Senior QA Automation Engineer

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Project Overview: DMDC manages personnel authentication and information for DOD entitlements, benefits, and medical services for all service members and their families.

Position Overview: Designing, developing, and maintaining automated testing frameworks to support the testing of software applications. This role requires a solid understanding of automation principles, hands-on coding experience, and the ability to drive test automation initiatives to improve efficiency and coverage in our testing processes. Candidates will work closely with developers, QA engineers, and other stakeholders to ensure that the software products are tested thoroughly and meet high standards of quality.

• Develop and Maintain Automation Frameworks: Design, implement, and maintain reusable and scalable test automation frameworks for functional, regression, and performance testing across multiple platforms.
• Test Automation Scripting: Write and optimize automated test scripts for various testing needs (e.g., functional, regression, load, performance) using popular automation tools and programming languages such as Selenium, Appium, JUnit, TestNG, or similar.
• Integration with CI/CD: Integrate automated tests into continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines to ensure automated testing is an integral part of the software development lifecycle.
• Automation Strategy and Best Practices: Define and implement best practices, standards, and processes for automated testing. Continuously improve the automation strategy based on lessons learned, new technologies, and feedback.
• Collaborate with Cross-Functional Teams: Work closely with developers, manual testers, and product owners to ensure that the automated test framework is aligned with business goals, software design, and test requirements.
• Test Reporting and Metrics: Generate detailed and easy-to-understand test reports, log defects, and track automation coverage and effectiveness metrics. Provide insights into test results to identify and resolve quality issues.
• Troubleshooting and Debugging: Investigate and troubleshoot test failures, collaborating with development teams to identify the root cause and verify fixes.
• Continuous Improvement: Stay updated on industry trends, emerging testing tools, and best practices. Contribute to the evolution of the automation framework to support new features, platforms, and testing requirements.
• Develop and Maintain Automation Frameworks: Design, implement, and maintain reusable and scalable test automation frameworks for functional, regression, and performance testing across multiple platforms.
• Test Automation Scripting: Write and optimize automated test scripts for various testing needs (e.g., functional, regression, load, performance) using popular automation tools and programming languages such as Selenium, Appium, JUnit, TestNG, or similar.
• Integration with CI/CD: Integrate automated tests into continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines to ensure automated testing is an integral part of the software development lifecycle.
• Automation Strategy and Best Practices: Define and implement best practices, standards, and processes for automated testing. Continuously improve the automation strategy based on lessons learned, new technologies, and feedback.
• Collaborate with Cross-Functional Teams: Work closely with developers, manual testers, and product owners to ensure that the automated test framework is aligned with business goals, software design, and test requirements.
• Test Reporting and Metrics: Generate detailed and easy-to-understand test reports, log defects, and track automation coverage and effectiveness metrics. Provide insights into test results to identify and resolve quality issues.
• Troubleshooting and Debugging: Investigate and troubleshoot test failures, collaborating with development teams to identify the root cause and verify fixes.
• Continuous Improvement: Stay updated on industry trends, emerging testing tools, and best practices. Contribute to the evolution of the automation framework to support new features, platforms, and testing requirements.

Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or a related degree

Clearance: Due to federal contract requirements, U.S. citizenship is required. Candidate must be able to obtain a Public Trust

Location:  Fully remote  

EEO Statement: REI Systems is an Equal Opportunity Employer. In our workplace, we seek, we welcome, and respect diversity in all of its forms. 

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