Quality Engineer

We have an exciting QA Engineer opportunity with a state agency in Austin, TX. This role 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.
• 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.
• 7 years of experience in Quality Assurance and testing
• 7 years of experience of hands‑on expertise in Selenium Web Driver and other automation tools
• 7 years of experience with Java (preferred) or C#/Python for automation scripting.
• 7 years of experience building and maintaining automation frameworks from scratch.
• Strong understanding of functional testing principles.
• 7 years of experience with:
  TestNG / JUnit / NUnit, Maven / Gradle, Git
• 7 years of experience integrating automation with CI/CD tools (Jenkins, Azure Dev Ops, Git Hub Actions).
• 7 years of experience with API testing tools (Postman, Rest Assured, etc.).
• 7 years of experience with SQL for backend validation.
• 6 years of experience working in Agile/Scrum environments.
• Strong understanding of:
  Test planning and strategy, Test case design techniques (boundary value, equivalence partitioning), Regression strategy, Risk-based testing
• 6 years of experience independently owning testing for a feature/module.

• 7 years of experience with BDD frameworks (Cucumber, Spec Flow).
• 7 years of experience with Selenium Grid / parallel execution.
• 7 years of experience testing cloud-based applications (Azure/AWS).
• 7 years of experience with performance testing tools (JMeter).
• 5 years of experience with containerization (Docker).
• 5 years of experience with Dev Ops practices and shift-left testing.
• 5 years of experience in microservices architecture testing.
• 5 years of experience with security testing basics.

• Work on a highly innovative team with cutting edge technology
• Great opportunity to make a big impact and take ownership on technology initiatives
• Altruistic work
• Competitive compensation and benefits including health, dental, vision, life and accident insurance, short-term disability insurance and more!

Luna Data Solutions, Inc. (LDS) provides equal employment opportunities to all employees. All applicants will be considered for employment. LDS prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type regarding age, race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, sex, national origin, genetics, protected veteran status, and/or disability status. A 7 year background check is required for this role.