Test Automation Engineer

Test Automation Engineer

Spatial Front, Inc. (SFI) is seeking a Test Automation Engineer to support our growing team. The ideal candidate will design, build, and maintain automated testing frameworks for a complex People Soft HCM environment in a secured federal setting. This role is focused on automation engineering rather than manual test execution and will establish reusable, scalable, and maintainable automation capabilities using frameworks such as People Soft Test Framework (PTF), Tricentis, and other appropriate automation technologies.

The candidate will work closely with developers, testers, functional analysts, and Dev Sec Ops  teams to automate regression, integration, interface, batch, and end-to-end validation and to embed automated quality checks into the delivery lifecycle. As a valued member of the SFI team, you will play a critical role in improving release quality, repeatability, and speed for mission-critical Federal Government systems.

Location:

Crystal City, VA - On-Site/Hybrid

• Design, develop, and maintain enterprise test automation frameworks for People Soft HCM applications, integrations, interfaces, batch processes, and end-to-end business workflows.
• Build reusable automation components, libraries, utilities, standards, and patterns that enable scalable regression testing across multiple People Soft modules and releases.
• Develop automated test suites using People Soft Test Framework (PTF), Tricentis, or comparable enterprise automation platforms, selecting the appropriate approach based on application architecture and testing needs.
• Automate validation of People Soft pages and components, Fluid user experiences, Process Scheduler activities, reports, integrations, security-related functions, and critical business processes.
• Create robust automation logic for synchronization, exception handling, recovery, parameterization, data-driven execution, reusable test data, and result validation to minimize false failures and improve suite reliability.
• Develop supporting scripts, utilities, and technical components to extend automation capabilities, manage test data, validate backend results, process logs, and streamline execution and reporting.
• Integrate automated tests with Azure Dev Ops (ADO), CI/CD pipelines, source control, release processes, and scheduled execution where appropriate to support continuous quality validation.
• Analyze automation execution results, application logs, interface outputs, and database data to distinguish framework or script issues from application defects and support efficient root-cause analysis.
• Establish and maintain automation engineering standards including framework architecture, coding conventions, naming standards, reusable asset management, version control, documentation, and peer review practices.
• Partner with developers, functional analysts, QA staff, Product Owners, and release teams to identify high-value automation candidates and maintain risk-based regression coverage aligned with release priorities.
• Improve automation coverage, execution speed, stability, maintainability, and reporting through continuous framework refinement and reduction of brittle or duplicative test assets.
• Support framework upgrades, tool configuration, environment connectivity, security setup, test accounts, and other technical prerequisites required for reliable automated execution across development, test, and release environments.
• Maintain technical documentation, execution evidence, automation metrics, and traceability to support release readiness, auditability, and continuous improvement of the automated testing capability.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Must be a U.S. Citizen and possess an active Secret security clearance.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field; equivalent relevant experience may be considered.
• 3+ years of software test automation or quality engineering experience, including hands-on responsibility for designing or maintaining automation frameworks for enterprise applications.
• Hands-on experience with People Soft Test Framework (PTF), Tricentis Tosca, UFT, Selenium, or a…