Senior Automation Test Engineer

Senior Automation Test Engineer

Location: Home, Maryland (Remote)

Role Overview

The Senior Automation Test Engineer will play a key role in ensuring the quality, reliability, and performance of complex web applications by designing and executing robust automated testing solutions. This role will focus on building and maintaining enterprise-grade automation frameworks, integrating automated test suites into CI/CD pipelines, and delivering comprehensive functional and regression testing. The test engineer collaborates closely with cross-functional Agile teams, contributes to high-quality user stories and test scenarios, and ensures alignment with quality standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain automated test scripts using Java, Selenium, Cucumber, and object-oriented programming principles.
• Integrate automated test suites into GitHub/Jenkins pipelines to support continuous integration and delivery (CI/CD).
• Maintain and enhance the Selenium Cucumber BDD framework by creating and updating reusable methods and components.
• Build, maintain, and execute regression and smoke test suites across multiple environments.
• Create test automation-related user stories, acceptance criteria, and test scenarios using tools like Jira and Confluence.
• Collaborate with Business Analysts, Developers, and DevOps engineers to ensure system availability and data integrity.
• Adhere to organizational SDLC processes and quality standards.
• Conduct comprehensive UI functional testing as part of an Agile Scrum/Kanban development team.
• Independently develop and execute detailed test plans and test cases.
• Participate actively in Agile ceremonies, including Daily Standups, Sprint Planning, and Retrospectives.
• Develop and execute performance testing scripts using JMeter or similar tools.
• Provide support and mentorship to other testing team members as needed.

Required Qualifications

• Minimum of 5+ years of hands-on experience as a Selenium Automation Test Engineer.
• Proficiency with collaboration tools including Jira, Confluence, and Slack.
• Experience working in Agile or SAFe environments.
• Hands-on experience performing backend database testing using SQL (PostgreSQL preferred).
• Experience creating user stories, defect tickets, and writing detailed acceptance criteria.
• Ability to develop comprehensive test cases from user stories and acceptance requirements.
• Communication skills to partner effectively with Product Owners and Developers.
• Proven ability to work independently, take initiative, and drive tasks to completion with minimal direction.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience documenting test cases and results in TestRail.
• 508 compliance testing experience using JAWS or similar accessibility tools.
• Prior experience supporting government healthcare programs.
• Experience with Databricks, Snowflake, Tableau, or Grafana.
• Penetration/security testing experience using Burp Suite or similar tools.
• Familiarity with applying AI/ML tools or techniques within testing and automation.

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