Senior Automation Test Engineer

At Imagine Believe Realize, LLC (IBR) we are driven by innovation, transformation and a relentless pursuit of excellence. As an industry leader delivering impactful results, we thrive on solving complex technical challenges and developing cutting-edge solutions that empower our customers and advance critical missions.

IBR is a fast-growing company fueled by passion, curiosity, and innovative thinking – where every team member has the opportunity to continuously learn, unlock their full potential, and redefine what is possible in engineering and technology. If you are inspired by innovation, eager to make a difference, and ready to bring your creativity and expertise to a mission-focused team, we invite you to join us and together, we will shape the future. Let’s Make It Real!

The Senior Automation Test Engineer must be able to meet the key criteria below:

Location: 100% Remote. This is a United States based position, and candidates must reside in the continental United States to be eligible for employment.

Years’ Experience: 7+ years professional experience

Education: Bachelor’s degree in IT related field

Security Clearance: Active Secret security clearance preferred. IBR is a federal contractor. Applicants must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret security clearance issued by the Department of War. This agency handles and adjudicates the security clearance process.

NOTE: United States Citizenship is required as part of the eligibility criteria to be able to obtain this type of security clearance.

Employment Type: Full Time

Work Schedules: IBR promotes work-life balance by offering flexible scheduling options. Standard business hours are aligned to the Eastern Time Zone.

Key Skills:

• Experience with developing test plans, test cases, and test scripts
• Automation and Manual Testing experience
  • Selenium, MS Playwright, Cucumber, Cypress, or other automation testing frameworks/tools
  • LoadRunner and other manual testing tools
  • TypeScript experience
• Experience with User Acceptance Testing, Back-End, and End-to-End testing

Position Overview

As a Senior Automation Test Engineer at IBR, you will play a key role in designing and implementing secure, next-generation solutions that support critical missions. As a member of our program supporting the U.S. Navy, you will collaborate with technical leaders, business stakeholders, and a multi-disciplinary team to ensure solutions are scalable, secure and forward-thinking, while remaining aligned with organizational and program goals. This position offers the opportunity to contribute to technical strategy within a dynamic, mission-driven, and customer focused environment.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and execute system level test procedures in an Agile environment ensuring the system meets the complex functional, performance and latency requirements.
• Build, scale, and maintain a robust, maintainable test automation framework using Playwright and Cucumber to validate web applications and APIs.
• Design, develop, and execute complex automated software test plans in order to identify and address user problems and causes.
• Analyze requirements to generate artifacts table and test approach for automated test scripts development.
• Review testing documentation, develop testing standards, define criteria for testing, analyze test results, and present results to developers and end users.
• Develop and execute test scenarios, scripts, and procedures for unit, process, function, system integration and acceptance testing.
• Evaluate the test basis and support the refinement of requirements to ensure testability, clarity and correctness.
• Create or maintain databases of known test defects.
• Conduct test design activities to identify and create test cases (positive and negative) traceable to system requirements.
• Plan test schedules or strategies in accordance with project roadmap or delivery dates
• Participate in product design reviews, providing input on functional requirements, product designs, schedules, or potential problems
• Assist in the creation of software test plans to document the overall test strategy, test approach, test process, test schedule, pass/fail criteria, test environment architecture, test lab resources.
• Take ownership of setting up, configuring, and maintaining dedicated infrastructure servers and test environments from scratch to support high-performance automation execution.
• Deploy, manage, and configure automated test suites to run directly on internal staging servers or distributed grid nodes, ensuring stable, headless execution and reliable artifact/report collection.
• Analyze risk identifiers and develop documentation addressing software defect diagnostics and proposed solutions.
• Provide support for test readiness reviews, formal system verification of the requirements.
• Work closely with software developers, engineers, business analysts, and requirements personnel to plan, coordinate and execute static analysis and dynamic testing of systems/software code to verify, validate acceptance and technical specifications.
• Work with Atlassian tool suites including JIRA, Zephyr etc.

