Trident Consulting is seeking a "QA Automation Engineer" for one of our client. A global leader in business and technology services.
Job Title: QA Automation Engineer
Location: Tampa, FL (Onsite)
Bill Rate: $38/hr on W2
Job Description:
Years of Experience: 8+ Years of Experience
Job Responsibilities:
Skill: Playwright, Python, Cucumber BDD, Selenium, Java, Rest API, DB2
- Design, develop, and maintain automated test suites with a strong emphasis on UI automation using Selenium and/or Playwright, and BDD frameworks such as Cucumber.
- Build and execute automation scripts across web UI, API, and backend validation; ensure tests are reliable, maintainable, and scalable.
- Define test strategy by decomposing business and technical requirements into test scenarios, test data needs, and contingency plans.
- Own test planning and execution: test case execution plans, defect management, reporting/status metrics, and release sign-offs.
- Validate REST services through functional, regression, and integration testing to ensure reliable, end-to-end coverage.
- Perform database testing in Oracle (SQL validation, data reconciliation, stored procedure outcomes as applicable).
- Validate batch jobs and end-to-end workflows (scheduling, file/data handoffs, downstream impacts).
- Participate actively in Scrum ceremonies as the team's quality advocate; proactively identify defects early in each sprint/iteration.
- Use and contribute to SDLC tooling such as Jira (test cycle management/defects), Git, and CI tools (e.g., Jenkins, Bitbucket pipelines).
What are the top 3 skills required for this role?
- Automation framework enhancement skills, Playwright, Python, Cucumber BDD, Selenium, Java, Rest API, DB2 testing experience.
- Utilization of test automation tools, to enable the efficient and timely E2E test execution, therefore previous experience of automated testing is required.
- Ability to liaise effectively between lines of business with empathy and understanding to achieve the common and strategic goal as a team.
Additional Information:
Agile Team Structure. Candidate will be working closely with Dev leads / Product Owners and client stakeholders and providing hands on test automation solution.
About Trident Consulting: Trident Consulting is an award-winning staffing and consulting firm headquartered in San Ramon, CA. Since 2005, we have partnered with Fortune 500 and high-growth companies to deliver high-quality talent across technology, engineering, business operations, and professional services.
We specialize in contract, contract-to-hire, and direct hire placements, supporting roles across IT, data & analytics, cloud, cybersecurity, finance & accounting, HR, operations, and more. With a strong focus on hard-to-fill and niche positions, our global recruiting engine enables us to deliver speed, quality, and scale.