Quality Assurance Automation Engineer Job Yonkers area,New York USA,IT/Tech

Reliant Health Partners is an innovative medical claims repricing service provider, helping employers achieve maximum health plan savings with minimum noise. We tailor our services to each client’s needs, providing everything from individual specialty claims repricing, to full plan replacement as a high-performance, open-access network alternative.

The Quality Assurance (QA) Automation Engineer is responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining automated testing solutions that improve software quality and reduce reliance on manual testing. This role partners closely with Product, Engineering, and QA to develop test strategies based on business requirements, Jira stories, and acceptance criteria. The QA Automation Engineer will play a key role in evaluating, implementing, and managing the organization's test automation framework while ensuring high-quality releases across the claims processing platform.

Primary Responsibilities:

Review Jira stories, business requirements, and acceptance criteria to develop comprehensive test plans and test cases
Design test scenarios that validate functional, regression, integration, and end-to-end workflows
Identify opportunities to automate repetitive and high-value test scenarios
Participate in backlog refinement, sprint planning, and requirement discussions to ensure requirements are testable
Evaluate, recommend, and implement an automation testing framework and supporting tools
Design, develop, and maintain automated test scripts for web, API, and system testing
Build and maintain reusable automation libraries and testing standards
Continuously expand automation coverage to reduce manual testing and improve release quality
Maintain and update automated test scripts as application functionality evolves
Execute automated regression, smoke, and functional test suites
Perform manual testing when automation is not practical or during new feature development
Validate end-to-end business workflows across the claims processing platform
Verify fixes and ensure production readiness before releases
Identify, document, and track defects in Jira with clear reproduction steps and supporting evidence
Collaborate with developers to troubleshoot issues and validate resolutions
Retest resolved defects and confirm successful implementation
Communicate testing status, risks, and quality metrics throughout the development lifecycle
Lead the evaluation, selection, implementation, and ongoing administration of the organization's test automation solution
Recommend process improvements that increase testing efficiency and software quality
Develop automation best practices, coding standards, and supporting documentation
Work closely with Product Owners, Business Analysts, Developers, and QA team members throughout the Agile development lifecycle
Participate in sprint planning, backlog refinement, daily stand-ups, and release activities
Partner with Product and Engineering to implement and continuously improve the organization's test automation strategy
Stay current on emerging automation tools, frameworks, and industry best practices

Qualifications:

3–5+ years of Quality Assurance experience with a strong focus on test automation – Required
Intermediate level experience with SQL and database validation – Required
Experience designing, developing, and maintaining automated testing frameworks – Required
Hands‑on experience with Playwright for test automation – Required
Experience with test automation tools and frameworks – Required
Experience with API testing using Postman – Required
Experience working with Jira and Agile/Scrum methodologies – Required
Strong understanding of software testing methodologies, SDLC, and defect lifecycle – Required
Excellent analytical, troubleshooting, and…