Senior Automation Tester

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  • Woodlawn, MD
  • $65–$75 Per Hour
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Job Description

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Rate: $65-75/Hr C2C
JOB TITLE: Senior Automation Tester
EMPLOYMENT TYPE: 12+ Months Contract - Long Term
LOCATION DETAILS: Woodlawn, MD - Onsite - 5 days/week

Selected candidate must be able to obtain and maintain a public trust clearance
Key Required Skills
  • BDD and TDD approaches to automation testing, Java, Selenium, Cucumber, Gherkin, TestNG or Junit, REST Assured, and Parasoft
Position Description
  • Architect, design, code, and implement next-generation technical solutions using software engineering best practices in the latest technologies.
  • Provide technical support and guidance for the development and maintenance of automation artifacts including the automation framework, grid, and automation scripts.
  • Provide expertise in one or more of the following areas: development of automation tests using core Java, Selenium, Cucumber, and Gherkin, execution of automation test suites and documentation of defects.
  • All other duties as assigned or directed
Detailed Skills RequirementsFoundation for Success (Basic Qualifications)
  • 7+ years of experience developing automation tests using core Java or Java-based test frameworks.
  • 5+ years of experience developing automation tests with Cucumber and Gherkin.
  • 5+ years of experience with automating functional/regression tests with Selenium.
Factors To Help You Shine (Required Skills)?
**Selected candidate must be able to obtain and maintain a public trust clearance**
**Selected candidate must be willing to work on-site in Woodlawn, MD 5 days a week**

**Master's and 5+ years of experience, Bachelor's and 7+ years of experience or 13+ years in lieu of a degree**
  • In-depth knowledge of Behavior-Driven Development (BDD) and Test-Driven Development (TDD) approaches to automation testing.
  • Extensive, practical experience in software development using Java (preferred), JavaScript, TypeScript, or Python
  • Experience developing test scripts to implement Features, Test Scenarios and Step-Definitions in a customized test automation framework.
  • Experience developing Selenium automation frameworks using Junit/TestNG and developing Maven targets to execute automation suites.
  • Experience creating and executing manual test scripts and documenting test results/defects.
  • Experience utilizing Parasoft for functional and API testing, and environment virtualization.
  • Experience with other automation tools such as Playwright (preferred), Cypress, UiPath
  • Knowledge of relational databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, DB2, Oracle) and experience with SQL for querying data to verify test results.
  • Experience in setting up and maintaining Selenium Grid to execute tests in parallel and enable cross platform testing.
  • Experience developing automation test scripts to test REST APIs using REST Assured or any Java-based libraries.
  • Experience with Web Services Technologies (e.g., REST, SOAP, XML, JSON) and testing Web Services
  • Comprehensive knowledge of Scrum and/or Kanban Agile development process and ceremonies (scrums, backlog grooming, retrospectives, demonstrations).
How To Stand Out From The Crowd (Desired Skills)?
  • Experience in configuring and execution of automated regression suites using Jenkins CI/CD pipeline or Selenium Grid.
  • Experience with source code versioning and Pull Requests with Git and Stash.
  • An in-depth knowledge of Social Security Administration (SSA) modern development environment including Git/Stash version control, VersionOne (Agility), Confluence, SonarQube, and Checkmarx.
  • Experience with environments utilizing Cloud/Virtualization technologies such as Amazon Web Services (AWS) or Docker.
  • Exposure to AI-assisted test automation development.
  • Experience building self-healing automation frameworks.
  • Knowledge of synthetic data generation methods with/without using AI.
  • Experience configuring and executing automation tests in containers.

Numbers & Facts

LocationWoodlawn, MD
Salary$65–$75 Per Hour
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