Job Title: QA Engineer Location: Columbus, OH (3 days onsite, 2 days remote)Contract : 6+ Months (W2 only) JOB DESCRIPTION: For API testing - they use Thunder Client For "automation testing"= Heavy backend testing not UI your usual selenium etc. Someone with Financial data exp is good Ideal candidate will be good with Excel /heavy Macros Python scripting is a big plus here and ability to write test scripts is a must. - Responsible for the planning, integration, test casing, scripting, and execution of all testing to ensure proper coverage. - Schedules and leads test deliverables review sessions, as necessary. - Work on multiple projects/systems as a project team member and are a subject matter expert for a single project/system. - These projects are of moderate to high complexity within one or more development environments.- Collaborate with the BSA and Development teams in the analysis and review of business objectives and requirements to ensure requirements are testable. - Actively participate in the review of architectural and technical design specifications. - Develop, document, and maintain the test data, data validation, end to end testing flows. - May run database queries to supply data validation within test scripts. - Updates test cases based upon approved change requests. - Works with BSAs and Development teams on defect analysis and triage, - Assigns defect severity and manages defects throughout the project.- Works with colleagues and project managers to meet established target dates and completion of activities/deliverables under changing conditions. - Creates test status reports per project guidelines. - Creates test results and test summary deliverables to ensure production implementation readiness. - Creates and facilitates review of the Test Strategy with the project team. - Identifies any potential quality issues per defined processes and escalates potential quality issues immediately to management. - Collects testing sign-off from all testing participants, including cross-impacted application teams. - Ensures all aspects of testing, such as manual execution, regression, automation, and performance testing, is completed. - Collaborates with Project Test Lead on estimating the test efforts. - Collaborates with the project team to support UAT efforts as needed. - Maintains the regression test bed to meet changing requirements. - Participates in off-hour production releases as needed. - Supports the projects warranty period as needed. - Works under moderate supervision with some latitude for independent judgement and problem solving. - Provides mentorship to junior team members as needed. - Understands and follows the project lifecycle methodology consistently.