Varmoda is seeking a highly motivated Senior QA Automation Programmer/Developer to design, develop, and modernize the enterprise automation framework supporting the State's integrated healthcare eligibility system. The ideal candidate will have 7+ years of experience building automated test solutions for large-scale enterprise applications, including 5+ years developing automation frameworks using Java and Selenium and integrating automated testing into CI/CD pipelines. This role will collaborate with developers, business analysts, and DevOps engineers to define automation strategies and mentor automation engineers, ensuring long-term maintainability, scalability, and reliability of test automation across Minnesota's METS/SMRT DevOps modernization initiative.
Roles and Responsibilities - Design, develop, maintain, and modernize the enterprise automation framework supporting the State's integrated healthcare eligibility system, ensuring long-term maintainability, scalability, sustainability, and reuse across multiple modernization initiatives.
- Provide technical leadership for automation architecture, framework design, coding standards, and automation best practices within the DevOps team.
- Evaluate and modernize existing automation frameworks to improve maintainability, scalability, reliability, and execution efficiency.
- Collaborate with developers, business analysts, DevOps engineers, and QA staff to define automation strategies, reusable test assets, and technical solutions.
- Design, execute, and maintain functional, system integration, API, and regression automation suites supporting statewide healthcare eligibility systems.
- Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines and support automated execution throughout the software development lifecycle.
- Mentor automation engineers through code reviews, technical coaching, framework guidance, and knowledge transfer.
- Develop SQL queries and perform database validation to support automated testing and troubleshoot complex application issues.
- Participate in Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, backlog refinement, defect triage, and technical design discussions while providing automation leadership.
- Research, evaluate, and recommend new automation tools, technologies, and framework enhancements that improve software quality and long-term maintainability.
Education - Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering, or a related field preferred.
Minimum Qualifications - Seven (7) years' experience designing, developing, and executing automated test solutions for large-scale enterprise applications.
- Five (5) years' experience developing automation frameworks using Java and Selenium or comparable automation technologies.
- Five (5) years' experience designing, developing, or significantly enhancing automation frameworks using object-oriented design principles and reusable framework architecture.
- Three (3) years' experience integrating automated testing into Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipelines using tools such as Jenkins.
- Five (5) years' experience writing SQL queries and performing database validation in support of automated testing.
Required Skills - Experience serving as an Automation Architect, Principal QA Automation Engineer, Automation Framework Lead, or Senior Automation Consultant.
- Experience providing technical leadership, mentoring automation engineers, and conducting automation code reviews.
- Experience modernizing mature automation frameworks to improve maintainability, scalability, sustainability, and long-term supportability.
- Experience designing automation frameworks from the ground up, including reusable components, reporting, coding standards, maintainability, scalability, and extensibility.
- Experience evaluating and modernizing legacy automation frameworks and implementing technical improvements.
- Experience supporting large, complex, mission-critical enterprise applications.
- Experience collaborating with developers, solution architects, DevOps engineers, and business analysts to implement automation strategies.
- Experience using IBM Engineering Test Management (ETM), IBM Quality Manager (QM), IBM Collaborative Lifecycle Management (CLM), or comparable enterprise test management tools.
- Experience automating web applications, REST APIs, and database validation.
- Experience with performance testing tools or supporting performance testing initiatives.
- Experience working within Agile/Scrum DevOps teams.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to explain technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Experience supporting healthcare, human services, government, or other highly regulated enterprise environments.
Remarks - Deal Name: Client-Sr QA Automation Prog/Dev - CB (E302259)
- Department/Client: Minnesota Client (Client)
- Project: Minnesota Eligibility Technology System (METS) / SMRT DevOps Team
- Minnesota Client METS/SMRT DevOps QA Automation modernization initiative.
- One full-time staff augmentation resource.
- Enterprise healthcare eligibility system environment.
- Java, Selenium, automation framework architecture, CI/CD (Jenkins), SQL, and database validation expertise required.
- Location: Remote (Minnesota Client METS/SMRT DevOps Team)
- Resume must demonstrate all minimum qualifications with company names and dates (MM/YYYY-MM/YYYY).
