Job ID: 2409701
Location: ASHBURN, VA, US
Date Posted: 2024-07-22
Category: Software
Subcategory: SW Testing
Schedule: Full-time
Shift: Day Job
Travel: No
Minimum Clearance Required: None
Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: Public Trust
Potential for Remote Work: No
Description

We are currently seeking a motivated and energetic Automation Engineer to join our team to begin an exciting and challenging career.

The Automation Engineer will participate in software testing, creation and implementation of Test Strategies, Plans, and Automated Test Scripts as well as other aspects of the software development lifecycle. The candidate will be responsible for developing and testing Client side JavaScript code written in React, Angular and React Native (for mobile applications) code as dictated by project requirement.

This is a hybrid position that will require 1-2 days onsite / week in Ashburn, Virginia.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Developing automation test scripts using
  • Detox (is a must)
  • Cypress (understanding and some experience is good)
  • Playwright (Not necessary to have experience with this but if they used it is a plus)
  • Selenium (must have)
  • etc.
• Generating test data and performing Data Validation.
• Data interface message testing with JSON and XML message sets.
• Developing SQL or Unix scripts for test data generation or test harness automation.
• Execute regression, functional, and system testing.
• Verifying results and producing test summaries and defect reports.
• Identifying defects and requirement discrepancies, and generating defect change requests and reporting discrepancies.
• Use modern software engineering IDEs including Eclipse, IntelliJ, etc. for design, development, and testing the software.
• Work with users in an Agile development approach to understand and document requirements in JIRA.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's in Computer Science or related field.
• 9 Years of relevant technical experience (prior experience as a developer is a plus).
• Experience with at least 3 programming language (Java, Python, JavaScript...etc.).
• Basic SQL query skills and general understanding of relational databases.
• Ability to understand data models and write test scripts based on the data model.
• Evaluate test results, report and manage defects.
• Good Understanding of Oriented programming and Data Structures.
• Ability to work in a high-pressured, tight-deadline environment.
• Good written/oral communication skills and problem-solving skills; ability to communicate information to a variety of groups at different technical skill levels.
• Strong initiative: must be able to take a high-level requirement, ask questions/seek clarifications, and get the job done.

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience in all stages of application testing, including backend testing, functional, usability, regression, load/stress and performance testing.
• Experience with integration level testing, requiring ability to work with both big picture & in-depth domain knowledge.
• Proven ability to develop, execute and maintain automated test suites across multiple environments: frontend/backend applications and API Service testing using tools such as Soap UI and Postman with basic JSON and XML knowledge.
• Experience with any SPA framework testing tools (e.g. e2e, Protractor).
• Prior experience in a software development arena is a plus.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills. Must have the ability to present solutions to technical and non-technical project members.
• Experience working in an agile development process is a plus.

Clearance / Customer Requirements:

• ship required.
• Ability to obtain and hold a public trust position and favorable suitability based on a CBP Background Investigation.
• Location - Telework with some on-site, 1x a week (Kingstowne, VA and/or Ashburn, VA) visits for mission needs.

SAIC accepts applications on an ongoing basis and there is no deadline.
Covid Policy: SAIC does not require COVID-19 vaccinations or boosters. Customer site vaccination requirements must be followed when work is performed at a customer site.