QA Automation Engineer

Denver, United States | Posted on 08/01/2025

• We are seeking a highly skilled and detail-oriented QA Automation Engineer (Contractor) to join our IT department.
• This role is ideal for someone with deep experience in building and maintaining automated test frameworks using Spec Flow, C#, and Gherkin, and who thrives in a fast-paced Agile environment.
• The QA Automation Engineer will play a critical role in ensuring the quality and reliability of our next-generation cloud-native enterprise applications by driving automation strategy, collaborating withcross-functional teams, and championing best practices in behavior-driven development (BDD).
• This is an exciting opportunity to shape testing standards, modernize legacy frameworks, and contribute directly to the success of a strategic technology transformation.

Key Responsibilities:

• Extend and troubleshoot automated testing and behavior-driven development (BDD) frameworks for .NET applications.
• Analyze existing libraries of executable specifications(e.g., Gherkin) to improve test resilience and refactor incorrect or unnecessary steps. Contribute to defining standards for test cases toensure clarity, consistency, and effectiveness.
• Use established standards to design and implement amodern cloud-native test framework to replace legacy Spec Flow-based automation.
• Participate in the design and architecture of anext-generation, cloud-native enterprise application to:
  Ensure adherence to test automation standards,
• Ensure test automation is developed in parallel with application components.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with developers, product owners, and QA team members in an Agile Scrum environment to ensure high[1]quality software delivery.
• Conduct functional, regression, performance, and exploratory testing for critical application workflows, with a focus on automated execution.
• Ensure coverage of usability, accessibility, and security testing as part of automation strategy.
• Coordinate with internal business stakeholders and QApeers to facilitate user acceptance testing (UAT), including data validation and business rules alignment.
• Actively identify inefficiencies in test automation pipelines or regression coverage and propose improvements to increase test robustness and execution speed.

Mandatory Skill Sets Required

• Proven experience with Spec Flow, Gherkin, and C# for building and maintaining automated test frameworks.
• Hands-on experience migrating or upgrading legacy test frameworks to cloud-native solutions.
• Strong understanding of executable specifications andtheir value in aligning business and technical teams.
• Familiarity with CI/CD tools and cloud platforms,particularly Azure Dev Ops.
• Exposure to performance, load, or security testing incloud environments.
• Familiarity with tools such as JIRA, qTest, or Ui Path Test  Manager for test planning and execution.
• Experience working in Agile environments, including
  
  Scrum or Kanban frameworks.
• 7+ years of experience in automated software testing with emphasis on BDD and cloud-based environments.
• 5+ years of experience with Selenium / Chrome Driver.
• 5+ years building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines in Azure Dev Ops.
• 5+ years using Visual Studio / VS Code

Nice to Have:

• Experience with non-functional testing such as accessibility, performance, or security automation.
• Familiarity with tools like Tosca or alternative test orchestration platforms.
• Exposure to test data management tools or synthetic test data generation.