Automated Test Engineer

What you’ll get to do: 

As a Software Test Automation Engineer, the responsibilities include, but are not limited to: 

• Participate in Agile Scrum development methodology ceremonies (e.g., sprint planning, scrum, backlog refinement, defining tasks/tests, estimating LOE, testing, tracking work done, retrospective, demonstration, etc.) 

• Develop, maintain, and perform sprint-level manual/automated testing activities (e.g., define scenarios, develop detailed scripts/procedures, develop Cucumber Gherkin feature files and scenarios, map user story acceptance criteria to script verification points) in Jira with Xray and Cucumber BDD plug-ins (or equivalent test automation software) 

• Develop and maintain automated scripts that are exercised during CI/CD builds and nightly regression test suite execution 

• Develop and maintain automated UI and backend (e.g., SQL, logs) scripts in a Java language-based Selenium/Cucumber/Serenity framework stored in a GitLab repository that may integrate with a Cucumber or generic test tool 

• Develop and maintain automated web service API validation scripts using Spring ToolSuite4, Rest Assured, Postman, Fiddler, and SoapUI 

• In collaboration with the Product Architect and/or Business Analyst, access impacts of candidate changes to the automated smoke and/or regression test suite(s) and plan accordingly 

• Perform full-scope static and dynamic testing of a system under test utilizing functional and non-functional testing techniques. These techniques can include the following test types: Unit (only for Automated scripts), Integration/API, End-To-End, Smoke, Regression/Functional, 508 Compliance, and Usability 

• Perform script and/or code peer reviews to ensure compliance with program-level manual/automated testing standards, guidelines, and processes 

• Document and track testing activity progress during a sprint. This includes capturing execution artifacts to support that all backlog acceptance criteria have been successfully verified/validated 

You Will Bring These Qualifications: 

• Current DoD Secret clearance or ability to obtain one.  

• Must have: 

• Working knowledge and understand fundamental concepts of Manual Functional Testing, Automated Testing, and Continuous Integration 

• College degree (B.S. or greater) in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Management Systems, or a related discipline. Experience accepted in lieu of degree 

• Hands on experience: 

• In an IT related field (7+ years) with 2-3 or more years analyzing, designing, and implementing software test automation solutions 

• Testing applications developed in Java, JavaScript, AngularJS, Oracle, and PostgresSQL 

• Developing and executing automated test scripts with open-source tools like Eclipse, Visual Studio Code, Selenium, Cucumber BDD, Serenity BDD, and Maven 

• Programming in Java (3-5 years) and with other programming technologies (e.g., JavaScript, Web Services, SOAP, XML) 

• SQL CRUD script development experience against Oracle and PostgreSQL databases 

• Applying estimation techniques to manual test script efforts and automated test script development/maintenance efforts 

• Interacting with Product Owners, Business Analysts, Scrum Masters, Product Architects, Developers, and Technical Writers, and providing guidance on automation tools and testing methods to meet project specific needs 

• Familiar working within a continuous integration environment and supporting tools such as Jenkins, Git, GitLab, AWS, Spring ToolSuite4, Rest Assured, Postman, ANDI 

You are good at: 

• Participating in a high performing, highly engaged and motivated Scrum team 

• Applying the Agile development approach to incremental software development projects 

• Being a highly responsible, team-oriented individual with very strong communication skills and work ethic; self-starter 

• Understanding the elements of the software development life cycle 

• Communicating in both written and verbal forms 

These Qualifications Would Be Nice To Have: 

• Using Visual Studio Code, Eclipse, Jira, Maven, Rest Assure, Postman, and ANDI tools 

• Designing, implementing and/or testing web services and/or n-tier web-based 

• Designing, implementing and/or testing mobile devices using Android Expresso 

• Acting independently to expose and resolve problems 

• Experience working in a DoD environment 

• Experience with Air Force testing or application development