Senior QA Engineer - Test Strategy & Automation

Jobtailor; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 85,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor is seeking a quality assurance professional in Chicago to develop and execute comprehensive test strategies and automation models. You will coordinate team members, analyze requirements, and design testing tools to reduce manual effort.

The role requires experience with JIRA, Selenium, and Guidewire Policy Center in the Insurance domain, or equivalent tools, and willingness to travel up to 5% domestically. Strong debugging and root-cause analysis skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in CS, Business, Engineering, Math or IT or related field
• Two years of IT experience
• One year of IT testing experience
• Experience using JIRA, Selenium, and Guidewire Policy Center in Insurance domain; OR JIRA, VS Code, Fiserv OPTIS, VisionPLUS
• In lieu of degree, three years post-secondary plus three years IT experience
• Travel to US locations as needed up to 5% annually
• International travel not required

Responsibilities

• Develop, design, and monitor execution of test strategies, plans, scenarios, and procedures
• Coordinate lower-level team members and guide them through testing processes
• Gather and analyze business and technical requirements for customization
• Design and develop testing tools and programs
• Create repeatable test automation models to reduce manual testing
• Perform acceptance, system, integration, program, and module testing
• Conduct impact and gap analysis and participate in issue resolution
• Ensure quality throughout design and implementation and track progress against project scope and delivery dates
• Test and debug existing software systems
• Develop test scripts and perform code reviews
• Identify software defects using a bug tracking system and report them to software developers
• Research and log root cause analysis for reported bugs and ensure resolution and final testing
• Develop test cases and scenarios and interpret results against acceptance criteria

Skills

Test Strategy Development

Test Automation Models

JIRA Usage

Selenium Proficiency

Software Defect Identification

Team Coordination

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related field

Three years post-secondary study + three years IT experience

Tools

JIRA

Selenium

Guidewire Policy Center

VS Code

Fiserv OPTIS

VisionPLUS

Job description

Jobtailor is seeking a quality assurance professional in Chicago to develop and execute comprehensive test strategies and automation models. You will coordinate team members, analyze requirements, and design testing tools to reduce manual effort.

The role requires experience with JIRA, Selenium, and Guidewire Policy Center in the Insurance domain, or equivalent tools, and willingness to travel up to 5% domestically. Strong debugging and root-cause analysis skills are essential.