Sr. Test Automation Engineer

Job Type

Full-time

Description

Location:

Remote/Hybrid if local to Columbia, Maryland

Position Summary:

We are seeking a Sr. Test Automation Specialist to join our team. An ideal candidate should have a strong background in automation of functional, regression and smoke test cases for web and legacy applications.

Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, document, and maintain automated functional test cases and other test artifacts, including test data and data verification.
• Develop and improve existing test automation frameworks (i.e., make them faster, more flexible, and easier to use) and utilize parallel processing or grid systems to speed up the tests
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand complex interaction between systems
• Build automation framework and re-usable automation tests/test scripts
• Execute and evaluate manual and automated test cases and report test results.
• Perform setup, configuration, and maintenance of automated testing environments with a focus on continuous testing and DevOps processes.
• Analyze requirements and technical design documents for use cases/user stories, create test cases, and perform impact analysis on the existing framework.
• Analyze and resolve automation-related problems by coordinating with the team to diagnose and fix issues.
• Perform Code reviews and ensue the quality meets the defined standards.

Requirements

Required Skills:

• Experience with Python (mandatory)
• Experience with Selenium, UI testing, Webservices Testing
• Experience with ALM and/or TestRail
• Experience with JIRA, Confluence
• Strong analytical and debugging skills
• Candidates must be able to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance
• Candidates must have lived in the United States 3 out of the past 5 years

Desired Skills:

• Experience working in federal projects (preferably CMS)
• Experience with mainframe systems
• Experience with AWS and/or DevOps

Education:

• Bachelor's degree in any IT related field
• 7+ years

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