QA Automation Engineer

Quick Facts

• Role: QA / Test Automation Engineer

• Focus: Network automation application testing

Description

Design and maintain automated test suites to ensure quality and reliability of releases for a network automation application. Test the React/HTML front end and Python back end, validate data correctness in Oracle via SQL, and perform manual testing when automation isn’t feasible. Continuously improve test coverage, integrate tests into CI/CD, and track/triage defects in Jira.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain automated test suites using pytest and Selenium

• Test React/HTML front end and Python back end workflows driving network automation

• Validate data in Oracle/SQL using queries to confirm correctness and integrity

• Create test plans, test cases, and test data from requirements and user stories

• Log, triage, and track defects in Jira and collaborate with developers to resolve them

• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines and report results

• Identify gaps in coverage and suggest improvements to testing processes

Requirements

• Hands-on experience with Python and pytest

• Experience with Selenium for web UI automation

• Working knowledge of SQL (ideally Oracle)

• Familiarity with HTML and React and how to test them

• Experience using Jira for issue tracking and agile workflows

• Solid understanding of QA methodologies and the software test lifecycle

• Understanding of networking concepts (route/switch, firewalls, IP address management, proxy, load balancers, and related technologies)

Benefits

• Contract opportunity (6+ months)

• Hybrid work arrangement (~2 days/week)