Automation Developer

About the role

CGI Federal is seeking a detail-oriented and experienced Automation Developer to join our team. As a Development Tester, you will play a crucial role in ensuring the quality and reliability of our software products. This role involves designing and executing test plans, identifying and documenting defects, and collaborating with developers to resolve issues.

Responsibilities

Your future duties and responsibilities include:

• Execute Automated Test Suites Across Multiple Environments: Run comprehensive automation test packs against SANDBOX, DEV, and PREPROD environments with consistent execution and artifact collection.
• Multi Environment Test Coordination: Coordinate with release management and DevOps teams to schedule optimal test execution windows, in coordination with deployments or UAT testing events.
• Artifact Collection and Management: Gather test execution artifacts including test result reports, screenshots and videos of test failures, browser console logs and network traffic captures, performance metrics and JMeter reports, and test execution statistics.
• CI/CD Pipeline Execution: Trigger, monitor and maintain automated test runs in Jenkins, GitLab CI, or GitHub Actions, investigate pipeline failures, and report results to stakeholders.
• Maintain Test Scripts: Maintain functionality of automated test scripts using Cypress, or JMeter for End to End Testing, API Testing, Performance Testing, and Regression Testing.
• Environment Specific Test Configuration: Manage test configurations for different environments using environment variables and config files.
• Defect Reporting and Tracking: Document test failures with detailed reproduction steps, logs, screenshots, and technical context in JIRA or Azure DevOps.
• Test Data Management: Prepare and maintain test data sets for each environment, including API data setup scripts.
• Release Testing Support: Execute targeted test suites during release cycles, provide go/no go recommendations based on test results, and participate in release readiness meetings.
• AI Assisted Test Development: Leverage LLM tools to accelerate test script development.

Requirements

To be successful in this role, you should have:

• Minimum 1 year of experience in test automation or relevant experience.
• Programming and scripting proficiency in TypeScript/JavaScript for Cypress or Playwright automation and Java for JMeter assertions or scripting.
• Knowledge of modern test automation frameworks, including Cypress or Playwright for web application testing and API testing, and JMeter for performance and load testing.
• Soft skills to aid in coordinating with release teams on test scheduling.
• Knowledge of CI/CD pipeline experience, including Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, or similar platforms.
• API proficiency, including REST API testing with Postman, SOAP UI, or Cypress, JSON/XML response validation, and understanding of HTTP methods, status codes, headers, and authentication.
• Strong analytical and debugging skills, including browser developer tools, log analysis, and network traffic inspection.

Qualifications

Desired qualifications include:

• Test framework contributions, such as building reusable test utilities and helper functions, using SOLID patterns, and creating custom scripts for automation tasks.
• Performance testing expertise, including JMeter scripting with variables, assertions, and correlations, performance metrics analysis, and load testing across multiple environments.
• Kubernetes and container orchestration understanding.
• Experience with test result analytics and metrics visualization.

Pay

A reasonable estimate of the current range for this role in the U.S. is $79,600.00 - $176,300.00.

Benefits

CGI Federal's benefits are offered to eligible professionals on their first day of employment and include:

• Competitive compensation
• Comprehensive insurance options
• Matching contributions through the 401(k) plan and the share purchase plan
• Paid time off for vacation, holidays, and sick time
• Paid parental leave
• Learning opportunities and tuition assistance
• Wellness and Well-being programs