Qualifications

• Bachelor Degree in IT related field
• 7+ years professional test engineering experience
• Must be able to obtain and maintain up to a Secret security clearance. Active Secret security clearance preferred
• Experience with developing software test plans, test cases, and test scripts
• Automation Testing experience required
  • Selenium, MS Playwright, Cucumber, Cypress, TestNG, JUnit or other automation testing frameworks/tools
  • LoadRunner and other manual testing tools experience
• Proficient in designing and executing end-to-end automation frameworks using Playwright paired with Cucumber
• Demonstrate expertise with Java and JavaScript with Selenium WebDriver in a Data Driven and/or behavior driven Framework.
• Experience with automation – functional and regressing testing procedures, and ability to review new requirements and UI flows while preparing new test case scenarios.
• Experience designing, writing, testing and documenting efficient testing solutions to meet customer needs.
• Experience with User Interface Acceptance Testing, backend testing, software testing
• Experience with API Testing using Postman (manual) and Rest-Assured (automation) or comparable tools.
• Proven experience provisioning, configuring, and maintaining infrastructure servers (Linux) or cloud instances to serve as standalone test environments.
• Experience in all or some of the following programming platform a plus:
  • Linux and Bash scripting
  • Java and JavaScript frameworks in HTML5/CSS3 context (AngularJS, jQuery, D3)
  • RESTful APIs/JSON
  • SQL
• Strong understanding of networking, permissions, and server configurations (e.g., managing dependencies, setting up execution nodes, and environment variables) required to support test execution.
• Experience working in DevOps setting (i.e. GitHub, Jenkins, Maven, JIRA, etc.) preferred
• Demonstrated experience with Continuous Integration, including one or more of the following:
  • Jenkins, Maven, Jira, Git/GitHub/GitBash/Stash/Bitbucket
• Knowledge of other testing tools such as JMeter and LoadRunner a bonus
• Ability to assess software products for readiness and determine pass/fail criteria.
• Ability to determine test approaches, develop test schedules, and identify risks associated with testing.
• Ability to capture test data, analyze test results and clearly communicate (orally and written) findings and/or deficiencies.
• Knowledge of the principles, practices and procedures of quality assurance testing automation
• Experience with all phases of the SDLC as it applies to software testing activities.
• Excellent analytical, troubleshooting and problem-solving skills
• High energy; ability to manage time in a dynamic environment
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills required
• Should be a team-player, quick learner, proactive and have a positive attitude.

Application Deadline:

Applications will be reviewed as received and accepted on a continuous basis until the position is filled. Early application is strongly encouraged.

Physical Demands and Work Environment

This role primarily involves sedentary work, in a workplace and/or home office environment. There are some physical demands associated with the role, including:

• Extended periods of sitting and working at a computer workstation.
• Occasional lifting and carrying of equipment or materials weighing up to 20 pounds.
• Occasional travel to client sites or meetings may be required.
• Work may need to be performed in a fast-paced environment requiring quick decision making.
• Flexible work arrangements may be available based on business needs.
• Will be exposed to a wide variety of clients in differing functions, personalities, and abilities.

Benefits and Compensation Information
At Imagine Believe Realize, LLC (IBR), we recognize that our employees are our greatest asset. We are committed to attracting and retaining exceptional talent by offering competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits, and programs that support employees' health, financial well-being, professional growth, and work-life balance. Eligible employees enjoy a robust total rewards package that includes:

• Nationwide medical, dental, and vision insurance
• 3 weeks of Paid Time Off and 11 Paid Federal Holidays
• 401k matching
• Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, and Long-Term Disability at no cost to our employees
• Supplemental insurance options
• Flexible spending accounts and Dependent Care spending accounts
• Wellness incentives
• Reimbursement for professional development and certifications
• Access to training assistance opportunities to support career growth and progression
• Hybrid and Remote work opportunities to support work-life balance

Salary Range: $85,000.00 - $130,000.00 USD annually.

This salary range represents the anticipated range for this position at the time of posting. Actual compensation may vary based on qualifications, experience, work location, internal equity, and business needs.

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Compliance and Regulatory Statements

Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Statement

Imagine Believe Realize, LLC (IBR) is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to legally protected characteristics such as race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, creed, age, national origin, disability (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), marital status, veteran status, or any other applicable legally protected class in accordance with federal, state, and local laws.

Employment Eligibility

Employment with IBR is contingent upon successful completion of all pre-employment requirements, including verification of identity and authorization to work in the United States. The Company participates in the federal E-Verify program and will verify the identity and employment eligibility of all newly hired employees in accordance with applicable federal law.

Please Note: Certain positions may require U.S. citizenship, the ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government security clearance, or other government contract eligibility requirements. Such requirements will be identified in the individual job posting where applicable.

Individuals with Disabilities

Imagine Believe Realize, LLC (IBR) is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to qualified individuals with disabilities and to making reasonable accommodations to enable them to apply for positions and perform the essential functions of their jobs. If you require a reasonable accommodation during the application or interview process, please contact Human Resources at View email address on click.appcast.io.

Veterans

Imagine Believe Realize, LLC (IBR) is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to qualified protected veterans and to making reasonable accommodations to enable them to apply for positions and perform the essential functions of their jobs in accordance with the Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA). If you require a reasonable accommodation during the application or interview process, please contact Human Resources at View email address on click.appcast.io

Pay Transparency

The anticipated compensation range for this position will be provided in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local pay transparency laws. Actual compensation offered will be determined based on factors such as the candidate's skills, qualifications, experience, education, geographic location, internal equity, and business needs.

In addition to base pay, eligible employees may be offered a comprehensive benefits package, paid time off, retirement benefits, bonus opportunities, and other programs, where applicable. Eligibility for benefits and incentive programs is governed by the terms of the applicable plans and company policies.