Automation Tester

Ardentmc • Washington, DC

264d • Remote

About The Position

ArdentMC is a software development firm, focused on high-value/ high-technology solutions for government projects and invites you to join our dynamic organization. ArdentMC offers complete health benefits, competitive salaries, matching 401K, Liberal PTO, paid holidays, tuition reimbursement, work/life balance and a host of other benefits, creating a rewarding and fast-paced work environment. The Automation Tester will work in the Washington DC area.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant technical field/equivalent knowledge and experience.
• 8+ years' experience with software quality assurance testing, including unit, integration, load, stress, security penetration, and performance testing.
• 4+ years of experience in automation testing and releasing large enterprise applications.
• Expert in software quality and testing methodologies.
• Expert in test automation tools, UI automation frameworks (Selenium, UIPath, etc.), and Mobile automation frameworks (Appium, etc.).
• Excellent coding skills in Java and JavaScript.
• Experience with Test Design Patterns.
• Excellent fundamental knowledge of data structures, algorithms, and object-oriented design.
• Deep understanding of system development life cycle, technical project management approaches and requirements, and design techniques on multi-track projects.
• Unrelenting need to perpetually optimize testing coverage, testing process, and principles and continuously increase the solutions quality.
• Experience doing quality assurance testing of a complex enterprise software product, including cross-component and cross-module integration testing and load/performance testing.
• Experience identifying when automated testing is not sufficient and when manual testing is critical.
• Extensive experience working as an integral part of a cross-functional agile development team using test-driven development.
• Experience with RESTful API enterprise system testing.
• Experience with data transformation and data pipelines testing models and approaches.
• Deep interest in Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, and Natural Language Processing.
• Strong presentation, interpersonal and communication skills.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in RPA development using RPA solutions (e.g., UI Path, Automation Anywhere, Tricentis RPA).
• Experience integrating RPA with other tools (e.g., Jira, ServiceNow, SharePoint, Email, etc.).
• Exceptional ability to process and synthesize information to deliver optimal solutions and identify roadblocks.
• Cloud Professional level certification (Solutions Architect, DevOps, SysOps Administrator, or Developer).

Responsibilities

• Formulate long term strategies for quality assurance testing, and analyze long term impacts.
• Lead decision making around the selection of third-party testing tools or development of new tools and best practices.
• Work independently, within, and across teams to design and develop technical solutions, address complex issues, and execute QA tasks in collaboration with a product manager, tech lead, UX designers, other QAs, and engineers.
• Provide technical leadership in the architecture/design, development, and implementation of testing tools for multiple products and services delivered as part of human services platform using state-of-the-art frameworks and tools.
• Improve the automation testing coverage to all features and functionality.
• Establish and enforce architectural standards and development best practices by leading and mentoring other members of the team, conducting code review, and creating documentation.
• Ability to organize and prioritize multiple assignments.

Benefits

• Complete health benefits.
• Competitive salaries.
• Matching 401K.
• Liberal PTO.
• Paid holidays.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Work/life balance.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree