I. DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES

Texas Health and Human Services Commission requires the services of 5 QA Engineer Automated 3, hereafter referred to as Candidate(s), who meets the general qualifications of QA Engineer Automated 3, Quality Assurance (QA) and Testing and the specifications outlined in this document for the Texas Health and Human Services Commission.

All work products resulting from the project shall be considered "works made for hire" and are the property of the Texas Health and Human Services Commission and may include pre-selection requirements that potential Vendors (and their Candidates) submit to and satisfy criminal background checks as authorized by Texas law. Texas Health and Human Services Commission will pay no fees for interviews or discussions, which occur during the process of selecting a Candidate(s).

QA automation engineers design automated tests by creating scripts that run testing functions automatically. This includes determining the priority for test scenarios and creating execution plans to implement these scenarios. Designing documentation for automated processes.

As part of HHSC IT Applications Social Services Applications initiatives, the worker will perform the following activities to accomplish the following goals:

Performs software quality assurance, testing, and support for TIERS, , YourTexasBenefits Mobile App, State Portal, Workflow Management, Eligibility Web Services, Enterprise Document Services, Enterprise Content Management, Document Center, Call Center Inquiry, and other Social Services applications.

Develop, enhance, maintain, and execute existing and new test plans and scenarios for performing software quality assurance of the various web-based J2EE/Portal applications within HHSC's SOA (Service Oriented Architecture) platform using Agile methodologies.

As a member of the team, participate in requirements analysis, test design, test data preparation, and testing of various application components, as required.

Work with other teams as necessary to accomplish goals.

Create technical and design documentation, as required.

Employ contemporary testing methods to ensure applications function properly and without error.

Provide technical support for testing and implementation efforts.

Participate in program design, coding and test walk-through meetings to provide input regarding technical standards and customer requirements.

Other duties as assigned.

Successful candidates will require:

Strong oral and written communication skills.

Strong understanding and experience of fundamental programming and testing concepts in the context of Web based UI applications.

Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with major course work in computer science, computer information systems, engineering, or management information systems is strongly preferred.

II. CANDIDATE SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS

Minimum Requirements:
Candidates that do not meet or exceed the minimum stated requirements (skills/experience) will be displayed to customers but may not be chosen for this opportunity.

YearsRequired/PreferredExperience

8RequiredExperience/knowledge of the principles, practices, and techniques of software development and the full software development life cycle (SDLC), including knowledge of industry accepted software engineering practices and life cycle methods (Agile).

8RequiredKnowledge of the limitations and capabilities of computer systems, information technology equipment, applicable programming languages, computer hardware and software, and computer operating systems.

8RequiredExperience in analyzing requirements, user stories and acceptance criteria, and write test plans and test scenarios to validate that the requirements are met within the application and/or business processes.

8RequiredSkill analyzing software applications, defects, and business problems to draw evidence-based conclusions and devise innovative solutions

3PreferredSkill using HP Unified Functional Testing (UFT), Katalon, HP LoadRunner, SoapUI, LoadUI, Selenium HP Application Lifecycle Management (ALM), HP Product Portfolio Management (PPM), SQL, XML, and running and creating interface files and running batch.

3PreferredExperience working together with varied levels of development, testing staff, and end-users using Agile principles and methodologies

3PreferredHands on software quality assurance (manual and/or automated testing) experience using one or more of HP Unified Functional Testing (UFT), SoapUI, Selenium, HP Application Lifecycle Management (ALM), HP Product Portfolio Management (PPM), JIRA, JAMA, PLSQ

Required Skills : Automated QA Testing

Basic Qualification :

Additional Skills : QA Analyst,Test Engineer,QA / Tester

Background Check : No

Drug Screen : No