Sr. SQA Test Automation Engineer
anvetaCarlsbad (CA)
Sr. SQA Test Automation Engineer
Posted 3 days ago
anvetaCarlsbad (CA)
SENIORITY
Senior
SALARY
$75/hr
About the role
Sr. SQA Test Automation Engineer Contract position on the Vendor Products and Quality team. Bill Rate: $75/hr.
Duration: 6 months (possible ongoing extensions)
Location: Hybrid (preferably local)
Level of Education and Discipline: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related technical field, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Technical Skills:
Proficiency in one or more programming/scripting languages (e.g., Java, Python, C#, JavaScript, Groovy).Hands-on experience designing, developing, and maintaining automated test frameworks. Experience with UI, API, and integration test automation using industry-standard tools (e.g., Selenium, Playwright, Katalon Studio, Cypress, TestNG, JUnit, REST, SOAP, JSON, Kafka tools).Strong knowledge of software QA methodologies, test lifecycle, and defect tracking processes. Well-versed with tools such as HP ALM, Jira, Xray and Confluence. Experience working in Agile development environments and integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines (e.g. Jenkins, GitHub).
Core Competencies:
Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills with a focus on improving quality metrics.
Effective communication and collaboration skills in cross-functional team environments.
Ability to work independently and contribute to team deliverables.
Certifications:
- Testing certifications from reputable organizations such as ISTQB or other relevant QA/Software Testing certifications desirable.
- Type of Experience:7–10+ years of experience in QA engineering, with demonstrated leadership in automation strategy, framework design, and process improvement.
- Experience mentoring junior engineers and leading test automation initiatives.
- Experience with performance, load, or security testing tools and practices.
- Strong experience with test data management, environment management, and service virtualization.
- Familiarity with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP) and microservices architectures.
- Experience with Behavior-Driven Development (BDD) frameworks (e.g., Cucumber, SpecFlow).Experience in integrating automated tests within test management tools (e.g. HP ALM, JIRA) and cloud testing services (SauceLabs, LambdaTest, etc.).Own the shift-left strategy end-to-end:
- Integrate, support, and monitor a push button solution in CI/CDImprove and expand the automation framework as more AUTs are integrated
- Continue to research and integrate libraries/tools into the automation framework to increase quality and reduce in house code
- Continue to monitor/enhance execution time through code performance, multi-threading, cloud execution, etc.
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