Quality Assurance IV

Position: Quality Assurance IV

Location: Phoenix, AZ 85003

Duration: 6 months contract with (Potential Temp to Hire)

Shift - 8 AM to 5:00 PM

Pay Rate: $62.71/hr. W2 without benefits

Position Description:

• The Senior Quality Assurance Analyst / Automation Engineer provides the strategic mind and technical means for testing all aspects of a software solution, balancing both deep functional analysis and robust technical automation.
• In this hybrid role, you will be a key driver on a team responsible for both functional testing and expanding the automation infrastructure of our state-of-the-art web-based judicial case management system. This is an exciting opportunity for a professional who loves diving into business requirements, designing thorough test cases, and translating them into code.
• You will plug directly into a well-established automation framework utilizing the latest Selenium WebDriver, delivering continuous automated testing and reporting throughout the development cycle.

Skills Required

• Advanced Functional Testing, Black Box Testing, Integration Testing, System Testing, ADA Testing (WCAG), and User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
• UI Testing and Automated Testing strategies.
• Web Service testing (SOAP/REST/JSON).
• Agile development lifecycle (Scrum/Agile).
• Balancing hands-on Functional Testing with Automated UI Testing seamlessly on a single project cycle.
• Advanced test case design, requirements traceability matrices, and translating complex business rules into structured test scenarios.
• Building and maintaining POM-based automation frameworks using Selenium WebDriver, Playwright, and C#/Java.
• Writing SQL queries for data verification and back-end testing. Utilizing relative XPath language/expressions and object-oriented design principles.
• Azure DevOps, GitHub, Git, and source control using Visual Studio 2022 or above.
• Effective verbal and written communication with all levels of the organization.
• Act as both the analytical gatekeeper of business logic and the technical automation developer on a project.
• Work efficiently with minimal supervision as a highly motivated self-starter.
• Create comprehensive test plans and articulate successful measures for evaluating software.
• Dual-Role Execution: Actively perform hands-on functional testing, black box testing, and manual exploratory testing while simultaneously writing and maintaining automated UI scripts for the same feature sets.
• AI-Driven Testing: Leverage AI utilities, including GitHub Copilot, Modern Requirements, and Copilot for DevOps, to accelerate the development of test scenarios, test case documentation, and automated script execution.
• Test Design: Translate complex business and functional requirements into highly structured, reusable test cases in Azure DevOps, maintaining a rigorous regression suite.
• Automation Engineering: Utilize Selenium WebDriver and/or Playwright to create, execute, and maintain smoke and regression tests. Defect & Data Tracking: Articulate defects with concise, technical steps enabling development teams to rapidly reproduce a condition.
• Framework Analysis: Interpret daily automated test reports to isolate application defects versus script maintenance issues.
• Collaboration: Partner with developers, fellow testers, and business stakeholders to ensure complete test coverage (positive/negative, cross-browser, integration) and meet strict sprint deadlines.

Experience Required

• 5-10 years in functional testing 5 years in automated testing
• Education: Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Business, or a related field.
• Five (5) years of combined experience in both software functional analysis/testing and test automation engineering.

Salary : $55 - $62