Test Automation Specialist (Top Secret required)

Automation Testing – Senior position

Ramtec and Partners are looking for an experienced Automation Tester to support a new opportunity. This role will be primarily responsible for developing and maintaining automated end-to-end, integration and performance tests.

Responsibilities Include:

• Perform software product testing and investigates possible causes of problems
• Perform manual testing as stop-gap for automated testing
• Develop functional, end-to-end, regression, and performance tests in automated test environments
• Detect and writes software bug reports and feature requests
• Understand, reproduce, troubleshoot product defects and work with developers to determine the best resolution
• Assist in the planning and implementation of testing new features

What you will need:

• 2-5 years of professional software testing experience
• Strong proficiency in automated testing frameworks and methodologies
• Proven experience designing and implementing integration test suites
• Experience with REST API testing and validation
• Proficiency with Cypress or similar end-to-end testing frameworks
• Experience with CI/CD pipeline integration for automated tests
• Knowledge of test design patterns and best practices
• Experience with Git version control and collaborative workflows
• Understanding of software development lifecycle and agile methodologies
• Strong analytical and debugging skills
• Excellent written communication for test documentation and defect reporting
• Experience working collaboratively with development teams

Nice to haves:

• Strong programming skills in JavaScript/TypeScript
• Experience testing microservice architectures
• Familiarity with additional testing frameworks (Playwright, Selenium, Jest, Mocha)
• Experience with API testing tools (Postman, REST, Assured, Supertest)
• Knowledge of performance and load testing tools (k6, JMeter, Gatling)
• Experience with contract testing (Pact, or similar)
• Familiarity with testing in containerized environments (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Experience with test data management and mocking strategies
• Knowledge of accessibility testing (WCAG compliance, axe-core)
• Experience with visual regression tools
• Familiarity with backend technologies (go, Node.js, Python)
• Understanding of security testing principles
• Experience with test reporting and metrics dashboards
• Knowledge of behavior-driven development (BDD) frameworks (Cucumber, SpecFlow)
• Experience mentoring junior test engineers
• Familiarity with cloud test platforms (AWS/C2S)

Security Clearance:

• Active TS/SCI w. Polygraph