Test Automation Engineer

General Dynamics Information Technology; United States; Hybrid; USD 102,000 - 138,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in IT consulting is seeking a Test Automation Engineer to join their team. The role involves creating automated test scripts and collaborating with development teams to ensure quality standards are met. Candidates should have significant experience in automated testing and relevant technologies. The position offers a hybrid work environment and competitive salary and benefits.

Benefits

401K with company match

Comprehensive health and wellness packages

Professional growth opportunities including paid education

Flexible work arrangements

Paid time off and holidays

Qualifications

• 10+ years of related experience required.
• Knowledge of agile software development lifecycle models.
• Experience in test automation with various tools.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement automated testing frameworks.
• Create test scripts for functional, integration, and regression testing.
• Collaborate with developers to understand acceptance criteria.

Skills

Automated Testing

Microsoft Azure

Regression Testing

Structured Query Language (SQL) Development

Test Case Design

Tools

Selenium

JUnit

NUnit

Cypress

Postman

REST-assured

JMeter

Locust

Job description

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Job Qualifications:

Automated Testing, Microsoft Azure, Regression Testing, Structured Query Language (SQL) Development, Test Case Design

Job Description:

Type of Requisition:

Regular

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:

Secret

Clearance Level Must Be Able To Obtain:

Secret

Public Trust/Other Required:

None

Job Family:

Test Engineering

Skills:

Job Qualifications:

Automated Testing, Microsoft Azure, Regression Testing, Structured Query Language (SQL) Development, Test Case Design

Certifications:

None

Experience:

10 + years of related experience

US Citizenship Required:

No

Job Description:

Job Description

We are seeking a qualified, motivated individual to join GDIT as a Test Engineer Senior. As part of our deployment information technology team, you will ensure infrastructure development and design meets quality goals and objectives. You will work with multiple scrum teams while developing automated test scripts and test strategies in accordance with the project Quality Control Plan. You will be responsible for supporting, planning, coordinating, and executing verification, validation, and testing of application and systems software. You will collaborate with GDIT technical leadership, Government customers, and other key stakeholders to assess our existing and new systems infrastructure.

How You’ll Make An Impact:

• Working closely with software developers, engineers, business analysts, and requirements personnel to plan, coordinate, and execute static analysis and dynamic testing of systems/software code to verify and validate acceptance and technical specifications
• Evaluating the test basis and supporting the refinement of requirements to ensure testability, clarity, and correctness
  
  

Test Engineer Senior Duties And Responsibilities

• Design and implement automated testing frameworks for web and cloud-based applications
• Create test scripts for functional, integration, and regression testing using tools such as Selenium, JUnit/NUnit, or Cypress
• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps Pipelines)
• Ensure every code commit triggers tests and results are visible to the team
• Develop and maintain test cases for API Testing and load/performance testing
• Validate system reliability and performance under expected production workloads
• Work in secure Azure Gov environments to set up test data and test environments that mirror production configurations
• Adhere to data handling policies by scrubbing sensitive information as needed for compliance
• Collaborate with developers and business analysts to understand acceptance criteria for user stories
• Translate user stories and acceptance criteria into automated test scenarios to ensure comprehensive coverage of requirements
• Track and report defects using Azure DevOps boards or similar tools
• Provide clear documentation of issues and work with development teams to resolve and re-test fixes
• Continuously refine the test suite by adding new test cases for discovered issues and new features
• Optimize test execution time to ensure the suite remains efficient and effective as the system evolves
  
  

Test Engineer Senior Requirements And Qualifications

• Ability to assess software products for readiness and determine pass/fail criteria
• Ability to capture test data, analyze test results and clearly communicate (orally and written) findings and/or deficiencies
• Skilled at mapping test cases to requirements and providing input to generate a requirements traceability matrix
• Skilled in creating software test cases, procedures, test scripts, and test data conditions
• Knowledge of testing business applications and enterprise information systems
• Knowledge of static and dynamic software test activities
• Knowledge of agile or incremental software development lifecycle models
• Secret Clearance to start
  
  

Required Technical Skills:

• Windows, Linux, SQL and Oracle
• Hands on SQL Skills using SSMS with proficiency in reading and understanding the flow of a large/complicated stored procedure
• Experience using Selenium, JUnit, NUnit, and Cypress
• Experience using Postman, REST-assured, JMeter, or Locust
• Experience working in Azure DevOps pipelines and other Azure cloud environments
  
  

Experience

• 10 years of relevant experience
• * may vary based on technical training, certification(s), or degree
• Directive 8570.1/8140 – IAT II: Security+
• 4+ years in testing the infrastructure as code (IAC) or other similar technologies to deploy the microservice application infrastructure
• 4+ years conducting manual testing
• 5+ years of testing front-end applications using automation
• 5+ years of testing back-end applications using automation
• 5+ years End-to-End DevOps hands-on knowledge, test automation with tools like GitHub, ADOPS, or similar CI/CD tools
• 3+ years of application development and/or testing in Agile methodology
• 5+ years software QA and testing experience
• Experience implementing automated testing processes with tools such as Junit, Selenium/Cypress, 508 testing, and performance testing
• Experience using MS Visio for updating diagrams
• Experience working in Federal or State government environments
• Ability to work independently and remotely
  

Certification: Security+

Travel Required: Little to no travel anticipated (may be required upon customer request)

Location: Hybrid (on-site classified network support required for Washington DC client)

US Citizenship: U.S. Citizenship required

GDIT Is Your Place:

• Full-flex work week to own your priorities at work and at home
• 401K with company match
• Comprehensive health and wellness packages
• Internal mobility team dedicated to helping you own your career
• Professional growth opportunities including paid education and certifications
• Cutting-edge technology you can learn from
• Full-flex work week to own your priorities at work and at home
• 401K with company match
• Comprehensive health and wellness packages
• Internal mobility team dedicated to helping you own your career
• Professional growth opportunities including paid education and certifications
• Cutting-edge technology you can learn from
• Rest and recharge with paid vacation and holidays
  
  

The likely salary range for this position is $102,000 - $138,000. 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.

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. We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.

We are GDIT. A global technology and professional services company that delivers consulting, technology and mission services to every major agency across the U.S. government, defense and intelligence community. Our 30,000 experts extract the power of technology to create immediate value and deliver solutions at the edge of innovation. We operate across 50 countries worldwide, offering leading capabilities in digital modernization, AI/ML, Cloud, Cyber and application development. Together with our clients, we strive to create a safer, smarter world by harnessing the power of deep expertise and advanced technology.

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• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

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  Quality Assurance

• Industries

  IT Services and IT Consulting

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