Senior Test Engineer

General Dynamics Information Technology; Maryland; Hybrid; USD 86,000 - 116,000; Full time

Job summary

General Dynamics Information Technology is seeking a Senior Test Engineer for CMS CPI UCM software. The role focuses on software automation testing to ensure high-quality outcomes and robust testing of interactive front-end and back-end data interactions.

You will develop test plans, create automated tests with Playwright or CodeCept, and perform functional, non-functional, regression, and performance testing in a SAFe environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• 5+ years of manual and automated QA experience.
• Experience testing systems with complex data and workflow structures.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute test plans for front-end and back-end components.
• Create and maintain automated tests using Playwright or CodeCept.
• Analyze defects, perform root cause analysis, and report findings.
• Collaborate with CMS CPI stakeholders to ensure traceability.

Skills

AI Prompting

Automation

PostgreSQL

SQL Query Writing

Test Automation Development

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

CodeCept

JavaScript

Playwright

Job description

Type of Requisition

Regular Clearance Level Must Currently Possess: None Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: None Public Trust/Other Required: NACI (T1) Job Family: Professional Engineering Job Qualifications: Skills: AI Prompting, Automation, PostgreSQL, SQL Query Writing, Test Automation Development Certifications: None Experience: 4 + years of related experience US Citizenship Required: No

Job Description

Own your opportunity to ensure high quality outcomes for our customers' most complex challenges. As a Test Engineer at GDIT, you'll power innovation to drive mission impact and grow your expertise to power your career forward.

HOW YOU WILL MAKE AN IMPACT

As a Senior Test Engineer, the work you'll do at GDIT will be impactful to the mission of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Center for Program Integrity (CPI) on the Unified Case Management (UCM) system. As a software automation tester, you will play a crucial role in testing interactive and dynamic user-interface solutions that enhance the investigative capabilities against fraud, waste, and abuse within CPI.

Integrate with a cross-functional, remote team to execute risk-based test coverage and meet sprint goals delivering high quality software both in a collaborative team environment and independent assignments. Use your expertise in QA test execution and test automation to validate front-end web application functionality, back-end data, and reporting/ETL data. Be an instrumental player of a SAFe scrum team throughout the life cycle of the software implementation processes. Validate the development of system solutions to satisfy customer’s business needs. Analyze, document and communicate system and business processes as it relates to testing.

Provide technical support to existing and prospective customers for UAT testing. Provide inputs for and execute against test plans. Assist with design, creation, automation, and execution of test cases and scenarios. Perform functional, non-functional, regression, system, and performance testing. Record actual results and compare to expected results. Document and perform root cause analysis of relevant defects and issues. Work independently and interact regularly with government and non-government stakeholders at multiple levels of authority. Produce the evaluated test/defects reports and take part in software walkthroughs. Become knowledgeable in the UCM application and functionality to allow you to support requirement analysis, provide accurate estimates, and develop test coverage to reduce risk and delays on the program deliverables.

WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO SUCCEED

Bring your expertise and drive for innovation to GDIT. A successful Test Engineer must have:

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Required Experience

5+ years of relevant manual and automated Software Quality Assurance experience. Experience testing systems with complex data and/or workflow structure

Required Technical Skills

• Ability to write and modify PostgreSQL or SQL scripts for testing
• Experience with CodeCept or similar JavaScript or Playwright automation tools and frameworks
• Experience using AI tools such as Copilot or Claude

Preferred Experience and Skills

• Experience with defect tracking tools such as JIRA and/or TestRail
• Functional testing for an IT system or database
• Agile or SAFe experience
• Test automation
• Problem-solving mindset
• Previous experience working with CMS or medical data systems or tools
• Familiarity with large, complex data sources using PostgreSQL or SQL and experience with data migration and/or maintenance activity
• Experience testing in both on-premise and AWS cloud environments
• Knowledge of web scripting languages
• Demonstrated ability to advance technical skills to support testing
• Experience testing ETL, Reporting, and/or APIs
• Experience testing for Section 508 Compliance using JAWS or other similar tool(s)
• Excellent analytical skills, including the ability to integrate information from multiple sources
• Self-motivated, well-organized and strict attention to details
• Ability to understand and execute against customer business requirements
• Strong interpersonal skills to collaborate with customers and internal cross-functional teams
• Superior written and oral communication skills
• Ability to understand and manage customer expectations and software implementation methodology
• Ability to prioritize and work on multiple projects at the same time
• Ability to work independently
• Agile certification in SAFe Practitioner, SAFe Agilist, CSM or other agile certifications

Location/Working Hours

Remote 40 hours per week, available within the core hours of Monday-Friday 9am to 5pm EST.

Residency Requirement

Must have lived in the United States at least three (3) out of the last five (5) years.

GDIT IS YOUR PLACE

• Growth: AI-powered career tool that identifies career steps and learning opportunities
• Support: An internal mobility team focused on helping you achieve your career goals
• Rewards: Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages, 401K with company match, and competitive pay and paid time off
• Flexibility: Full-flex work week to own your priorities at work and at hom
• Community: Award-winning culture of innovation and a military-friendly workplace
• #GDITFedHealthJobs

Salary

The likely salary range for this position is $85,850 - $116,150. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

Additional Working Details

Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40

Travel Required: Less than 10%

Telecommuting Options: Remote Work Location: Any Location / Remote

Additional Work Locations:

Total Rewards at GDIT

• Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match.
• To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave.
• GDIT typically provides new employees with 15 days of paid leave per calendar year to be used for vacations, personal business, and illness and an additional 10 paid holidays per year.
• Paid leave and paid holidays are prorated based on the employee’s date of hire.
• The GDIT Paid Family Leave program provides a total of up to 160 hours of paid leave in a rolling 12 month period for eligible employees.
• To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available.

Identity Verification Process

As part of the hiring process, we will ask you to complete an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence to ensure authenticity and protect against identity fraud. You are expected to be on camera during virtual interviews. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud. By proceeding, you authorize the collection, processing, and use of your biometric data for identity verification and security purposes.

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