Quality Assurance Automation Test Engineer; REMOTE

Koniag Technology Solutions, a Koniag Government Services company, is seeking a Quality Assurance Automation Test Engineer to support KTS and our government customer. This position requires the candidate to be able to obtain a Public Trust. This position is remote. This position is for a Future New Business Opportunity.

We offer competitive compensation and an extraordinary benefits package including health, dental and vision insurance, 401K with company matching, flexible spending accounts, paid holidays, three weeks paid time off, and more.

The selected candidate must be knowledgeable and experienced as a Quality Assurance Automation Test Engineer for web applications, UI, and server-based application software testing, having experience both creating and maintaining software automation test scripts (API and UI). Likewise, the candidate must have a working knowledge of software engineering concepts such as Agile methodologies, software development standards, quality assurance standards, Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), interpretation of product requirements, test plan and test case development, testing of software functionality, product installation, p&l, and usability (508 compliance experience a plus) testing.

• Creating, maintenance and evaluation of software automation test scripts (including incorporation of dynamic test data) for both UI and API
• Gathering and validating application functional/performance/load requirements
• Creation and maintenance of test plans and test cases
• Execution, as required, of manual and automated software testing in areas involving installation, functional, performance and load, integration, and regression testing
• Management of defects within a corporate defect tracking system such as Jira
• Documentation of process improvements regarding best practices regarding test automation
• Creation of test reports using Jira
• Maintenance of all test documentation
• Coordination and prioritization of test development activities and the ability to work with multiple scrum teams and software projects are also critical for the selected candidate.
• Candidate must have the ability to troubleshoot independently both software and operating system level installation and configuration issues

• Production software development experience with 2-3 structured programming languages such as .Net and Java
• Experience test automating .NET and CRM (Pega) applications using behavior driven test automation framework such as Gauge (Selenium)
• Experience with quality assurance practices and testing methodologies
• Experience writing test plans, test cases development, and execution
• Experience developing, executing, and maintaining automated test scripts
• Experience with writing automation test scripts for endpoints using tools such as Ready Api or Postman
• Experience with both SOAP based and RESTful web APIs
• Experience with MS SQL Server
• Experience with branching, pull requests, merging, and GIT commands
• Experience deploying in CI/CD and using Build Pipelines
• Demonstrated documentation and reporting experience
• Experience with commercial defect management systems
• Experience working within an Agile Development Environment
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
• Excellent communication skills
• Basic understanding of program interfaces, services, databases, messaging, files systems, and other program objects
• A minimum of 5+ of structured software quality assurance engineering experience is required
• 3+ years of hands-on experience with the development of automated test scripts, execution of test cases and reporting and dissemination of test results
• A bachelor’s degree--preferably in Computer Science, Software Engineering, similar discipline, or equivalent work experience is required

• 508 Compliance testing
• Performance & Load testing using Load Runner or comparable
• Experience writing production JavaScript, HTML, XML, XSLT
• Experience with Visual Studio Code and/or IntelliJ
• Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) experience

• Ability to obtain a public trust