QA Engineer with strong Automation Testing expertise

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Role : QA Engineer with strong Automation Testing expertise

Location : New York, NY (Hybrid)

Rate: $70/hr to $72/hr

Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced QA Engineer with strong Automation Testing expertise to support the quality assurance of enterprise-grade Appian applications. The candidate will be responsible for validating Appian workflows, business rules, interfaces, integrations, and end-to-end business processes while working closely with customer stakeholders, business users, developers, and project teams.

This is a client-facing onsite role requiring excellent communication, stakeholder management, and problem-solving skills in addition to strong testing capabilities.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and execute test strategies, test plans, test cases, and test scripts for Appian-based applications.
• Perform Functional, Integration, Regression, System, End-to-End, and User Acceptance Testing.
• Validate Appian workflows, process models, business rules, records, reports, interfaces, and integrations.
• Analyze business requirements and translate them into comprehensive test scenarios.
• Create and maintain automation test suites using Selenium or similar automation frameworks.
• Perform API and integration testing for Appian applications and connected enterprise systems.
• Participate in defect triage, root cause analysis, and support resolution efforts.
• Work closely with Appian developers, business analysts, product owners, and customer teams to ensure quality deliverables.
• Support production releases, smoke testing, and post-deployment validation activities.
• Provide regular status updates and quality metrics to customer stakeholders and project leadership.

Required Technical Skills

• Strong experience in Software QA and Testing with enterprise applications.
• Hands-on experience with Selenium WebDriver, TestNG/JUnit, and automation framework development.
• Fair understanding of Appian platform components including:
  • Process Models
  • Workflows
  • Business Rules
  • Records
  • Reports
  • SAIL Interfaces
  • Integrations
• Experience in testing Business Process Management (BPM) and workflow-driven applications.
• Knowledge of API testing tools such as Postman or Swagger.
• Experience with defect management tools such as JIRA or Azure DevOps.
• Strong SQL skills for backend data validation and testing.
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and automated testing practices.

Stakeholder Management & Communication

• Ability to work directly with customer stakeholders and business users.
• Comfortable leading requirement clarification sessions and QA discussions.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to present testing results, quality metrics, risks, and recommendations to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Proven experience coordinating with onsite and offshore teams.
• Strong customer-facing skills with the ability to build trusted relationships.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience testing Appian applications in Banking, Financial Services, Insurance, Healthcare, or other enterprise domains.
• Exposure to Appian development concepts and Appian certifications is a plus.
• Experience with test automation frameworks and continuous testing practices.
• Knowledge of performance and security testing methodologies is desirable.

Key Success Factors

• Ensure high-quality Appian application releases with minimal production defects.
• Drive automation adoption to improve test coverage and execution efficiency.
• Build strong relationships with customer stakeholders through proactive communication and quality ownership.
• Act as the primary QA representative for testing discussions, status reporting, and quality governance.