Lead Automation Test Engineer — Cloud & CI/CD Quality

Index Analytics; Baltimore (MD); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Index Analytics seeks an Automation Test Engineer to support testing of an enterprise cloud platform, covering UI, front-end/back-end, data exchange and 508 testing. You will lead automated test development in a Lean-Agile setting, drive CI/CD integration, and mentor team members.

Responsibilities include automated data seeding, test planning, reusable test methods, and cross-team coordination to ensure high-quality releases across environments, including AWS/cloud Databricks.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in software testing with 4+ years in automation.
• Master’s degree preferred; four years may substitute for a bachelor.
• Strong automation of quality checks and CI/CD driven workflows.
• Experience automating tests, environment setup and deployments.
• Experience with tools such as Cucumber, Java, Jenkins, Python, Pytest or Provar.
• Experience with performance and load testing tools like Load Runner, JMeter.
• UI automation experience with Playwright or Selenium.
• Experience testing in AWS cloud and Databricks.

Responsibilities

• Lead cross-functional test automation in a Lean-Agile environment.
• Plan, develop and execute automated tests for enterprise cloud platform.
• Develop automated data seeding scripts and test data rollback.
• Plan automation strategy, tool recommendations and training.
• Develop reusable automated testing methods and scripts.
• Coordinate test activities with data providers and vendors as needed.
• Execute system level tests and verify bug fixes across environments.
• Ensure 508 accessibility compliance during testing.

Skills

Automated testing

CI/CD

Java

Python

Jenkins

Cucumber

Pytest

Provar

Selenium

Playwright

JUnit

Load testing

JMeter

New Relic

AWS

Databricks

Test automation leadership

Education

Master’s degree in a related field

Tools

Selenium

Playwright

Cucumber

Jenkins

Pytest

Provar

JUnit

Load Runner

JMeter

Job description

Index Analytics seeks an Automation Test Engineer to support testing of an enterprise cloud platform, covering UI, front-end/back-end, data exchange and 508 testing. You will lead automated test development in a Lean-Agile setting, drive CI/CD integration, and mentor team members.

Responsibilities include automated data seeding, test planning, reusable test methods, and cross-team coordination to ensure high-quality releases across environments, including AWS/cloud Databricks.