Quality Assurance Specialist

Quality Assurance Specialist

Provide Locations:
Prioritized Client Tech Hubs as per Priority Order:
1. Pittsburgh, PA, 15222, 2. Dallas, TX, 75234, 3. Cleveland, OH, 44136 / Birmingham, AL, 35233 / Phoenix, AZ, 85016 Length of Assignment: 12 Months Contract to Hire role Pay Rate: $50 to 60/hr. on W2 ONLY Function of the Group:
Revenue Support Industry background:
Financial background is a plus

Roles and Responsibilities:

1. Test Strategy & Ownership:
Own testing for medium to large features or applications. Define test approach, scope, and entry/exit criteria for assigned work. Identify quality risks and escalate proactively.
2. Automation & Technical Contributions:
Design, build, and maintain automated UI and API tests. Improve automation coverage and reduce manual regression effort. Troubleshoot automation failures and environmental issues.
3. Mentorship & Team Enablement:
Guide and mentor junior QA engineers. Review test cases and automation code for quality and effectiveness. Promote best practices in testing and defect prevention. 4. CI/CD & Reporting:
Ensure automated tests are reliably executed in CI pipelines. Provide clear quality status, metrics, and risk assessments to stakeholders.
5. Domain & Business Alignment:
Apply domain knowledge to design meaningful test scenarios. Ensure testing covers real world usage and regulatory considerations. 6. API Testing & Service Virtualization:
Testing of RESTful and SOAP services, including contract validation and negative scenarios. Implement and promote service virtualization and test stubbing strategies to enable parallel development and early testing.
7. Data, Databases & Test Data Management:
Validate data integrity across systems using Oracle, MongoDB, and related data stores. Analyze database impacts and downstream effects of application changes. Must Have Technical

Skills:

5-8 Years

Experience:

1. Strong experience as a QA Engineer or SDET with increasing focus on automation.
2. Hands on proficiency with:
Java, Selenium, Cucumber/Gherkin & API testing (REST/SOAP). 3. Experience integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines.
4. Solid understanding of test strategy, regression planning, and risk based testing.
5. Experience working with enterprise systems and distributed architectures.
6. Banking or financial services experience preferred. Flex Skills/Nice to Have:
1. Proactive problem solver who identifies quality risks early.
2. Comfortable mentoring junior QA engineers and influencing team practices.
3. Strong communicator who can clearly articulate defects, risks, and impacts.
4. Ability to balance hands on testing with strategic quality thinking.
5. Banking or financial services experience preferred. Education/

Certifications:

Bachelor degree or equivalent work experience Interview Process:
Two 45 min interviews:
Both virtual In-person optional as needed. First Round:
Panel (2-3) Reserve the right to hire without a second round. Second Round:
Single Tech Lead Hiring Manager Stack Ranking of Importance (Most Important to Least Important): 1. Skills
2. Location 3. Prior Client Experience
4. Rate