QA Automation Engineer

Creative G C; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Creative G C is seeking a QA Automation Engineer for a long-term Public Sector IT consulting engagement. The role is NYC hybrid (3 days onsite).

The candidate will design, develop, and execute automated tests for web and mobile apps and will work across QA, UI/UX, and development teams to maintain high quality standards. Key tasks include creating scalable automation frameworks using Selenium WebDriver, Java, Maven, and TestNG; REST API testing with RestAssured and Postman; performance testing

Qualifications

• 4+ years of professional experience in quality assurance, software testing, or test automation.
• Strong hands-on experience creating, executing, and managing automated test scripts.
• Strong experience with Selenium WebDriver, Java, Maven, and TestNG.
• Experience developing and maintaining automation frameworks using the Page Object Model and testing best practices.
• Experience with REST API testing using RestAssured, Postman, or comparable tools.
• Experience creating and executing performance tests using Apache JMeter.
• Strong experience writing complex SQL queries using Microsoft SQL Server and/or PostgreSQL.
• Experience validating data accuracy and performing database testing.
• Experience testing web-based and mobile applications.
• Experience with CI/CD-based testing and continuous quality validation.
• Experience with test management and quality tools such as Azure DevOps/Azure, Zephyr, Jira, Balsamiq, and Microsoft Visio, or comparable tools.
• Familiarity with IDE tools, logging frameworks such as Log4j, and software testing utilities.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, documentation, and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, implement, and execute automated test solutions for web and mobile applications.
• Verify application features, functionality, integrations, and enhancements against business and technical requirements.
• Collaborate with business users, UI/UX designers, software developers, database engineers, and infrastructure teams to maintain application quality standards.
• Analyze business requirements and translate them into test scenarios, test cases, and automation scripts.
• Develop and maintain automated testing solutions to support application releases and CI/CD processes.
• Create and maintain scalable test automation frameworks using Selenium WebDriver, Java, Maven, TestNG, and Page Object Model.
• Develop and execute REST API test scripts using tools such as RestAssured and Postman.
• Create, maintain, and execute performance test scripts using Apache JMeter.
• Evaluate application response times, scalability, stability, and performance, and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Write and execute complex SQL queries to validate application data and ensure database accuracy.
• Perform database testing across Microsoft SQL Server and PostgreSQL environments.
• Validate web and mobile applications for functionality, compatibility, cross-browser accessibility, and quality standards.
• Support application security and quality validation activities.
• Identify, document, track, and communicate defects and testing issues through resolution.
• Maintain test documentation, automation scripts, test results, and quality assurance artifacts.
• Participate in continuous improvement of testing processes, frameworks, and quality standards.
• Support test planning, execution, reporting, and release-readiness assessments.

Skills

QA/Testing

Analytical skills

Troubleshooting

Documentation

Communication skills

Tools

Selenium WebDriver

Java

Maven

TestNG

Page Object Model

RestAssured

Postman

JMeter

Azure DevOps

Jira

Balsamiq

Visio

Log4j

Job description

QA Automation Engineer for a long-term Public Sector IT consulting engagement.

Experience: 4+ years
Location: NYC hybrid (3 days) - local NY/NJ only

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, implement, and execute automated test solutions for web and mobile applications.
• Verify application features, functionality, integrations, and enhancements against business and technical requirements.
• Collaborate with business users, UI/UX designers, software developers, database engineers, and infrastructure teams to maintain application quality standards.
• Analyze business requirements and translate them into test scenarios, test cases, and automation scripts.
• Develop and maintain automated testing solutions to support application releases and CI/CD processes.
• Create and maintain scalable test automation frameworks using Selenium WebDriver, Java, Maven, TestNG, and Page Object Model.
• Develop and execute REST API test scripts using tools such as RestAssured and Postman.
• Create, maintain, and execute performance test scripts using Apache JMeter.
• Evaluate application response times, scalability, stability, and performance, and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Write and execute complex SQL queries to validate application data and ensure database accuracy.
• Perform database testing across Microsoft SQL Server and PostgreSQL environments.
• Validate web and mobile applications for functionality, compatibility, cross-browser accessibility, and quality standards.
• Support application security and quality validation activities.
• Identify, document, track, and communicate defects and testing issues through resolution.
• Maintain test documentation, automation scripts, test results, and quality assurance artifacts.
• Participate in continuous improvement of testing processes, frameworks, and quality standards.
• Support test planning, execution, reporting, and release-readiness assessments.

Required Qualifications

• 4+ years of professional experience in quality assurance, software testing, or test automation.
• Strong hands-on experience creating, executing, and managing automated test scripts.
• Strong experience with Selenium WebDriver, Java, Maven, and TestNG.
• Experience developing and maintaining automation frameworks using the Page Object Model and testing best practices.
• Experience with REST API testing using RestAssured, Postman, or comparable tools.
• Experience creating and executing performance tests using Apache JMeter.
• Strong experience writing complex SQL queries using Microsoft SQL Server and/or PostgreSQL.
• Experience validating data accuracy and performing database testing.
• Experience testing web-based and mobile applications.
• Experience with CI/CD-based testing and continuous quality validation.
• Experience with test management and quality tools such as Azure DevOps/Azure, Zephyr, Jira, Balsamiq, and Microsoft Visio, or comparable tools.
• Familiarity with IDE tools, logging frameworks such as Log4j, and software testing utilities.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, documentation, and communication skills.