Senior QA Engineer

Allied Consultants, Inc.•Austin, TX

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

Allied Consultants, Inc is a proudly Austin based firm with over 34 years of experience delivering top-tier technical and business professionals within Texas State Agencies. We are currently seeking 2 experienced Senior QA Engineer to play a key role within a high-impact technical services team. At Allied Consultants, we value our consultants and are committed to providing an exceptional experience including: Highly competitive pay rates Local support staff for responsive, personal service Comprehensive benefits package, including: Medical insurance (with employer cost sharing) Life insurance A 401(K) plan with company match Flexible spending through a cafeteria plan Candidates selected for interviews will be subject to a criminal background check and may be required to pass a drug screening, in compliance with federal and state regulations. All offers of employment are contingent upon successful completion of these checks. Allied Consultants is a proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. Skilled QA Engineer / Automation Tester with deep expertise in Selenium-based functional automation testing. This role requires a strong foundation in core testing principles, hands-on automation framework development, and the ability to ensure high-quality software delivery through structured, scalable, and reliable test solutions.

Requirements

7 Years Experience in Quality Assurance and testing
7 Years Strong hands-on expertise in Selenium WebDriver and other automation tools
7 Years Experience with Java (preferred) or C#/Python for automation scripting.
7 Years Experience building and maintaining automation frameworks from scratch.
7 Years Strong understanding of functional testing principles.
7 Years Experience with: TestNG / JUnit / NUnit, Maven / Gradle, Git
7 Years Experience integrating automation with CI/CD tools (Jenkins, Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions).
7 Years Experience with API testing tools (Postman, RestAssured, etc.).
7 Years Strong SQL knowledge for backend validation.
6 Years Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments.
6 Years Strong understanding of: Test planning and strategy, Test case design techniques (boundary value, equivalence partitioning), Regression strategy, Risk-based testing
6 Years Ability to independently own testing for a feature/module.

Nice To Haves

7 Years Experience with BDD frameworks (Cucumber, SpecFlow).
7 Years Experience with Selenium Grid / parallel execution.
7 Years Experience testing cloud-based applications (Azure/AWS).
7 Years Experience with performance testing tools (JMeter).
5 Years Experience with containerization (Docker).
5 Years Exposure to DevOps practices and shift-left testing.
5 Years Experience in microservices architecture testing.
5 Years Knowledge of security testing basics.

Responsibilities

Understands business objectives and problems, identifies alternative solutions, performs studies and cost/benefit analysis of alternatives.
Analyzes user requirements, procedures, and problems to automate processing or to improve existing computer system: Confers with personnel of organizational units involved to analyze current operational procedures, identify problems, and learn specific input and output requirements, such as forms of data input, how data is to be; summarized, and formats for reports.
Writes detailed description of user needs, program functions, and steps required to develop or modify computer program.
Reviews computer system capabilities, specifications, and scheduling limitations to determine if requested program or program change is possible within existing system.
Design, develop, and maintain robust 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 comprehensive test scenarios and test cases.
Collaborate with developers, product owners, and architects to clarify requirements.
Participate in Agile ceremonies (sprint planning, grooming, retrospectives).
Perform API testing (manual and automated).
Conduct defect tracking, root cause analysis, and impact assessment.
Ensure CI/CD pipeline integration of automation suites.
Provide test coverage analysis and quality metrics reporting.