Quality Assurance Automation Engineer

QA Automat 📍 Hybrid | Hartford, CT (Local Candidates Only) 🕒 12+ Month Contract (Extension Possible) 🗓️ Monday – Friday | 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM EST 🇺🇸 U.S. Citizen or Green Card Holder Required Join a Mission-Critical Government Technology Initiative! We are seeking an experienced QA Automation Tester to support the Connecticut Department of Children & Families (DCF) on its enterprise CCWIS Child Welfare System . This is an exciting opportunity to work on a large-scale, high-impact application where you'll play a key role in delivering secure, reliable, and high-quality software through modern automation and Agile testing practices. What You'll Do Design, develop, and maintain robust automation frameworks and test scripts. Execute UI, API, backend, regression, integration, database, performance, security, accessibility, mobile, and manual testing. Create automated test cases from Agile user stories and acceptance criteria. Validate REST, SOAP, WCF, XML, and JSON integrations. Support CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps . Perform ADA, Section 508, WCAG, browser compatibility, and mobile compatibility testing. Collaborate with Developers, Product Owners, Business Analysts, and cross-functional teams. Create and maintain test plans, test cases, test data, defect reports, and QA documentation. Track defects through resolution and support end-to-end system integration testing. Required Qualifications 5+ years of QA Automation Testing experience. 5+ years of hands-on experience with the Azure DevOps Suite : Azure Boards Azure Repos Azure Pipelines Azure Test Plans Azure Artifacts 5+ years of automation experience using UFT, VBScript , or another programming language. Strong expertise in automation frameworks, manual testing, and QA best practices. AND Strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines and Agile/Scrum methodologies. Hands-on experience with regression, integration, database, performance, security, accessibility, and mobile testing. Experience working on at least two large-scale Agile software development projects . Excellent analytical, troubleshooting, and documentation skills. Preferred Skills UFT VBScript C# .NET Framework REST & SOAP Web Services WCF SOAPUI SQL JavaScript & jQuery Salesforce SharePoint MuleSoft XML & JSON Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) Virtualized Hosting Environments Additional Requirements Must be a U.S. Citizen or Permanent Resident . Must be local to Connecticut and able to work in a hybrid environment. Must successfully pass DCF Child Protection and FBI Fingerprint Background Checks .