Senior Automation Tester

• Selected candidate must reside within two (2) hours of the client's Headquarters in Woodlawn, MD
  
• Selected candidate must be willing to work on-site at least 2 days a week.
  
• Candidate must report to work on-site and work from the client's Woodlawn facility every Tuesday.
  

• Test web applications using software engineering best practices in the latest technologies.
  
• Provide Testing/debugging of REST APIs implemented using Java and Spring Boot with automation test framework.
  
• Perform UI test automation of angular applications using Cucumber BDD framework.
  
• Support programming and designing of Test Automation frameworks with Java, NodeJS and other open source technologies.
  
• Implement test automation frameworks with focus on reusable design patterns across multiple applications
  
• Design and develop automation frameworks for native and hybrid mobile applications.
  
• Support Mobile Testing across various platforms and using various browsers.
  
• Support and work on an Agile development team.
  
• Brief management, customer, team, or vendors using written or oral skills at appropriate technical level for audience.
  
• All other duties as assigned or directed.
  

• Behavior Driven Development (BDD)
  
• Selenium
  
• Gherkin
  
• Cucumber
  
• Spring Boot
  
• Ready API
  
• Git
  
• Bitbucket
  
• Agile Development
  

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering, or a related field with 7 years of experience
  
• Masters or Doctorate degree may substitute for required experience
  
• 8 years of experience with Selenium, Gherkin, and Ready API.
  
• 8 years of experience testing/debugging REST APIs implemented using Java and Spring Boot with automation test framework
  
• 8 years of experience in UI test automation of angular applications using Cucumber BDD framework
  
• Highly proficient with programming and designing Test Automation with Java, NodeJS and other open source technologies
  
• Highly proficient in implementing test automation frameworks with focus on reusable design patterns across multiple applications
  
• Expert in design and development of automation framework for native and hybrid mobile applications.
  
• 5 years of experience on an Agile development team
  
• 5 years of combined experience with Git, Bitbucket, Mobile Testing.
  
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Public Trust. Contract requirement.
  

• Experience identifying requirements, researching options, designing, and implementing solutions.
  
• Strong experience with BDD (Behavior Driven Development) methodology involving implementation of feature files, step definitions using Cucumber and automation framework.
  
• Strong experience in using Selenium for web application and automating regression test cases (Selenium WebDriver) using TypeScript and Java.
  
• Strong experience in using Ready API/Swagger/Postman and REST Assured library for REST API Automation Testing.
  
• Strong experience with programming languages Java, TypeScript and knowledge of testing frameworks like Junit, TestNG, Mockito.
  
• Strong Experience in using Git, Bit Bucket, Maven, npm, Grunt and Jenkins using CI\CD pipeline.
  
• Proficient with managing test data, skilled in writing and executing SQL queries on databases for data validation.
  
• Comprehensive knowledge and involvement in Scrum and Kanban Agile development process having ceremonies (scrums, planning events, backlog grooming, retrospectives, and demos).
  
• Strong communication and collaborative skills in providing technical direction and hands-on software development to include design, development, and testing
  

• Experience in integration testing of hybrid application with UI, middleware and backend systems using multiple environments such as Cloud, mainframe, database etc.
  
• Proficiency in using Selenium Box for parallel execution of automation regression suite.
  
• Experience with Agility or Jira or TFS project/test management tools.
  
• Good knowledge of JSON data structures.
  
• Experience in configuring execution of automated regressions suite using Jenkins CI/CD pipeline.
  
• Must demonstrate the experience and ability to work without technical oversight.