Sr. Quality Engineer - Performance & Automation (Contract)

Job Title: Sr. Quality Engineer - Performance & Automation (Contract)
Location: Columbus, OH
Work Model: Hybrid preferred — Tuesday through Thursday onsite, Monday and Friday remote
Rate: $70–$80/hour
Contract Term: August 17, 2026 – August 16, 2027
Possibility of Extension: Yes
Employment Type: W-2 Only
Work Authorization: U.S. Citizens Only | Green Card holders also eligible; no visa sponsorship available

Position Overview

We are seeking a highly skilled Sr. Quality Engineer - Performance & Automation to support enterprise technology initiatives through hands-on performance engineering and test automation. This role will serve as a shared quality engineering resource across multiple strategic programs and platforms, with an initial focus on the Work and Asset Management (WAM) portfolio.

The Sr. Quality Engineer will be responsible for designing, developing, executing, and maintaining automated and performance testing solutions that improve application quality, reduce delivery risk, and support successful project releases. This role will partner closely with project teams, developers, business analysts, test leads, infrastructure teams, and enterprise quality stakeholders to identify testing needs, troubleshoot issues, analyze results, and implement scalable testing solutions.

The ideal candidate brings strong hands-on experience with both test automation and performance engineering , including tools such as Tricentis Tosca and NeoLoad , along with experience testing SAP, Salesforce, web, API, integration, and cloud-based applications. Utility industry experience is preferred.

Key Responsibilities

Performance Engineering

• Design, develop, and execute performance, load, stress, scalability, endurance, and volume testing activities.
• Create and maintain reusable performance test assets, scripts, scenarios, and frameworks using NeoLoad and enterprise-standard performance testing tools.
• Analyze performance test results to identify application, infrastructure, database, integration, API, and cloud-related bottlenecks.
• Define performance baselines, success criteria, thresholds, and release readiness recommendations.
• Support performance testing across SAP, Salesforce, web, API, integration, and cloud-based platforms.
• Partner with application, infrastructure, and delivery teams to troubleshoot performance issues and validate remediation actions.
• Communicate performance findings, risks, and recommendations clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Test Automation

• Design, develop, maintain, and execute automated test suites using Tricentis Tosca and related automation technologies.
• Expand automation coverage across business-critical workflows, regression testing activities, and enterprise application releases.
• Develop automated testing solutions for web applications, APIs, SAP, Salesforce, and enterprise integrations.
• Maintain automation assets to ensure accuracy, reusability, scalability, and alignment with project needs.
• Support automation framework enhancements, execution optimization, reporting improvements, and test coverage expansion.
• Contribute to CI/CD and continuous testing initiatives by integrating automated testing into delivery pipelines where applicable.

Shared Resource Delivery Support

• Support multiple enterprise initiatives as a hands-on performance and automation quality engineering resource.
• Partner with project teams to identify automation opportunities, performance testing needs, testing risks, and release readiness concerns.
• Develop reusable testing assets, scripts, frameworks, and standards that improve quality and efficiency across programs.
• Troubleshoot test execution issues, automation failures, performance defects, and integration-related problems.
• Collaborate with delivery teams to support test execution, defect resolution, quality reviews, and deployment readiness.
• Provide technical guidance related to Tosca , NeoLoad , automation best practices, and performance testing approaches.

Enterprise Application & Integration Testing

• Support testing activities for complex enterprise platforms, including SAP, Salesforce, web, API, integration, and cloud-based applications.
• Test REST and SOAP APIs, enterprise integrations, distributed application workflows, and end-to-end business processes.
• Validate performance and automation coverage across interconnected systems and business-critical workflows.
• Support quality engineering needs across the WAM portfolio and other strategic enterprise initiatives as assigned.
• Work with delivery teams to ensure test strategies account for upstream/downstream dependencies, data needs, integration points, and business process impacts.

Reporting, Analysis & Continuous Improvement

• Analyze test results, performance trends, automation outcomes, defects, and execution data.
• Prepare reports, dashboards, summaries, and recommendations related to testing progress, risks, quality metrics, and release readiness.
• Identify opportunities to improve test automation coverage, performance testing maturity, execution efficiency, and quality engineering practices.
• Support continuous improvement of testing frameworks, standards, processes, and reusable assets.
• Help drive consistent quality engineering practices across projects and shared service delivery models.

Day-to-Day Responsibilities

• Build, maintain, and execute automated test scripts using Tricentis Tosca or similar tools.
• Design and run performance tests using NeoLoad or comparable performance testing platforms.
• Analyze performance results and identify bottlenecks across applications, integrations, infrastructure, databases, and cloud services.
• Partner with delivery teams to understand testing needs, business workflows, integration points, and release timelines.
• Support testing for SAP, Salesforce, web, API, cloud, and enterprise integration environments.
• Troubleshoot automation failures, test execution issues, and application performance concerns.
• Develop reusable test assets, automation frameworks, performance scripts, and reporting outputs.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies, testing discussions, defect reviews, and release readiness conversations.
• Provide technical recommendations to improve automation coverage, testing efficiency, and application quality.

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on Quality Engineering experience supporting enterprise applications.
• 3+ years of hands-on test automation development experience using Tricentis Tosca or similar automation tools.
• 3+ years of hands-on performance testing and analysis experience using NeoLoad or comparable performance testing tools.
• Experience testing SAP, Salesforce, web, API, integration, and/or cloud-based applications.
• Experience testing REST/SOAP APIs, integrations, and distributed enterprise applications.
• Experience designing, executing, and maintaining automated and performance testing assets in Agile delivery environments.
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills with the ability to identify and communicate performance bottlenecks and recommendations.
• Ability to work across multiple initiatives in a shared resource delivery model.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to collaborate across project, development, infrastructure, business, and quality teams.
• Ability to operate independently, manage priorities, and deliver high-quality testing assets within project timelines.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with SAP S/4HANA , SAP Fiori , Salesforce Lightning , and enterprise integrations.
• Experience using Dynatrace or similar application performance monitoring tools.
• Experience implementing performance testing within Agile and CI/CD delivery models.
• Experience supporting multiple projects within a shared-services delivery model.
• Utility industry experience.
• Experience supporting Work and Asset Management or enterprise asset management platforms.
• Experience with continuous testing, test data management, and quality engineering process improvement.

Core Competencies

• Quality Engineering
• Test Automation
• Performance Engineering
• Tricentis Tosca
• NeoLoad
• SAP Testing
• Salesforce Testing
• API Testing
• REST / SOAP Testing
• Integration Testing
• Agile Delivery
• CI/CD Testing
• Performance Analysis
• Defect Troubleshooting
• Release Readiness
• Shared Services Delivery

Ideal Candidate Profile

The ideal candidate is a hands-on quality engineering professional with strong experience in both performance testing and test automation. They should be comfortable supporting multiple enterprise initiatives, building reusable testing assets, analyzing complex performance issues, and partnering with delivery teams to improve quality and reduce release risk. Experience with Tosca, NeoLoad, SAP, Salesforce, APIs, enterprise integrations, and utility environments would be especially valuable.