Test Engineer

What you’ll get to do:

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 GitLab 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
  

You Will Bring These Qualifications:

• 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 (7+ years) with 2-3 or more years analyzing, designing, and implementing software test automation solutions
  
• Testing applications developed in Java, JavaScript, AngularJS, 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 PostgreSQL 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, GitLab, AWS, Spring ToolSuite4, Rest Assured, Postman, ANDI
  

You are good at:

• Participating in a high performing, highly engaged and motivated Scrum team
  
• Applying the Agile development approach to incremental software development projects
  
• Being a highly responsible, team-oriented individual with very strong communication skills and work ethic; self-starter
  
• Understanding the elements of the software development life cycle
  
• Communicating in both written and verbal forms
  

These Qualifications Would Be Nice To Have:

• 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