Test Automation Engineer

Node.Digital•Herndon, VA

3d•Remote

About The Position

This role involves analyzing complex requirements and design documents to develop and execute manual and automated test cases. The engineer will be responsible for creating and maintaining automation scripts, executing load/performance tests, tracking defects, and deploying software to test environments. Collaboration with developers, business analysts, and DevOps teams is crucial for ensuring seamless automation within the CI/CD pipeline and comprehensive test coverage. The position requires a Bachelor's degree in computer science or a related field, or equivalent experience, along with significant experience in IT and test automation.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field (4 years’ experience in lieu of degree)
5 years total IT experience primarily as software test engineer
3+ years of experience as Automation test engineer
Proven experience as an SDET, QA Engineer, or in a similar role with a focus on test automation.
Hands-on experience with Selenium and/or Playwright automation, TestNG, JUnit,Cucumber, Framework creation, JavaScript coding, and API testing experience
Strong knowledge of Software Testing Lifecycle/Testing Methodologies
Ability to analyze complex requirements and design documents to create detailed test cases and scripts
Expertise in executing test cases and documenting actual results, identifying software defects and creating test reports
Experience in Quality Center or similar test management tools
Experience in Unified Functional Testing tool or similar automation scripting tools like Selenium
Design, develop, and maintain automated test scripts and frameworks for functional,regression, and performance testing.
Basic Knowledge of Structured Query Language
Experience with configuration management and version control tools such as Atlassian suite, JIRA and/or Subversion
Excellent organizational, presentation, and business analysis skills.
Knowledge of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)

Nice To Haves

Basic knowledge of LoadRunner
Basic knowledge of VB Scripting
Strong attention to detail and follow-through skills
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Experience in creating/editing technical documents and User Manuals for new/upgraded software
Ability to work productively in a dynamic, priority shifting, deadline-driven environment.

Responsibilities

Analyzing complex requirements and design documents to develop detailed step by step manual test cases
Executing manual test cases; documenting actual results during execution; reviewing the test results and reporting anomalies (if any) into the defect tracking database
Developing new automation scripts and updating existing scripts to meet the newly added functionalities
Executing automated test scripts; reporting execution results and identifying unsuccessful execution (if any)
Executing Load/Performance testing by running the load test scripts and generating the load test execution results reports
Tracking the defects from creation to closure; documenting detail description of defect and working with developers to reproduce
Deploying software to test environments and monitoring server logs during testing and identify errors and/or unexpected log entries
Participating and/or facilitating the test case peer review meetings and providing feedback making sure that developed test cases meet the client requirements and test conditions verifies the requested functionality
Assisting test lead with release test plan, generating RTM, maintaining regression test database, and creating test reports at the end of each testing phase
Assisting the test lead on performing an internal quality assurance check on all deliverables to ensure that all deliverables are complete, accurate, and adhere to the client's standards
Integrate automated tests into the CI/CD pipeline to enable continuous testing and delivery
Collaborate with DevOps to ensure seamless automation within the build and deployment processes.
Ensure comprehensive test coverage through automated test cases.
Providing assistance to business analyst with business/functional requirements and developers with technical requirements