Automation Test Engineer

The Opportunity:

CACI is seeking an Automation Test Engineer to join our team and support the Border Enforcement Applications for Government Leading-Edge Information Technology (IT) (BEAGLE) contract. You will have the opportunity to apply your knowledge, skills and experience to building a truly modern application that is new development and cloud native. If you thrive in a culture of innovation and bring creative ideas to solve complex technical and procedural problems at the team and portfolio levels, then this opportunity is for you!

Join this passionate team of industry-leading individuals supporting best practices in agile software development for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). You will support the men and women charged with safeguarding the American people and enhancing the nation's safety and security.

As a software Test Automation Engineer, the responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Participate in Agile Scrum development methodology ceremonies (e.g., sprint planning, scrum, backlog refinement, defining tasks/tests, estimating LOE, testing, tracking work done, retrospective, demonstration, etc.)
• Develop, maintain, and perform sprint-level manual/automated testing activities (e.g., define scenarios, develop detailed scripts/procedures, develop Cucumber Gherkin feature files and scenarios, map user story acceptance criteria to script verification points) in Jira with Xray and Cucumber BDD plug-ins
• Develop and maintain automated scripts that are exercised during CI/CD builds and nightly regression test suite execution
• Develop and maintain automated UI and backend (e.g., SQL, logs) scripts in a Java language-based Selenium/Cucumber/Serenity framework stored in a Git Lab repository that may integrate with a Cucumber or generic test
• Develop and maintain automated web service API validation scripts using Spring ToolSuite4, Rest Assured, Postman, Fiddler, and SoapUI
• In collaboration with the Product Architect and/or Business Analyst, access impacts of candidate changes to the automated smoke and/or regression test suite(s) and plan accordingly
• Perform full-scope static and dynamic testing of a system under test utilizing functional and non-functional testing techniques. These techniques can include the following test types:
  Unit (only for Automated scripts), Integration/API, End-To-End, Smoke, Regression/Functional, 508 Compliance, and Usability
• Perform script and/or code peer reviews to ensure compliance with program-level manual/automated testing standards, guidelines, and processes
• Document and track testing activity progress during a sprint. This includes capturing execution artifacts to support that all backlog acceptance criteria have been successfully verified/validated

Required:

• Must be a:
  • U.S. Citizen with the ability to pass CBP background investigation, criteria include, but are not limited to:
    • 3-year check for felony convictions
    • 1-year check for illegal drug use
    • 1-year check for misconduct such as theft or fraud
  • Team player and able to work in a collaborative team environment
• Must have:
  • Working knowledge and understand fundamental concepts of Manual Functional Testing, Automated Testing, and Continuous Integration
  • College degree (B.S. or greater) in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Management Systems, or a related discipline. Experience accepted in lieu of degree
• Hands on experience:
  • In an IT related field (5+ years) with 2-3 or more years analyzing, designing, and implementing software test automation solutions
  • Testing applications developed in Java, JavaScript, Angular
    
    JS, Oracle, and PostgresSQL
  • Developing and executing automated test scripts with open-source tools like Eclipse, Visual Studio Code, Selenium, Cucumber BDD, Serenity BDD, and Maven
  • Programming in Java (3-5 years) and with other programming technologies (e.g., JavaScript, Web Services, SOAP, XML)
  • SQL CRUD script development experience against Oracle and Postgre
    
    SQL databases
  • Applying estimation techniques to manual test script efforts and automated test script development/maintenance efforts
  • Interacting with Product Owners, Business Analysts, Scrum Masters, Product Architects, Developers, and Technical Writers, and providing guidance on automation tools and testing methods to meet project specific needs
• Familiar working within a continuous integration environment and supporting tools such as Jenkins, Git, Git Lab, AWS, Spring ToolSuite4, Rest Assured, Postman, ANDI
• Candidates local to Williston, VT or Ashburn, VA must be available to work on client-site at least 1 day per week.

Desired:

• Using Visual Studio Code, Eclipse, Jira, Maven, Rest Assure, Postman, and ANDI tools
• Designing, implementing and/or testing web services and/or n-tier web-based
• Designing, implementing and/or testing mobile devices using Android Expresso
• Acting independently to expose and resolve problems

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