Senior Test Automation Engineer

eSimplicity Inc.; Silver Spring (MD); Remote; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading digital services company is seeking a Testing Engineer to enhance system performance in compliance with strict standards. The role focuses on developing automated testing processes and ensuring quality assurance in a dynamic, governmental IT environment. Ideal candidates should possess extensive experience in testing, particularly within healthcare systems, and specialize in building test strategies to improve functionality.

Benefits

Healthcare benefits

Competitive salary

Qualifications

• 7+ years of hands-on testing experience.
• 5+ years of test automation experience on Salesforce Platform.
• Experience with Agile methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Developing testing scripts and analyzing test results.
• Coordinating with testers and developers for quality assurance.
• Leading automated testing processes and improving system performance.

Skills

Testing

Automation

Analytical Skills

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Atlassian Jira

Salesforce Platform

Agile methodologies

Job description

Description

About Us:

eSimplicity is modern digital services company that work across government, partnering with our clients to improve the lives and ensure the security of all Americans—from soldiers and veteran to kids and the elderly, and defend national interests on the battlefield. Our engineers, designers and strategist cut through complexity to create intuitive products and services that equip Federal agencies with solutions to courageously transform today for a better tomorrow for all Americans.

Responsibilities:

• Providing testing and analysis of complex systems to ensure systems are compliant with requirements and can perform well in production
• Independently developing performance, functional, behavioral, API, and 508 (any as needed) test scripts using applicable tools, create test scenarios and execute tests
• Analyzing test results, identifying performance root issues, and writing test reports to recommend improvements to the system
• Coordinating with other testers and developers to resolve test problems and ensure customer satisfaction
• Attending requirements gathering meetings to better understand business needs, functional and system requirements and ensuring all development meets criteria
• Focusing on end-to-end test automation pipeline health and overall quality of the overall program
• Producing detailed testing documents, including test plans, test cases, test data, and test scripts to automate and rapidly perform testing iteratively
• Developing testing status reporting tools and methods that will allow stakeholders at various levels to quickly assess the system status of their focused area and drill down to get details as needed
• Leading and taking ownership of automated testing processes and implementing them; contributing to the design and maintenance of the test automation framework.
• Promoting and enforcing an automation-first approach to reduce manual configurations within the platform
• Developing high quality automation test engineering best practices, test strategy and principles.
• Providing regular and open communication across the program and stakeholders for transparency and awareness of progress and impediments
• Driving delivery and continuous improvement by utilizing feedback and metrics (quality, delivery rate, etc.) to identify areas of opportunity

Requirements

Requirements:

• All candidates must pass public trust clearance through the U.S. Federal Government. This requires candidates to either be U.S. citizens or pass clearance through the Foreign National Government System which will require that candidates have lived within the United States for at least 3 out of the previous 5 years, have a valid and non-expired passport from their country of birth and appropriate VISA/work permit documentation.
• A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Business, or other related scientific or technical discipline
• 7+ years of hands-on testing (performance, functional, behavioral, API, and 508) experience
• With 5+ years of test automation experience on Salesforce Platform
• With 4+ years of test experience on data-centric application and systems; Experienced creating test data for healthcare datasets such as provider, beneficiary/patient, quality measures and claims data; Experienced testing APIs; Experienced conducting User Acceptance Testing with users, collecting inputs from users, and supporting users with potential workaround.
• Experience with Agile methodologies
• Experience with Atlassian Jira/Confluence
• Strong analytical skills and innovative thinking
• Demonstrated experience working on large integration systems and executing large-scale projects with large data sets from conception through implementation.
• Excellent command of written and spoken English.

Desired Requirements:

• Strong knowledge and experience in software development in an agile environment
• Strong experience with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and/or Medicaid CHIP data
• Experience with Copado Robotic Testing

Working Environment:
eSimplicity supports a remote work environment operating within the Eastern time zone so we can work with and respond to our government clients. Expected hours are 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM Eastern unless otherwise directed by your manager.
Occasional travel for training and project meetings. It is estimated to be less than 25% per year.

Benefits:
We offer highly competitive salaries and full healthcare benefits.

Equal Employment Opportunity:
eSimplicity is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender, age, status as a protected veteran, sexual orientation, gender identity, or status as a qualified individual with a disability.