Senior QA Test Automation Engineer

Position Title: Senior QA Test Automation Engineer

City: Bethesda

State: MD

Country: US

Type: Regular Full-Time

# of Openings: 1

Company Name: HHS NIH CIT - IT Customer Service Portfolio Support

Tantus Technologies, Inc. (Tantus) - recognized by the Washington Post as a Top Workplace - is seeking a Senior Test Automation Engineer with experience in building and enhancing test automation frameworks to join our agile development teams delivering IT solutions. In this role, you will be part of an Agile Dev Ops team responsible for ensuring the delivery of high‑quality products through software testing principles, test automation, collaboration, including framework design, development, scripting, and test execution using Node.js/Playwright.

• Conduct an initial assessment of existing test processes, plans, and procedures then identify those elements which can be transitioned from manual to automated
• Design automation components/modules that can be leveraged across multiple test scripts using a standard automation framework embedded within Agile / Dev Ops processes and performed on all stages (e.g. Development, Staging, UAT, and Production)
• Review user stories and create test cases, test scripts and test suites before execution
• Analyze and identify suitable opportunities for test automation
• Develop automation components/modules using appropriate tools and programming languages
• Develop automation components/modules using parameterized data from an external source such as a spreadsheet
• Leverage best practices and available automation frameworks to reduce automation maintenance
• Execute test automation script/cases, identify/log issues, and provide support during issue resolution process
• Support test automation solution planning and estimation
• Store, retrieve, and manipulate data for analysis of system capabilities and related requirements
• In conjunction with test automation, apply regression, smoke, data integrity, security, and Section 508 testing

* This position is associated with a Federal Contract and requires U.S. Citizenship or Green Card Holder to be considered.

• 7+ years of experience as an automation/QA engineer or related.
• 3 to 5 years of experience in automation testing, including planning
  , test execution using Playwright (Java script), node.js, Codecpt.js, and analysis
• Min 3 years of Type Script experience
• Requires knowledge of Playwright automation tool, test automation frameworks, Dev Ops and test automation integration with pipelines.
• Proficiency in JavaScript and familiarity with Type Script for writing, debugging, and maintaining automated test scripts
• Experience with Automation Framework Design and Implementation.
• Experience planning
  , documenting
  , and performing
  manual testing

• Team player with excellent communication skills
• Attentive to detail with excellent time‑management skills
• Self‑motivated with a strong work ethic
• Critical thinker with strong problem‑solving ability

• Team player with excellent communication skills
• Attentive to detail with excellent time‑management skills
• Self‑motivated with a strong work ethic
• Critical thinker with strong problem‑solving ability

$115,000-$135,000

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