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Test Automation Engineer - SME    

Work Location:   
Gaithersburg, MD 

Job Description:  

This role is for an experienced SME level Test Automation Engineer. Applicants resume should articulate the ability to develop and use exceptionally more complex concepts & processes, conduct root cause analysis, and develop technical solutions to problems while prioritizing across multiple tasks. Candidates should have experience leading teams of junior level and mid-level developers. Well qualified candidates will have experience evaluating and recommending new technology and improving processes based upon cost, risk, and mission needs. The selected individual will be supporting numerous activities.  Work location is Gaithersburg, MD.  

Primary Responsibilities: 

• Participate in Agile ceremonies, including daily standups, sprint planning meetings, sprint reviews and sprint retrospectives. 
• Design, develop, and maintain test suites to validate software functionality.  Participate in code reviews and inspections to ensure testability of code and adherence to coding standards that facilitate automated testing.  
• Build and enhance automated testing frameworks and tools that facilitate automated testing across different layers of the application.  
• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines to enable continuous testing and delivery.  
• Monitor and analyze test results and ensure the stability of builds before deployment.  
• Maintain high quality software by ensuring comprehensive test coverage and enforcing testing best practices.  
• Create and maintain documentation related to automated test cases, test plans, and test results to support knowledge sharing and transparency.  
• Report issues in work management tool (e.g., Jira) along with steps required to re-create the issue. 
• Participate in all phases of risk management assessments and software development with emphasis on analysis of user requirements, test design and test tools selection.  
• Work closely with software engineers to create and maintain test artifacts that may be reviewed by external stakeholder’s real time. 

Basic Qualifications: 

• Meet minimum education and experience requirements:    
  • Master’s degree with 10-13 years experience 
  • Bachelor’s degree with 12-15 years experience  
• Current active TS/SCI with CI Polygraph  
• Proficiency with programming languages like Java, JavaScript, and Python to write automation test scripts and develop test frameworks. 
• Strong expertise in designing, developing, and maintaining automation test suites using frameworks like Selenium WebDriver, Katalon, Playwright, and Test NG.  
• Familiarity with SQL, NoSQL, and PostgreSQL for querying databases and verifying data integrity during testing.  
• Ability to perform both Frontend (UI/UX), and Backend (API, database, and server-side) testing. 
• Strong, self-motivated desire to learn new tools, frameworks, and techniques.  
• Ability to complete tasking independently with minimal direct supervision.  
• Ability to work and collaborate effectively within a multi-disciplined engineering team. 

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Experience with Agile development principles and methodologies.  
• Working knowledge of continuous integration and delivery methodologies and tools.  
• Experience with automating unit, functional, integration and performance testing of web applications using industry-standard tools such as JUnit, Postman/SoapUI, Cucumber, Selenium, and JMeter.  
• Familiarity with software design patterns.  
• Solid understanding of software development process fundamentals.  
• Experience managing projects within the Atlassian suite of tools (Confluence, JIRA, Bitbucket).  
• Familiarity with basic web technologies (HTML, CSS, XML, REST, JSON).  
• Knowledge of a version control system (e.g., Git). • Familiarity with CI/CD processes and tools (Jenkins).  
• Familiarity with multiple operating systems (Windows, LINUX, etc.). 

Clearance Requirements* 

Requires an active Top Secret security clearance upon hire and must meet SCI eligibility. Must be willing and able to obtain a polygraph within the customer’s timeline after hire. Applicants selected will be subject to a U.S. Government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information. Due to the nature of work performed within our facilities, U.S. citizenship is required. 

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