Senior Quality Assurance Engineer : CenterPoint Energy

About the job

Our client is looking to hire a Sr. QA Engineer to their team on a 12 month contract basis. This is onsite in Downtown Houston - must be local to Houston. The QA/Automation support Engineer will help test and validate the products. The role focuses on building automated tests, improving test coverage, and integrating testing into our CI/CD pipelines. Work will involve both functional and cross browser testing using Selenium (C#) and cloud testing platforms.

Job Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain automated test scripts using Selenium & Appium with C#.
• Build and support test frameworks following best practices (page object model, reusable libraries, etc.).
• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps preferred).
• Execute and manage cross browser and device testing using BrowserStack or Digital.ai.
• Create and manage test plans, regression suites, and smoke tests.
• Perform manual/exploratory testing when needed.
• Identify defects, provide troubleshooting details, and support root-cause analysis

Required Skills:

• The QA Engineer MUST HAVE experience with working on External Customer applications
• Experience with Selenium WebDriver, Appium WebDriver using C#/.NET.
• Experience integrating automated tests into Azure DevOps or similar CI/CD tools.
• Familiarity with BrowserStack or Digital.ai automation environments.
• Strong understanding of QA methodologies, regression testing, and test planning.
• Ability to troubleshoot test failures and work with developers to resolve issues.
• API testing experience (RestSharp/HttpClient) a PLUS.
• Knowledge of accessibility/basic performance checks a PLUS.
• Experience with SpecFlow/BDD frameworks a PLUS.

Deliverables:

• Automated UI test suite for high priority user flows.
• API and functional regression tests where applicable.
• Integrated CI/CD pipeline with automated test execution and reporting.
• Cross-browser/device test setup using BrowserStack/Digital.ai.
• Documentation of framework structure, execution steps, and environment setup.

Activities:

• Analyze requirements/user stories and create relevant test scenarios.
• Develop automation for new features and maintain existing test suites.
• Monitor nightly/CI test runs, analyze failures, and maintain test stability.
• Provide regular test reports and quality status updates.