Test Automation Engineer

Full Scope•Chesapeake, VA

About The Position

This individual will play an active hands-on role in all aspects of quality assurance, from functional requirement walkthroughs and analyzing technical designs, to developing tests, creating test plans, and executing tests for product features. This position will work closely with product management, development, delivery, and support teams, ensuring that testing of new and existing functionality is automated as quickly as possible and that the complete automated regression test suite is run continuously. This includes writing and/or executing automated and manual tests. Performing end-to-end system acceptance testing is also required. Development of manual and/or automated business logic test scenarios that cross applications will also be required. Work closely with Product Owners/Business Analysts, Managers, and Agile Teams to understand the product requirements and user stories to deliver high quality software on schedule for production releases. Create and execute test plans and test cases based upon functional software design specifications and user acceptance criteria. Help define, promote, and ensure adherence to quality assurance processes such as test plan reviews, defect management, risk/complexity analysis, and regression test maintenance. Provide test reporting and support quality metrics. Interface with Users and 3rd parties on requirements, testing, and problem troubleshooting, as needed. Ensure defects are reported and escalated appropriately and follow up to ensure resolution. Perform tasks within area of specialization with little to no supervision.

Requirements

Bachelors' Degree, preferably in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related discipline
2+ years' experience with software testing and quality assurance in the development of software applications.
1+ years' experience developing test automation scripts using automation for testing applications.
1+ years' experience developing regression, user acceptance, and nonfunctional testing.
Excellent communication and organizational skills.
Ability to take initiative and be a self-starter.
Ability to multi-task and work in a deadline-oriented environment.
Experience with the software development lifecycles and the role of QA in those processes.
Strong analytical skills in assessing functional and technical requirements and identifying high risk and key test areas.
Understanding of multi-tier web application architecture and deployment.
Experience testing database driven applications including data validation using Text and XML input formats.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Knowledge of general release engineering tasks, including deploying builds to test or live environments.
Clearance: Secret

Nice To Haves

Some exposure to Load, Stress, and Performance testing a plus.
SAFe and/or Agile training a plus.
GUI test automation experience and experience with automation tools such as Robot Framework is helpful.
Experience with Microsoft Windows, MS Office, and virtual environments is helpful.
Knowledge of development languages like Python and/or .Net is helpful.
Knowledge of relational databases and SQL is helpful.

Responsibilities

Play an active hands-on role in all aspects of quality assurance, from functional requirement walkthroughs and analyzing technical designs, to developing tests, creating test plans, and executing tests for product features.
Work closely with product management, development, delivery, and support teams, ensuring that testing of new and existing functionality is automated as quickly as possible and that the complete automated regression test suite is run continuously.
Write and/or execute automated and manual tests.
Perform end-to-end system acceptance testing.
Develop manual and/or automated business logic test scenarios that cross applications.
Work closely with Product Owners/Business Analysts, Managers, and Agile Teams to understand the product requirements and user stories to deliver high quality software on schedule for production releases.
Create and execute test plans and test cases based upon functional software design specifications and user acceptance criteria.
Help define, promote, and ensure adherence to quality assurance processes such as test plan reviews, defect management, risk/complexity analysis, and regression test maintenance.
Provide test reporting and support quality metrics.
Interface with Users and 3rd parties on requirements, testing, and problem troubleshooting, as needed.
Ensure defects are reported and escalated appropriately and follow up to ensure resolution.
Perform tasks within area of specialization with little to no supervision.