Senior Manual Testing and Automation

General Dynamics Information Technology • USA FL Home Office (FLHOME), FL

2d • $106,275 - $143,782 • Remote

About The Position

This role is for a Senior Manual Testing and Automation/QA professional with a related Bachelor’s Degree and 3-5+ years of experience in software QA and test automation for web and API-based applications. The position requires strong experience in designing, developing, and maintaining automated tests for Web UIs (Angular/TypeScript-based applications) and RESTful APIs and microservices. Hands-on experience with at least one UI test automation framework (e.g., Selenium, Cypress, Playwright) is necessary, as is experience designing and maintaining automated tests for systems that integrate and aggregate data from multiple sources, including data platforms such as Databricks. The role also requires hands-on experience with unit and integration testing frameworks such as JUnit (or similar), a strong understanding of REST Web Services, and experience designing and executing test plans, test cases, and test data. Experience with SQL and relational databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL, or Oracle 19) is also required, as is experience working in Agile/Scrum teams and with Git-based workflows (GitLab preferred). Experience with CI/CD-driven testing and familiarity with Docker are also key requirements. The position requires the ability to work East Coast core hours of 9AM – 3PM ET.

Requirements

• Related Bachelor’s Degree
• 3–5+ years of experience in software QA and test automation for web and API-based applications.
• Strong experience designing, developing, and maintaining automated tests for: Web UIs (Angular/TypeScript-based applications). RESTful APIs and microservices.
• Hands-on experience with at least one UI test automation framework (e.g., Selenium, Cypress, Playwright) for end-to-end and regression tests.
• Experience designing and maintaining automated tests for systems that integrate and aggregate data from multiple sources, including data platforms such as Databricks.
• Hands-on experience with unit and integration testing frameworks such as JUnit (or similar).
• Strong understanding of REST Web Services, including validating request/response payloads (JSON/XML), status codes, and error handling.
• Experience designing and executing test plans, test cases, and test data to ensure comprehensive coverage of functional and non-functional requirements.
• Experience with SQL and relational databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL, or Oracle 19) to validate data, build test datasets, and support backend testing.
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum teams, participating in sprints, and collaborating closely with developers, product owners, and business analysts.
• Experience with Git-based workflows (GitLab preferred) for managing test code, reviewing changes, and collaborating via merge requests.
• Experience with CI/CD-driven testing, integrating automated tests into pipelines (e.g., GitLab Runner) for continuous integration and regression testing.
• Familiarity with Docker for running tests in containerized environments and validating containerized applications.
• Ability to work East Coast core hours of 9AM – 3PM ET.

Nice To Haves

• Experience validating outputs from Databricks data pipelines/notebooks and related downstream services.
• Experience with performance testing (e.g., JMeter, Gatling, k6) and analyzing performance results.
• Experience with Elasticsearch or other search/analytics engines and validating search queries, mappings, and results.
• Experience with observability and quality tools, such as: OpenTelemetry (traces/metrics/logs). Grafana and Prometheus dashboards. SONAR for code quality and coverage reporting.
• Experience testing authentication and authorization flows, including Single Sign On / Okta.
• Experience with Bash/PowerShell scripting to support test automation and environment setup.
• Experience with JSON and XML data formats and schema validation.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain automated test scripts, frameworks, and tools to validate UI, API, and backend components of the system.
• Create and execute test plans and test cases to ensure thorough coverage of business requirements, user workflows, and edge cases.
• Build, curate, and manage test datasets across integrated systems (databases, microservices, and data platforms) to support automated, manual, and exploratory testing.
• Implement and execute UI test automation for Angular-based applications, ensuring a consistent, high-quality user experience across supported browsers and devices.
• Implement and execute API and microservices tests, validating functionality, data integrity, error handling, and contract compliance.
• Collaborate with developers and data engineers to understand system architecture, data flows, and integration points, and reflect them in test strategies and scenarios.
• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines (GitLab), ensuring tests run reliably as part of build and deployment workflows.
• Monitor test results, analyze failures, and work closely with development teams to triage, document, and resolve defects.
• Perform regression testing to ensure that new changes do not introduce defects into existing functionality.
• Conduct exploratory testing to uncover edge cases, usability issues, and gaps not covered by scripted tests.
• Contribute to performance and reliability testing, helping identify bottlenecks in APIs, databases, and data pipelines.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies (daily stand-ups, sprint planning, backlog grooming, sprint reviews, and retrospectives), providing input on test scope and estimates.
• Work closely with product owners and business stakeholders to clarify acceptance criteria and ensure test coverage aligns with user expectations.
• Promote and help enforce quality standards, including unit test coverage expectations, test automation targets, and defect prevention practices.
• Document test approaches, frameworks, and best practices.
• Proactively communicate testing status, risks, and issues to the team and recommend mitigations or improvements.

Benefits

• Variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts
• Dental plan options
• Vision plan
• 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
• 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
• 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

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior