QA Automation Engineer

Guidehouse Inc.; San Antonio (TX); Remote; USD 70,000 - 116,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision Insurance

401(k) Retirement Plan

Parental Leave

Tuition Reimbursement

Job summary

Guidehouse Inc. is seeking an experienced QA/Test Automation Engineer to develop and maintain automated test scripts using Playwright across multiple workflows. You will design UI automation, lead CI/CD integration, and perform manual testing for high-quality deployments.

The role requires AWS experience, familiar with Vue.js, Python, Django, and S3 services, and an ability to work remotely with a distributed team in an Agile environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or four additional years of relevant experience in lieu of a degree.
• 4+ years of quality assurance, software testing, or enterprise systems development.
• 2+ years of QA/testing support for AWS workloads.
• Experience in both manual and automated testing.
• Strong Playwright with JavaScript/TypeScript experience.
• Experience integrating CI/CD with AWS services.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and execute automated test scripts across multiple user roles and workflows.
• Design UI automation with Playwright for reliable test coverage.
• Lead test automation initiatives including CI/CD pipeline integration.
• Conduct manual testing and perform regression testing of features.
• Create and organize testing suites in TestRails or similar tools.
• Periodically run full manual test suites for regression testing.
• Peer reviews of test automation code to ensure quality and consistency.
• Communicate results, defects, risks, and recommendations to stakeholders.

Skills

Remote collaboration

Mentoring teammates

Agile delivery

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Playwright

TypeScript

Postman

Swagger

GitHub Actions

AWS

Vue.js

Python

Django

Amazon S3

Job description

Job Family : Testing

Travel Required : Up to 10%

Clearance Required : Ability to Obtain Public Trust

What You Will Do

• Develop, maintain, and execute automated test scripts using relevant testing frameworks to validate application functionality across multiple user roles and workflows.
• Design and implement UI automation using tools such as Playwright, ensuring automated test coverage is reliable, maintainable, and aligned with release objectives.
• Lead test automation initiatives, including the integration of automated testing into CI/CD pipelines and DevSecOps processes.
• Conduct manual testing of individual features, stress testing the system in order to ensure high quality deployments
• Create and organize testing suites in TestRails or a similar tool
• Periodically run full manual test suite to perform regression testing
• Conduct peer reviews of test automation code to promote quality, consistency, and adherence to engineering best practices.
• Communicate test execution results, defects, risks, and recommendations to stakeholders during each release cycle.

What You Will Need

• U.S. citizenship or Green Card status is required, along with the ability to obtain a public trust clearance.
• Minimum of four (4) years of experience in quality assurance, software testing, or application development for enterprise systems.
• At least two (2) years of experience providing quality assurance and testing support for AWS-based workloads.
• Bachelor's degree or four (4) additional years of relevant experience in lieu of a degree.
• Demonstrated experience performing manual and automated testing, including defect documentation, issue reproduction, regression testing, and validation.
• Strong experience developing test automation using Playwright with JavaScript or TypeScript, along with API testing, performance testing, Swagger, and Postman.
• Experience designing, maintaining, and integrating CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions with AWS services such as Systems Manager and PostgreSQL.
• Proficiency testing applications and workloads built with AWS services and technologies, including Vue.js, Python, Django, and Amazon S3.
• Ability to work effectively in a remote environment while collaborating with, mentoring, and supporting team members to resolve complex technical issues.
• Experience working in Agile delivery environments, including planning, testing, and supporting iterative software releases.
• Ability to test and validate workloads against AWS Well-Architected Framework principles and related quality standards.

What Would Be Nice To Have

• Experience supporting or testing Python/Django-based web applications.
• Experience conducting penetration, performance, or load testing for applications hosted in AWS cloud environments.
• Experience configuring and validating application monitoring, alerting, and error tracking using Sentry or similar tools.
• Knowledge of Section 508 accessibility testing standards, requirements, and validation practices.

What We Offer

Guidehouse offers a comprehensive, total rewards package that includes competitive compensation and a flexible benefits package that reflects our commitment to creating a diverse and supportive workplace.

The annual salary range for this position is $70,000.00-$116,000.00. Compensation decisions depend on a wide range of factors, including but not limited to skill sets, experience and training, security clearances, licensure and certifications, and other business and organizational needs.

• Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision Insurance
• Personal and Family Sick Time & Company Paid Holidays
• Parental Leave
• 401(k) Retirement Plan
• Group Term Life and Travel Assistance
• Voluntary Life and AD&D Insurance
• Health Savings Account, Health Care & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Transit and Parking Commuter Benefits
• Short-Term & Long-Term Disability
• Tuition Reimbursement, Personal Development, Certifications & Learning Opportunities
• Employee Referral Program
• Corporate Sponsored Events & Community Outreach
• Care.com annual membership
• Employee Assistance Program
• Supplemental Benefits via Corestream (Critical Care, Hospital Indemnity, Accident Insurance, Legal Assistance and ID theft protection, etc.)
• Position may be eligible for a discretionary variable incentive bonus

About Guidehouse

Guidehouse is an Equal Opportunity Employer-Protected Veterans, Individuals with Disabilities or any other basis protected by law, ordinance, or regulation.

Guidehouse will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law or ordinance including the Fair Chance Ordinance of Los Angeles and San Francisco.