×
Register Here to Apply for Jobs or Post Jobs. X

Senior Test Automation Engineer

Job in Alexandria, Fairfax County, Virginia, 22350, USA
Listing for: Surge IT
Full Time position
Listed on 2026-01-12
Job specializations:
  • IT/Tech
    IT QA Tester / Automation, Systems Analyst
Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 125000 - 150000 USD Yearly USD 125000.00 150000.00 YEAR
Job Description & How to Apply Below

Join to apply for the Senior Test Automation Engineer role at Surge IT

Position Description

Seeking a senior test automation engineer to join a team of experienced professionals in the development and testing of advanced software applications. The candidate must be self‑driven, able to work independently with test engineers, Dev Ops teams, business analysts, and developers to review software design and requirements documentation to understand application functionality. The position requires the candidate to lead a team of test automation engineers, lead the test automation strategy, manage the automation framework, perform and oversee effort estimates, test plans, test case scripting, peer reviews, and test summary reports to ensure a successfully tested release.

In addition to manual/ functional testing, the candidate will create automated test and performance test scripts using Selenium, Rational, or Performance and Functional Tester. The individual will test key functionality, set up and verify data, and report test results to the manager. Individual will be responsible for interacting with clients on a daily basis during testing phases to ensure release testing defects are communicated to the client and/or support UAT.

Required

Skills
  • Functional: more than 5 years of solid experience with manual functional, regression, usability, integration, remote access, and accessibility testing
  • Automation and/or Performance: more than 45 years of experience with developing scripts from scratch with programming code. For example, Java, JavaScript, Python, etc.
  • Experience developing an automation framework from scratch
  • Web services testing: 3 years of experience developing scripts using web services tool
  • Database:
    Serves as SME in SQL, DB, backend testing
  • Develop LOE for own work and others
  • Author test plans and reports
  • Experience testing in an Agile development environment using tools such as JIRA, Confluence and Zephyr Scale to develop/execute functional and regression test scripts, Requirements Traceability, and manage defects
  • Experience with Section 508 testing using tools such as JAWS, Sort Site, Dragon, WAVE, or Lighthouse
  • Leadership experience: leads, delegates, and mentors others
Preferred Skills
  • Experience working with a client during User Acceptance Test sessions
  • Experience developing level of effort estimates, test plans, test case scripting and test summary reports
  • Experience with developing testing schedules
  • Possession of excellent oral and written communication skills
  • Possession of excellent multitasking and organizational skills
Seniority level

Mid‑Senior level

Employment type

Full‑time

Job function

Quality Assurance

Industries

IT Services and IT Consulting

Referrals increase your chances of interviewing at Surge IT by 2x

Sign in to set job alerts for “Senior Quality Assurance Automation Engineer” roles.

#J-18808-Ljbffr
Position Requirements
10+ Years work experience
To View & Apply for jobs on this site that accept applications from your location or country, tap the button below to make a Search.
(If this job is in fact in your jurisdiction, then you may be using a Proxy or VPN to access this site, and to progress further, you should change your connectivity to another mobile device or PC).
 
 
 
Search for further Jobs Here:
(Try combinations for better Results! Or enter less keywords for broader Results)
Location
Increase/decrease your Search Radius (miles)

Job Posting Language
Employment Category
Education (minimum level)
Filters
Education Level
Experience Level (years)
Posted in last:
Salary