Automated Test Engineer

Steampunk•McLean, VA

19h

About The Position

As an Automated Test Engineer, you will be an integral part of Steampunk's growing DevSecOps practice, providing quality assurance services for application and data systems development within an AI-enabled software development environment. The role requires candidates with 3–5 years of experience in quality assurance and test automation practices within an Agile/DevSecOps framework, with the flexibility to provide manual testing support when necessary. Steampunk is a Change Agent in the Federal contracting industry, serving clients in the Homeland, Federal Civilian, Health, and DoD sectors. The company utilizes a Human-Centered delivery methodology and is employee-owned, focusing on investing in employees and rewarding contributions to growth.

Requirements

Ability to obtain a U.S. government Security Clearance
Bachelor’s degree and 5+ years of experience
3+ years of experience with Git SCM providers such as GitLab, GitHub, or Bitbucket
3+ years of experience with one or more programming or scripting languages
3+ years of experience implementing test automation using tools such as Selenium, Cucumber
Experience developing and maintaining automated test scripts in Java
Experience with API testing using frameworks such as RestAssured
Ability to perform both automated and manual testing across the software development lifecycle
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Strong interpersonal and collaborative skills

Nice To Haves

Experience with performance and load testing (e.g., JMeter)
Experience with accessibility (Section 508) testing tools such as ANDI or Axe
Experience working with Jira and XRAY for test and requirements management
Familiarity with CI/CD tools such as Harness
Experience working in Agile delivery environments

Responsibilities

Understand the needs of stakeholders and convey requirements to developers
Meet with product design teams to determine testing parameters
Write test plans, create test cases, test procedures, bug reports, and final QA reports for products
Manage test data architecture definition and requests
Troubleshoot errors and streamline test procedures
Test and examine code written by others and analyze results, including: Data validation testing, Functional testing, Performance and load testing, Usability testing, Accessibility (508) testing
Establish automated testing tools and infrastructure for test automation
Design, develop, and maintain automated test scripts using Cucumber JVM, TestNG, and Selenium
Develop and execute API tests using TestNG and related tooling
Perform performance and load testing using tools such as JMeter
Conduct accessibility (Section 508) testing using tools such as ANDI and Axe
Provide manual testing support for functional validation, exploratory testing, and edge case scenarios, as needed
Provide validation testing of different systems and data sets
Develop automated testing scripts considering parallelization and idempotency
Automate and improve development, testing, and release processes
Ensure systems are safe and secure against cybersecurity threats
Work with software developers and engineers to ensure development follows established processes and works as intended
Experience debugging test failures and identifying root cause
Work with teams to bring continuous improvement to DevSecOps processes and tools
Utilize tools such as Jira for story tracking and XRAY for test case management
Work within CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Harness and GitLab
Develop and maintain test code using Java and modern IDEs such as VS Code
Engineer and implement solutions and provide recommendations for continuous improvement
Present regular status updates and provide cross-training to other team members
Act as an individual contributor and mentor junior team members