Automated Test Engineer

Overview

As an Automated Test Engineer
, you will work with our growing Dev Sec Ops  practice delivering quality assurance services to support application and data systems development. We are looking for candidates with 3–5 years of experience with quality assurance and test automation practices in an Agile/Dev Sec Ops  work environment, with the ability to support manual testing as needed.

Responsibilities include:

• Understand the needs of stakeholders and convey requirements to developers
• Meet with product design teams to determine testing parameters
• Write test plans, create test cases, test procedures, bug reports, and final QA reports for products
• Manage test data architecture definition and requests
• Troubleshoot errors and streamline test procedures
• Test and examine code written by others and analyze results, including:
  • Data validation testing
  • Functional testing
  • Performance and load testing
  • Usability testing
  • Accessibility (508) testing
• Establish automated testing tools and infrastructure for test automation
• Design, develop, and maintain automated test scripts using Cucumber JVM, TestNG, and Selenium
• Develop and execute API tests using TestNG and related tooling
• Perform performance and load testing using tools such as JMeter
• Conduct accessibility (Section 508) testing using tools such as ANDI and Axe
• Provide manual testing support for functional validation, exploratory testing, and edge case scenarios, as needed
• Provide validation testing of different systems and data sets
• Develop automated testing scripts considering parallelization and idempotency
• Automate and improve development, testing, and release processes
• Ensure systems are safe and secure against cybersecurity threats
• Work with software developers and engineers to ensure development follows established processes and works as intended
• Experience debugging test failures and identifying root cause
• Work with teams to bring continuous improvement to Dev Sec Ops  processes and tools
• Utilize tools such as Jira for story tracking and XRAY for test case management
• Work within CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Harness and Git Lab
• Develop and maintain test code using Java 17 and modern IDEs such as VS Code
• Engineer and implement solutions and provide recommendations for continuous improvement
• Present regular status updates and provide cross-training to other team members
• Act as an individual contributor and mentor junior team members

Required:

• Ability to obtain a U.S. government Security Clearance
• Bachelor’s degree and 5+ years of total experience
• 3+ years of experience with Git SCM providers such as Git Lab (preferred), Git Hub, or Bitbucket
• 3+ years of experience with one or more programming or scripting languages, including Java
• 3+ years of experience implementing test automation using tools such as Selenium, Cucumber, or similar
• Experience developing and maintaining automated test scripts in Java
• Experience with API testing using frameworks such as Rest Assured
• Ability to perform both automated and manual testing across the software development lifecycle
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Strong interpersonal and collaborative skills

Preferred:

• Experience with performance and load testing (e.g., JMeter)
• Experience with accessibility (Section 508) testing tools such as ANDI or Axe
• Experience working with Jira and XRAY for test and requirements management
• Familiarity with CI/CD tools such as Harness
• Experience working in Agile delivery environments

Projected compensation range: $90,000 to $130,000.

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Steampunk participates in the E-Verify program.