QA Automation Engineer

Summary: We are seeking a detail-oriented QA Automation Engineer with strong expertise in functional testing, test automation, backend validation, and defect management. The ideal candidate should have experience testing enterprise, web-based, services, and client-server applications while ensuring high-quality software delivery.

Key Responsibilities:

• Create test plans, test cases, and automated test scripts based on acceptance criteria
• Identify, document, and track software defects and issues
• Perform functional, regression, integration, and backend testing
• Develop and manage change requests for project components
• Analyze requirements and design documents to identify testing gaps and issues
• Build reusable and automation-ready test scenarios
• Maintain traceability matrices linking test cases to functional requirements
• Write and execute SQL queries for backend validation and data testing
• Recommend improvements to QA processes, standards, and testing methodologies
• Stay updated with emerging QA tools, technologies, and industry trends

Key Skills:

• Experience creating and executing test plans, test cases, and automated test scripts
• Strong understanding of functional testing, requirement analysis, and defect lifecycle management
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Experience with backend testing using SQL queries
• Knowledge of software testing methodologies, processes, and standards
• Experience with test automation tools and frameworks
• Familiarity with Agile/Scrum methodologies
• Exposure to CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices

Salary (Rate): undetermined

City: Chicago

Country: United States

Working Arrangements: hybrid

IR35 Status: undetermined

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: IT