Big challenges need bold thinkers.
If you’re someone who sees problems as opportunities, you’ll thrive here. RESPEC is 100% employee-owned, which means we take ownership of every challenge. Here, your ideas drive real solutions. Since 1969, we’ve tackled complex challenges in energy transition, infrastructure resilience, digital transformation, and sustainability.
At RESPEC, you’ll work alongside clients to take on critical problems Depending on your expertise, you might design infrastructure in remote locations, develop renewable energy solutions for global projects, or apply data-driven technology to improve mining and water systems.
We bring deep technical knowledge, real-world experience, and a commitment to work that matters. If you're looking for a place where your contributions have real impact, you’ll fit right in.
We do not accept unsolicited resumes from third-party recruiters.
RESPEC is seeking an experienced Software Quality Assurance Tester to support a Texas state government client. The QA Engineer Automated 2 will support the Learning Acceleration Support Opportunities (LASO) IT Qualtrics application at the Texas Education Agency. This role will help ensure that critical applications and workflows function accurately, securely, accessibly, and reliably for users across Texas education programs.
The successful candidate will work closely with developers, business stakeholders, and customers to analyze requirements, build comprehensive test strategies, automate functional and regression testing, validate data, and communicate results clearly. The position requires strong experience with Java-based automation, TestNG, Playwright, SQL, workflow-driven testing, and performance testing tools.
Core Responsibilities
Required Technical Experience
Candidates must meet or exceed all of the following minimum experience requirements:
· 7+ years testing complex web applications
· 6+ years of test automation using Java and TestNG
· 5+ years of advanced SQL experience
· 4+ years of experience with Playwright
· 4+ years of experience with workflow-driven automation
· 4+ years of experience using JMeter, WAPT Pro, or another load-testing tool
· 3+ years of experience using or applying GitHub Copilot skills
Preferred Qualifications
The following experience is preferred:
· 2+ years of experience with Zypher Scale
· 2+ years of experience with Jira
· 2+ years working with Texas state government agencies or Texas school systems
· 2+ years working with grants or in-kind programs
Work Model
The primary client work location is:
William B. Travis State Building
1701 North Congress Avenue
Austin, Texas 78701
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
In a world where one superhero can handle almost any problem, our entire team of award-winning technology experts is on a mission to make your business better.
With extra vision to see solutions that others can’t and vast knowledge to bridge the gaps that others don’t, we’re transformers with the know-how to solve the world’s hardest problems. At RESPEC, we thrive on technology and making our clients successful. This is why we do what we do.
From the depths of a cavern to the heights of a volcano, from an antiquated computer system to a business in dire need of re-engineering, our technical and business experts find solutions for extreme situations... like the time we cleansed and migrated 100 million rows of legacy data or the time we protected Mt. Rushmore.
Know-How is Everything.
We use our resourcefulness and vast experience to solve problems. It’s called know-how. And when you have it, problems aren’t problems at all. Know-how defines the core of who we are. It is how our clients see us. Know-how speaks to ingenuity, aptitude, and skill—it is not merely knowledge; it is knowledge on how to get things done.
Imagine having access to a think tank with hundreds of diversely talented engineers, scientists, programmers, and developers under one roof—that’s RESPEC. Each team member is highly trained and skilled in understanding and applying the laws of a specific universe to solve any kind of problem. That’s why we have to talk about our team in terms of superheroes.
