Kforce has a client in New York, NY that is seeking a hybrid Quality Engineer to join their team. This position works with management to apply automation strategy and to plan/execute effective/efficient performance and automation testing to accomplish on-time/efficient delivery of high-quality software products and/or data. Responsibilities: * Innovate process improvements * Research available tools and lead or participate in initiatives to identify and implement those that will cost-effectively enhance testing capabilities and product quality * Identify areas for cooperation with other teams to improve overall quality * Configure, maintain, and/or administer testing tools or environments * Develop and execute automated and performance testing for assigned projects * Interact with Product Management, Project Management, Engineering, and Operations teams to plan testing for delivery of products and enhancements * Maintain flexibility to react quickly to changes in priorities or circumstances to meet the needs of the business * Plan and execute automated and performance tests working with other staff * Report issues and results * Ensure that testing addresses requirements as agreed with other stakeholders * Identify opportunities to apply existing automation or other tools to meet testing needs * Maintain awareness of the state of the industry and evaluate emerging trends/developments that may benefit the organization * Conduct project reviews * Cooperate in the enhancement of the methodologies employed for test planning and execution, defect tracking, and metric and status reporting * Lead or participate in continuous improvement initiatives and implementation of best practices * Maintain framework for record retention to support internal and external IT audits * Work across teams to enhance quality assurance/testing and help to develop/execute performance and automation testing * Identify areas for improvement