Analyst/Developer - Specialty 2 - Austin, TX (Hybrid) - Contract (W2)

Title: - Analyst/Developer - Specialty 2 Location: - Austin, TX (Hybrid) Duration: - 12 Months of contract (W2) Description Required: Manual and Quality Assurance/QA experience Language: Java and C# Tools: Playwright, Github, and Bowser Stack Top 3 Must-have Hard Skills • QA experience • QA automation • Mobile, desktop, and web testing Responsibilities • Work with Engineering team to define test strategy and approach for automated and manual testing of APIs, Database and UI (web and mobile-web) applications. • Design and build test automation that is resilient and robust • Create, manage, execute, and maintain automation test scripts • Share knowledge, mentor and educate software engineers on test best practices and approach • Create comprehensive test plans alongside development which provide outstanding code coverage and that can be traced to use cases/stories • Create test cases for features/functions; with detailed steps to perform and expected results • Execute test cases, provide results, and create resulting defects with diagnostic information for proper triage • Participate in and contribute test effort estimates in Sprint/Release planning sessions • Be passionate about driving quality throughout the product lifecycle • Responsible for ensuring that all security, availability, confidentiality, and privacy policies and controls are adhered as per the process. • 3+ years of specialized experience in automated testing of UI (web and mobile), API and Database, Batch Jobs • Test best practices, automation, test plans, and testing methodology • Test case management skills • Experience with one or more general-purpose programming or scripting languages • Strong SQL knowledge and experience • Strong understanding of complex, enterprise architecture • Experience in working in various layers of a complex application stack: • Debugging complex applications issues through code review and log review • Strong test plan organization and test execution planning skills in a CI and Agile environment • Excellent technical communication skills, problem solving aptitude, and out-of-the box thinking