Quality Assurance Engineer

Quality Assurance EngineerLocation: Austin, TX Hybrid (1 Day Onsite) Client: Loblolly/State of TexasTexas Health and Human Services Commission requires the services of 1 QA Engineer Automated 3, 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).QA 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.The QA Engineer Automated is an Information Technology (IT) position and will provide testing services for the mandated enhancements of the Childcare Licensing Automation Support System (CLASS), Public Provider Portal and Classmate. This position will create test cases and scripts for functional and nonfunctional requirements, prepare test data, execute test scripts, analyze data, support user acceptance testing, and provide defect triaging. 20% travel into the office is required.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.8 - Required - Strong verbal and written skills in communicating with peers and different levels of users.8 - Required - Strong background in developing test suites in UFT or similar tool.8 - Required - Skilled with Database query languages (SQL, PL/SQL)6 - Preferred - Skilled in developing Requirements Traceability Matrices.6 - Preferred - Skilled in developing and executing Test Scripts6 - Preferred - Skilled in developing Test Plans and coordinating User Acceptance Testing6 - Preferred - Experience with general IT SDLC processes.4 - Preferred - Experience using JIRA for managing project/sprint tasks.4 - Preferred - Working in a Agile SDLC environment4 - Preferred - Experience using Jira to track work assignments.1 - Preferred - Experience working on projects utilizing agile project management methodologies.