SDET Automation Engineer

Randstad is seeking a Senior SDET Automation Engineer to join a premier client in the Washington, DC area to lead the design, development, and scaling of enterprise-grade test automation frameworks across web, mobile, and API environments. In this role, you will champion quality engineering by establishing shift-left methodologies, integrating robust automated suites into modern CI/CD pipelines and cloud infrastructure, and partnering with DevOps, SRE, and multi-functional development teams. The ideal candidate brings extensive technical leadership, deep hands-on expertise with Java-based tooling and cross-platform mobile frameworks, and a solid understanding of both functional and specialized non-functional testing-including ADA accessibility and PCI compliance.

• Framework Development & Architecture: Design, build, and optimize scalable, modular UI, mobile, and API test automation frameworks from the ground up to support native, hybrid, and web applications.
• Test Strategy & Execution: Author and execute comprehensive test plans covering functional, integration, regression, load, and performance testing across multiple development streams.
• CI/CD & Cloud Integration: Embed automated test suites into CI/CD deployment pipelines and cloud infrastructure to enable continuous delivery and automated quality gates.
• Defect & Quality Governance: Manage issue tracking and defect lifecycles in Jira, while building custom automation reporting, Kibana dashboards, and BDD metrics to give stakeholders real-time visibility into software quality.
• Cross-Team Collaboration & Shift-Left Advocacy: Partner with DevOps, SRE, and software development squads to drive shift-left testing initiatives, streamline code-delivery feedback loops, and enforce QA standards across multiple applications.

• Experience: 10+ years of dedicated experience in software test automation, framework engineering, and quality assurance.
• Core Automation Tools: Advanced proficiency in Java, Selenium WebDriver, Cucumber (BDD), TestNG, WebdriverIO, and custom test reporting tools.
• Mobile Test Engineering: Extensive hands-on experience automating native and hybrid applications on Android and iOS using Appium, XCTest, XCUITest, Android Virtual Devices (AVD), and Xcode.
• API Testing & Database Validation: Deep experience with REST Assured, JSON/GSON parsing, RESTful methods, complex SQL queries, and stored procedure verification.
• Compliance & Non-Functional Testing: Proven knowledge of ADA/Section 508 digital accessibility standards, cross-browser/cross-platform compatibility, Charles Proxy network inspection, and PCI vulnerability testing.
• DevOps & Pipeline Tools: Practical experience integrating automated test execution into CI/CD pipelines (such as Jenkins, GitLab CI, or GitHub Actions) and cloud testing environments.

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