About this role
Location: Remote
Position Overview
The State of Minnesota is seeking a senior-level QA Automation Engineer/Developer to provide technical leadership for enterprise test automation initiatives supporting the Minnesota Eligibility Technology System (METS) and SMRT DevOps teams.
This role will lead automation architecture, framework modernization, CI/CD integration, automated testing strategy, and automation best practices for mission-critical healthcare eligibility systems. The selected candidate will be responsible for improving, scaling, and maintaining enterprise automation frameworks while mentoring team members and supporting ongoing modernization initiatives.
Key Responsibilities
• Design, develop, modernize, and maintain enterprise automation frameworks.
• Establish automation architecture standards, coding standards, and automation best practices.
• Lead framework modernization efforts to improve scalability, maintainability, and performance.
• Develop and maintain:
• UI Automation Suites
• API Automation Suites
• Regression Test Suites
• System Integration Test Automation
• Database Validation Automation
• Integrate automation into CI/CD pipelines and DevOps processes.
• Collaborate with developers, business analysts, DevOps engineers, and QA teams.
• Develop reusable automation components and testing utilities.
• Perform SQL validation and database testing.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies and technical design sessions.
• Conduct automation code reviews and mentor QA automation engineers.
• Evaluate and recommend new automation technologies and tools.
• Support continuous testing and software quality initiatives.
Required Qualifications
• 7+ years of experience designing, developing, and executing automated testing solutions.
• 5+ years of experience with:
• Java
• Selenium
• Test Automation Framework Development
• 5+ years designing reusable automation frameworks using object-oriented design principles.
• 3+ years integrating automation into CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience with Jenkins or similar automation orchestration tools.
• 5+ years of SQL development and database validation experience.
• Experience automating enterprise-scale applications.
Preferred Qualifications
• Experience as:
• Automation Architect
• Lead QA Automation Engineer
• Principal Automation Engineer
• Senior Automation Consultant
• Experience modernizing legacy automation frameworks.
• Experience designing automation frameworks from the ground up.
• Experience supporting large, mission-critical enterprise applications.
• Experience mentoring automation engineers and leading technical reviews.
• Experience with:
• IBM Engineering Test Management (ETM)
• IBM Quality Manager (QM)
• IBM Collaborative Lifecycle Management (CLM)
• Experience automating:
• Web Applications
• REST APIs
• Database Testing
• Experience with performance testing initiatives.
• Experience in Agile/Scrum and DevOps environments.
• Healthcare, Human Services, Government, or regulated industry experience.
Core Technical Skills
• Test Automation Architecture
• Java
• Selenium WebDriver
• Automation Framework Design
• Object-Oriented Programming (OOP)
• Jenkins
• CI/CD
• DevOps
• REST API Automation
• SQL
• Database Validation
• Test Automation Strategy
• Regression Automation
• Integration Testing
• Agile/Scrum
• Performance Testing
• IBM ETM
• IBM QM
• IBM CLM
• Code Reviews
• Mentoring & Technical Leadership