Location: Austin, TX (Hybrid) LOCAL CANDIDATES ONLY
Duration: 4-Month Contract
Interview Process: In-Person
We are seeking an experienced Systems Analyst II with a strong background in Quality Assurance and test automation to support a Texas state agency in Austin. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in a structured environment and enjoys building scalable, high-quality testing solutions.
This position requires local Austin-area candidates and offers a hybrid schedule with a mix of onsite and remote work.
Key Responsibilities
• Design, develop, and maintain automated test scripts using Selenium
• Build and enhance automation frameworks (data-driven, hybrid, or BDD)
• Perform functional, regression, integration, and system testing
• Analyze business requirements and create detailed test scenarios and test cases
• Collaborate with developers, product owners, and technical teams
• Participate in Agile ceremonies (sprint planning, grooming, retrospectives)
• Perform API testing (manual and automated)
• Conduct defect tracking, root cause analysis, and impact assessment
• Integrate automation into CI/CD pipelines
• Provide test coverage analysis and quality metrics reporting
Required Qualifications
• 7+ years of experience in Quality Assurance and software testing
• Strong hands-on experience with Selenium WebDriver and automation tools
• Experience with Java (preferred), or C# or Python for automation scripting
• Proven experience building automation frameworks from scratch
• Strong understanding of functional testing principles
• Experience with TestNG, JUnit, or NUnit
• Experience with Maven or Gradle and version control (Git)
• Experience integrating automation with CI/CD tools (Jenkins, Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions)
• Experience with API testing tools (Postman, RestAssured, etc.)
• Strong SQL skills for backend validation
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments
• Strong knowledge of test planning, test case design techniques, and regression strategy
• Ability to independently own testing for a feature or module
• Strong defect lifecycle management experience
• Ability to think from an end-user perspective
Preferred Qualifications
• Experience with BDD frameworks (Cucumber, SpecFlow)
• Experience with Selenium Grid or parallel execution
• Experience testing cloud-based applications (Azure or AWS)
• Experience with performance testing tools (JMeter)
• Experience with containerization (Docker)
• Exposure to DevOps practices and shift-left testing
• Experience testing microservices architectures
• Knowledge of security testing basic
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