API Test Automation Engineer

General Dynamics Information Technology•USA MD Home Office (MDHOME), MD

6d•$97,750 - $132,250•Remote

About The Position

Seize your opportunity to make a personal impact as a Senior Test Engineer supporting the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Federally Facilitated Exchange (FFE). GDIT is your place to make meaningful contributions to challenging projects and grow a rewarding career. At GDIT, people are our differentiator. GDIT, supports CMS's FFE program with new functionality development for Plan Management, Eligibility & Enrollment (E&E), Financial Management, Marketplace Consumer Record, and other Marketplace Health Exchange functional areas. As a Senior Test Engineer, you will help ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter. Work visa sponsorship will not be provided for this position. Our work depends on a Senior Test Engineer joining our team to perform continuous testing for security, API, and regression suites. You will participate in scrum meetings, run test case execution, create reports, and document defects to support continuous improvement activities for the end-to-end testing process. In this role, a typical day will include: Perform continuous testing across security, API, and UI layers, including manual regression execution as needed. Conduct functional test execution for RESTful services and APIs. Participate in Scrum ceremonies and collaborate with developers, SMEs, and testers to resolve issues. Document test cases, test results, and validation data in JIRA. Validate test environments across multiple environments and report findings. Support test scenario planning, test data preparation, and database query activities. Provide estimates for new functionality or enhancements. Maintain and enhance regression test cases to ensure data integrity. Expand and update regression test suites across releases. Track and report test case additions for each sprint and release cycle. Adapt quickly to changing priorities and perform effectively under strict deadlines.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree (candidate résumé should include names and graduation date(s) from institutes of hirer learning) plus 8+ years of experience designing and developing tests and test requirements for products, systems, software, and/or related components.
Experience developing, maintaining, and enhancing automated test frameworks using Java or Scala for REST APIs.
Hands-on experience validating RESTful APIs and working with NoSQL databases.
Experience with Gatling, including creating/updating simulations, adding test scripts to automated regression suites, and enhancing Gatling frameworks to support functional design changes.
Experience building, updating, and maintaining Scala/Selenium frameworks for UI and API integration.
Experince with end-to-end Agile automated software testing, including Technical Test Execution, Test Management, participating in code reviews, and monitoring, reporting, and documenting defects to support continuous improvement.
Experience maintaining regression test cases to ensure data integrity and expanding regression test beds across releases.
Ability to document and report new test cases across sprints and release cycles.
Must consistently deliver work that meets or exceeds established standards, demonstrating accuracy, attention to detail, thoroughness, and adherence to specifications.
Candidate must have established residency in the U.S. for at least 3 out of the last 5 years.
Candidate must be able to obtain a Federal Public Trust.

Nice To Haves

Experience supporting data and test suite configuration with tools such as Jenkins/GitHub.
Experience with AI test case creation.
Ability to adapt to quickly changing priorities.
Proven ability to work independently and as a team member.
Strong organizational, attention-to-detail, multi-tasking, and time-management skills.
Produce estimates for new functionality or enhancements.
Strong organizational, attention-to-detail, multi-tasking, and time-management skills.
Agile certification in SAFe Practitioner, SAFe Agilist, CSM or other agile certifications.
Ability to perform in high pressure environment and under strict deadlines.

Responsibilities

Perform continuous testing across security, API, and UI layers, including manual regression execution as needed.
Conduct functional test execution for RESTful services and APIs.
Participate in Scrum ceremonies and collaborate with developers, SMEs, and testers to resolve issues.
Document test cases, test results, and validation data in JIRA.
Validate test environments across multiple environments and report findings.
Support test scenario planning, test data preparation, and database query activities.
Provide estimates for new functionality or enhancements.
Maintain and enhance regression test cases to ensure data integrity.
Expand and update regression test suites across releases.
Track and report test case additions for each sprint and release cycle.
Adapt quickly to changing priorities and perform effectively under strict deadlines.

Benefits

401K with company match
Comprehensive health and wellness packages
Internal mobility team dedicated to helping you own your career
Cutting-edge technology you can learn from
variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts
dental plan options
a vision plan
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
full flex work weeks where possible
a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave
15 days of paid leave per calendar year to be used for vacations, personal business, and illness
an additional 10 paid holidays per year
Paid Family Leave program provides a total of up to 160 hours of paid leave in a rolling 12 month period for eligible employees
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