QA Automation Engineer — Web & Mobile Testing in Agile CI/CD

Peraton; Falls Church (VA); Hybrid; USD 51,000 - 82,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k)

Paid time off

Paid holidays

Job summary

Peraton is seeking a QA Automation Engineer to join our QA Engineering team, building scalable automated test frameworks and executing tests to ensure product quality. You will design and maintain test plans, scripts, and documentation, collaborating with developers and cross-functional teams to verify fixes in a SAFe Agile environment.

You will apply TypeScript, Selenium, Appium, and BDD approaches, with emphasis on reusable components, CI/CD integration, and performance improvements.

Qualifications

• 4 years with BS/BA; 8 years with HS degree; 6 years with AS Degree.

Responsibilities

• Drive the software quality assurance lifecycle within an Agile process, actively participating in sprint planning, reviews, retrospectives, and other ceremonies.
• Design, develop, maintain, and execute scalable automated test frameworks and scripts for new and existing features using Selenium, Appium, TypeScript, Gherkin/BDD, and the Page Object Model.
• Apply appropriate software development and design methodologies, industry best practices, and reusable automation components to continuously improve test efficiency, coverage, performance, and framework stability.
• Establish test strategies and create test plans, test cases, scripts, and supporting documentation based on product and design requirements.
• Perform functional, regression, and integration testing; review software components for adherence to design requirements; analyze results; and document outcomes.
• Identify, report, and track defects in systems such as Jira, provide clear reproduction steps, and collaborate with developers, product managers, and QA and cross-functional teams to define test requirements and verify fixes.
• Troubleshoot automation issues and update scripts and frameworks as application functionality and technical requirements evolve.
• Enhance and maintain automated CI/CD workflows by integrating automated tests into deployment pipelines.
• Work effectively both independently and as part of a collaborative team.

Skills

Web test automation

Mobile test automation

TypeScript

Cucumber

Gherkin

Page Object Model

Git

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

Azure DevOps

Selenium WebDriver

Selenium Grid

Appium

Espresso

XCTest

Postman

Jira

CI/CD

Agile

Scrum

Education

BS/BA in IT or math

HS degree

AS Degree

Tools

Selenium WebDriver

Selenium Grid

Appium

Espresso

XCTest

LambdaTest

Sauce Labs

Git

GitLab

Jira

Postman

Jenkins

Azure DevOps

Job description

Peraton is seeking a QA Automation Engineer to join our QA Engineering team, building scalable automated test frameworks and executing tests to ensure product quality. You will design and maintain test plans, scripts, and documentation, collaborating with developers and cross-functional teams to verify fixes in a SAFe Agile environment.

You will apply TypeScript, Selenium, Appium, and BDD approaches, with emphasis on reusable components, CI/CD integration, and performance improvements.