Test Automation Engineer

ByteCubed; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

ByteCubed is seeking a Test Automation Engineer at our headquarters in Arlington, Virginia. The successful candidate will develop and maintain automation frameworks and perform testing to ensure product quality and rapid defect identification.

This role requires a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, 3+ years of relevant experience, and a strong foundation in automation testing, OOP, and Agile methods. US Citizenship is mandatory due to the nature of the work.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of professional software development and hands-on test automation experience.
• Experience writing custom test automation scripts/frameworks.
• Knowledge of DevOps principles and practices.

Responsibilities

• Develop automation frameworks and tests for regression test suites.
• Maintain and update automated test systems as product functionality is updated.
• Verify software meets the requirements and perform unit/system-level testing.

Skills

Test automation development

Object-oriented programming

Agile/Scrum environment

RESTful web services testing

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or a related field

Tools

Jenkins

Continuous integration tools

Job description

ByteCubed is a result‑oriented and high impact consulting firm specializing in next generation software development and technology, delivering the most efficient strategies and cost‑effective solutions that meet the ever‑changing challenges that our clients face. Specialties: Big Data, Strategy and Business Architecture, Systems Engineering, Enterprise cloud services and solutions, PMO services, Innovation, R&D, Business Process and Improvements, and Software Engineering.

Job Description

ByteCubed is seeking a Test Automation Engineer to join our rapidly growing IT consulting firm at our headquarters in Arlington, Virginia.

The successful candidate will be working in a dynamic team environment, responsible for creating and maintaining automation frameworks and test suites that certify product quality and rapidly uncover defects.

Responsibilities included, but not limited to:

• Develop and build automation frameworks and tests for regression test suites
• Develop and maintain tools for automation tracking and reporting
• Maintain and update automated test systems as product functionality is updated
• Be an advocate for the end user
• Verify software meets the requirements
• Perform unit and system-level testing of applications
• Work with QA engineers to develop testing protocol to identify and correct defects
• Establish best-practice development standards by working with developers

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or a related field
• 3+ years of professional software development and hands‑on test automation development experience, ideally in either .NET/Java
• Knowledge and experience writing custom test automation scripts/frameworks
• Solid understanding of object-oriented programming (OOP) and software engineering fundamentals
• Experience working in agile/scrum programming environment
• Experience with Jenkins or other continuous integration and continuous delivery applications
• Experience in testing RESTful web services and backend APIs
• Desire to improve the software development process
• Due to nature of the work performed for our clients, US Citizenship is required.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Strong Bash scripting experience
• Experience interacting testing among multiple teams
• Well versed in DevOps principles and practices
• Experience with White Box testing
• Technical and/or Project team leadership

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.