Automation Tester

Job Position: Automation Tester

Job Location: LOCAL TO Owings Mills ,MD,USA ONLY!

Job Type: Long Term Contract

Must Have:

• Typically requires 5+ years of demonstrated hands-on automated software testing experience.
• Strong programming skills in Java and/or JavaScript/TypeScript with solid understanding of object-oriented design principles
• Proficiency with modern test automation tools and frameworks such as Playwright, Cypress, Selenium, Cucumber, Git, and performance testing tool like JMeter
• Proven experience in testing web UI and backend services.
• Ability to independently write automation code from scratch, and debug, troubleshoot, and stabilize automated tests with minimal assistance
• Understanding of ATDD, TDD, BDD and modern test standards
• Solid database querying and data validation skills
• Experience building automated tests and test scripts and deploying to public or private clouds, such as Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, or similar providers preferred
• Experience working in a dynamic, fast-paced, Agile/Scrum team environment
• Result-driven mindset with focus on continuous improvement
• Participates in performance and functional testing and works with the engineering team to resolve issues
• Participate effectively in peer code reviews and applies feedback to improve test quality

Preferred:

• Experience working in the financial services industry
• AWS experience

Role Description:

Responsibilities

Responsible for developing and executing comprehensive suites of automation test plans and test cases| maintaining and adding to existing automation framework| continued evaluation of test cases for inclusion in regression| automation for newly integrated features| and development of toolsets to augment QA and Development testing Drive end-to-end automation coverage by creating automated tests to validate application functionality| performance and reliability across UI| API and service layers Owns the stability| reliability and maintainability of automated test suites| ensuring effective integration and execution within CICD pipelines Responsible for functional| regression| database| accessibility and performance testing including UI| API and services testing Contributes to all parts of the SDLC| e.g.| design| development| and testing with a focus on creating automated testing solutions Develops technical solutions following standard methodologies with some guidance from senior testing engineers Creates automated scripts to be used to test application functionality as well as monitor system performance and availability Identifies and remediates technical debt in our testing coverage Demonstrates strong analytical judgement| proactively clarifies requirements| and reliably delivers assigned work item Identifies quality risks early and communicates impact and mitigation options to the team

Essential Skills: QA SDET (Automation| Playwright| Selenium| TypeScript)