Automation Test Engineer

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Location: ASHBURN, VA, US

Date Posted:

Category: Software

Subcategory: SW Testing

Schedule: Full-time

Shift: Day Job

Travel: No

Minimum Clearance Required: None

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: Public Trust

Potential for Remote Work: Yes

Description

Position Summary

We are currently seeking a motivated and energetic mid-level Automation Engineer to join our team to begin an exciting and challenging career in Ashburn, VA.

The Automation Engineer will participate in software testing, creation and implementation of Test Strategies, Plans, and Automated Test Scripts as well as other aspects of the software development lifecycle. The candidate will be responsible for developing and testing Java code as dictated by project requirement.

Job Responsibilities

• Developing automation test scripts
• Generating test data and performing Data Validation
• Data interface message testing with JSON and XML message sets
• Developing SQL or Unix scripts for test data generation or test harness automation
• Execute regression, functional, and system testing
• Verifying results and producing test summaries and defect reports
• Identifying defects and requirement discrepancies, and generating defect change requests and reporting discrepancies
• Use modern software engineering IDEs including Eclipse, IntelliJ, etc. for design, development, and testing the software
• Work with users in an Agile development approach to understand and document requirements in JIRA

Qualifications

Required Skills and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field with 5+ years of technical experience
• Some Java 8
• Spring Boot
• Selenium
• Playwright (critical)
• Rest Assured library for webservices
• JavaScript for Playwright
• Familiarity with UI automation tools/Cucumber
• AWS (plus)
• Oracle/Postgres DB, PL/SQL

Desired Skills and Experience

• Docker
• Jenkins
• Konvoy
• Kubernetes
• Master's degree in computer science or related field is a plus

Customer Requirements

• Clearance – Ability to obtain and hold a public trust position and favorable suitability based on a CBP Background Investigation
• Citizenship – Must be a US Citizen
• Location – Hybrid with on-site (Ashburn, VA) visits 2 days per week and if a mission need. All candidates must be within the GWA/commutable area.