defect, data issue, environment instability, or script error, and escalate findings with clear supporting evidence.
• Prepare and maintain test data, input combinations, and business scenarios that reflect core life insurance and annuity workflows so automated tests validate realistic processing conditions.
• Contribute to shared automation framework components, utilities, and object repositories to improve script reliability, readability, and reuse across team projects.
• Document automated test cases, execution outcomes, known issues, and script changes so team members can reproduce results and support audits or release reviews.
• Collaborate with QA, developers, and business partners to clarify requirements, assess testability, and identify automation candidates within assigned work.
• Continue building core C# and automation skills while deepening understanding of Americo's insurance products and systems to increase independence over time.

Required Qualifications:

• Junior college/two-year college training, or equivalent relevant IT experience.
• Foundational QA skills, including requirement analysis, defect tracking, and troubleshooting.
• Familiarity with basic programming and object-oriented concepts, particularly C#.
• Experience adding automated tests to an existing framework using Selenium WebDriver or a comparable tool.
• Basic familiarity with API and web services testing concepts, including REST, SoapUI, or Postman.
• Strong analytical, critical thinking, time management, and task management skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience executing automated suites within established CI/CD pipelines and interpreting results.
• Exposure to maintaining shared automation framework components, utilities, or object repositories.