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Test Automation Engineer - Lead

Location : Washington, DC (Hybrid Position - 1 day in office every 2 weeks)

Duration : 12 Months Contract

Interview Types: Webcam

Job Description

Test Automation Engineer - Lead

Duties and Responsibilities

The candidate is responsible for the design, development andexecution of automated tests for distributed enterprise applications withexternal and internal interfaces utilizing Microservices and businessautomation patterns. As an active participant on a scrum team, the candidate isresponsible for all aspects of quality assurance including test automation, anddevelopment of automated processes within a testing framework. This role worksclosely with software engineers, fellow QA engineers, DevOps engineers,infrastructure and security professionals. Flexibility to work collaborativelyand knowledgeably with team members in each area is vital. The candidatedocuments and works to resolve problems, reports progress on problemresolution, devises improvements to current procedures, and develops models ofpossible future configurations. The candidate will focus on the automation fortesting of the software built on a technology stack using industry standardtools. It is essential that this candidate have exceptional communicationskills and be flexible and knowledgeable with technology, environment andpriorities.

• Performand write automated functional, system, regression, and integration testing
• Design,develop, and execute automated tests.
• Extendand enhance existing test automation frameworks and tools.
• Ensuretest environments are prepared and ready for execution of test scenarios
• Executetest cases to validate system functionality prior to releasing to UAT/customers
• Workclosely with engineering and QA to manage and improve the development pipelineby integrating with CI/CD tools.
• Triage,document and perform troubleshooting and diagnosis of defects reported bycustomers or internally to determine steps to reproduce.
• Executeregression testing to validate defect resolution and verify existingfunctionality is unaffected
• Identify,record, document test results to enable efficient resolution of defects
• Developautomated tests for regression and reproduction of defects
• Design,develop and execute automation scripts using open-source tools.
• Liaisewith internal teams (e.g. developers and project managers) to identify systemrequirements.
• Investigatethe causes of non-conforming software
• Trackquality assurance metrics, like defect densities and open defect counts.
• DocumentQA procedures for team.
• Otherresponsibilities as assigned

Qualifications

• 7+ years of full-time professional experiencewith Testing Automation and Quality Assurance, and Testing Methodologies.
• Strong understanding of agile softwaredevelopment processes
• Strong technical skills, work ethic,independence, problem solving ability, and overall positive attitude.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Proficiency with programming languages
• Ability to manage multiple tasks with varyingpriorities
• Ability to communicate ideas in a variety offormats
• Proficiency with Financial Concepts, BusinessMath
• Strong organizational skills with the ability tomulti-task in a fast-paced environment and manage priorities with deadlines.
• Adheres to Agile development methodology
• Proficiency with quality assurance terminology,methods and tools

Education

Bachelor s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or theequivalent combination of education, and successful work experience.

Technical Skills:

• Microsoft Office products - MS Word, Excel,PowerPoint, MS Visio and MS Project, Microsoft Teams, Power Automate.
• Knowledge and understanding of SQL
• Proficient with Java, JUnit, TestNG
• Experience with Python, Selenium
• Experience with RPA and associated tools.
• Experience with Blue Prism, UIPath, RestEasy orsimilar API automation
• Experience with JMeter
• Experience with Git
• Experience Bash and SSH experience
• Experience with Jira and confluence

Required/Desired Skills:

Skill	Required /Desired	Amount of Experience	Candidate Experience
Professional experience with testing automation, quality assurance and testing methodologies	Required	7 Years
Microsoft Office Proficiency (Word, Excel, PP, Visio, Project, Teams, Power Automate)	Required	0
Proficiency with Java, JUnit, TestNG	Required	0
Experience with Python, Selenium	Required	0
Experience with RPA and associated tools	Required	0
Experience with Blue Prism, UIPath, RestEasy or similar API automation	Required	0
Experience with Jira and Confluence	Required	0
Bachelor's degree in CompSci, Information Technology, Engineering or related field	Required	0

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