Sr. Test Engineer (Automation)
$130,000–$130,000 year
RemoteUnited States
Job Summary
Develop and maintain comprehensive test plans, strategies, and cases tailored to the P-TACTS DevSecOps environment. Design, build, and integrate automated test scripts into CI/CD pipelines to ensure continuous integration and rapid feedback. Perform security testing, including static and dynamic code analysis, vulnerability scanning, and compliance validation. Conduct performance, load, and stress testing to verify scalability and reliability requirements. Use monitoring and analytics tools to evaluate system performance metrics and identify optimization opportunities. Set up, manage, and maintain test environments to mirror production conditions. Collaborate with development, security, and operations teams to integrate testing practices seamlessly throughout the SDLC. Produce detailed test reports, track and manage defects, and coordinate resolution with engineering teams. Extend and enhance API testing frameworks while participating in manual testing of user interfaces. Create and maintain comprehensive documentation of test processes, results, and quality metrics using tools such as Rally and GitLab. Participate in Agile ceremonies, including sprint planning, to ensure test coverage and workload balance.
Required Qualifications
- Must be a U.S. Citizen and able to pass a Federal Clearance process
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field
- Demonstrated experience designing and implementing code-based automation tools and maintaining them over time
- Strong understanding of the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) and quality assurance best practices
- Hands-on experience implementing BDD (Behavior Driven Development) using Cucumber and Gherkin
- Proven experience as a Quality Assurance Engineer or Test Engineer in an Agile environment
- Proficiency in Java scripting and experience building automation frameworks
- Solid understanding of Java application development and testing methodologies
- Expertise with QA automation tools and frameworks such as Selenium/WebDriver for UI automation and Postman for REST API testing
- Experience with bug tracking and documentation tools such as Jira and Confluence
- Hands-on experience testing web-based applications (both front-end UI and back-end services)
- Experience working on large-scale enterprise applications
- AWS Cloud Practitioner certified
Desired Qualifications
- Experience with performance and load testing tools and methodologies
- Hands-on experience integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines (preferably GitLab)
- Familiarity with AWS services for testing, monitoring, and environment automation
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