Quality Assurance Automation Engineer

QA Automat

📍 Hybrid | Hartford, CT (Local Candidates Only)

🕒 12+ Month Contract (Extension Possible)

🗓️ Monday – Friday | 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM EST

🇺🇸 U.S. Citizen or Green Card Holder Required

Join a Mission-Critical Government Technology Initiative!

We are seeking an experienced QA Automation Tester to support the Connecticut Department of Children & Families (DCF) on its enterprise CCWIS Child Welfare System. This is an exciting opportunity to work on a large-scale, high-impact application where you'll play a key role in delivering secure, reliable, and high-quality software through modern automation and Agile testing practices.

What You'll Do

• Design, develop, and maintain robust automation frameworks and test scripts.
• Execute UI, API, backend, regression, integration, database, performance, security, accessibility, mobile, and manual testing.
• Create automated test cases from Agile user stories and acceptance criteria.
• Validate REST, SOAP, WCF, XML, and JSON integrations.
• Support CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps.
• Perform ADA, Section 508, WCAG, browser compatibility, and mobile compatibility testing.
• Collaborate with Developers, Product Owners, Business Analysts, and cross-functional teams.
• Create and maintain test plans, test cases, test data, defect reports, and QA documentation.
• Track defects through resolution and support end-to-end system integration testing.

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of QA Automation Testing experience.
• 5+ years of hands-on experience with the Azure DevOps Suite:
• Azure Boards
• Azure Repos
• Azure Pipelines
• Azure Test Plans
• Azure Artifacts
• 5+ years of automation experience using UFT, VBScript, or another programming language.
• Strong expertise in automation frameworks, manual testing, and QA best practices.
• AND
• Strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines and Agile/Scrum methodologies.
• Hands-on experience with regression, integration, database, performance, security, accessibility, and mobile testing.
• Experience working on at least two large-scale Agile software development projects.
• Excellent analytical, troubleshooting, and documentation skills.

Preferred Skills

• UFT
• VBScript
• C#
• .NET Framework
• REST & SOAP Web Services
• WCF
• SOAPUI
• SQL
• JavaScript & jQuery
• Salesforce
• SharePoint
• MuleSoft
• XML & JSON
• Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA)
• Virtualized Hosting Environments

Additional Requirements

• Must be a U.S. Citizen or Permanent Resident.
• Must be local to Connecticut and able to work in a hybrid environment.
• Must successfully pass DCF Child Protection and FBI Fingerprint Background Checks.