Automated Test Engineer
Job Description
Transform technology into opportunity as an Automated Test Engineer at GDIT. Shape what’s next for mission-critical government projects while shaping what’s next for your engineering career.
MEANINGFUL WORK AND PERSONAL IMPACT
As an Automated Test Engineer, the work you’ll do at GDIT will be impactful to the mission of our customer. You will play a crucial role in ensuring the quality, reliability and performance of a vital customer system. Lead/Manage/Support the development of robust automated test suites
Collaborate with a cross-functional Agile team of software developers, system engineers, and product owners to validate functional enhancements and support the ongoing modernization of authoring and dissemination tools
Drive the design, development and maintenance of high quality, scalable automated UI and API test scripts
Utilize Agile software development methodologies and collaboration tools
Job Qualifications
- Bring your engineering expertise along with a drive for innovation to GDIT.
- The Automated Test Engineer must have:
- Education: Bachelor's degree in System Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering Science, Engineering Management, or related discipline from an accredited college or university is required.
- Experience: 15+ years of related experience
- Technical skills: Proven experience designing, writing, and maintaining automated tests using Cypress
- Security clearance level: TS/SCI w/Poly
- US citizenship required
What You’ll Need To Succeed
- Execute automated test suites, analyze results, troubleshoot failures, and comprehensively document defects and testing metrics.
- Candidates Must Have Experience With JavaScript or TypeScript for test script development
- Testing modern web applications, RESTful microservices, and APIs
- Strong understanding of software QA methodologies, tools, and processes
- Agile software development methodologies and collaboration tools such as Jira and Confluence
- Version control systems (Git)
Desired Technical Skills
- Experience configuring and integrating automated tests within CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitLab CI/CD)
- Familiarity with Cloud-based architecture and deployment (Amazon Web Services)
- Basic understanding of containerization (Docker) to test applications in consistent environments
- Familiarity with domain knowledge surrounding government agency reporting and dissemination policies
Additional Information
- Role requirements: Execute automated test suites, analyze results, troubleshoot failures, and comprehensively document defects and testing metrics.
- Automated Test Engineer must have: Education: Bachelor's degree in System Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering Science, Engineering Management, or related discipline from an accredited college or university is required.
- Experience: 15+ years of related experience
- Technical skills: Proven experience designing, writing, and maintaining automated tests using Cypress
- Security clearance level: TS/SCI w/Poly
- US citizenship required