Test Automation Enginner

Comtech LLC; White Oak (MD); On-site; USD 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dynamic and innovative team at a woman-owned small business that specializes in IT solutions. This role focuses on automated testing, where you'll work closely with developers and product managers to create and validate testing components. You'll have the opportunity to learn and implement automation techniques in a fast-paced Agile environment. Ideal candidates will have a strong background in automated testing tools like Selenium and JUnit, and possess excellent communication skills. This is a fantastic opportunity to contribute to impactful projects while growing your career in a supportive and collaborative atmosphere.

Qualifications

• 1+ years of hands-on automated test coding experience required.
• Experience with automation tools like Selenium and JUnit is essential.
• Strong communication and analytical skills are a must.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with developers to define automated testing components.
• Execute automated testing on both web front end and back end systems.
• Contribute to cross-functional teamwork within Agile project lifecycle.

Skills

Automated Testing

Selenium (WebDriver)

JUnit

SOAPUI

Continuous Integration (CI)

Agile Methodologies

Java

C#

Communication Skills

Analytical Skills

Tools

Jenkins

Bamboo

HP QTP

Job description

Comtech is a woman-owned small business founded in 1998 and headquartered in Reston, VA. We offer IT solutions across the disciplines of program/project management, applications development, infrastructure, Cyber security, and enterprise content/data management services. We have developed our methodologies and processes based on the IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) v.3 Framework across enterprise infrastructure operations. These methodologies and processes are reinforced through our organization’s externally accredited certifications, which include ISO 9001:2008 Quality Management System (QMS), ISO/IEC 20000-1:2011 IT Service Management Systems (SMS, corporate ITIL certification), ISO 27001:2005 Information Security Management System (ISMS), and CMMI-DEV Level 3.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities:
• Work closely with developers, professional services team and product managers to define the automated testing components that will be used to validate requirements against developed software.
• Work with team members in adopting and learning test automation techniques.
• Assist with Scrum Team estimation of stories and sizing of effort to include the representation of the test automation and engagement with Continuous Integration (CI) required.
• Contribute to an atmosphere of cross-functional teamwork within the organizations’ Agile project lifecycle.
• Execute automated testing on both Web Front end and back end systems.
• Run test validations at various levels including DB validation, rules validation, logging validation, and UI validation.

Qualifications

Minimum skills and qualifications:

• Candidate must have minimum 1 year of hands on automated test coding experience.
• Candidate must be a team player and work closely with other automation developers to build/support Automation Framework.
• Candidate should have experience on automation results analysis and generate automation result reports.
• Candidate should have ability to learn new techniques and technologies quickly.
• Previous experience with automation tools such as JUnit, SOAPUI, Selenium (WebDriver).
• Ability to work in a fast paced, constantly changing Agile environment.
• Must have knowledge and understand fundamental concepts of Continuous Integration (CI) / Continuous Delivery (CD), Automated Testing (GUI and backend), User Acceptance Testing.
• Strong written and communication skills.
• Professional consulting experience and background beneficial.
• Proven strong innovative and analytical ability with extensive implementation experience.
• Must be a team player and have excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Must be flexible in working with team members at all levels of experience.
- United States Citizenship required (no dual citizenship).
- U.S. Public Trust clearance required.

Preferred skills and qualifications:

• Key technology experience in areas such as Java and/or C#, J2EE, XML, and SOA, REST, JSON, Siebel.
• Knowledge of Continuous Integration tools (OpenSource or commercially available such as Bamboo or Jenkins).
• Experience with a wide variety of testing tools and techniques that are commercially available or that are OpenSource (examples: HP’s QTP, JUnit, Selenium-WebDriver, Geb, Cucumber, and Spock).
• Experience with Functional Testing, Integration Testing, System Testing, and User Acceptance Testing phases.