Lead Test Automation Engineer

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Innovate, Grow and Do Extraordinary Together, is at the core of everything we do at Karsun!
At Karsun we defy assumptions and enable transformation as IT modernization experts. Our people and client-first focus, innovation and performance driven culture empowers and encourages our employees with the autonomy to innovate, and be accountable to take ownership and seek advancement opportunities for personal growth.
The Karsun team is responsible for new application development, maintenance, enhancement, and operation. This position prefers US citizenship, and all employees must be able to pass a Federal Suitability Check for a position of public trust. The Karsun software development team is responsible for the software design and implementation of replacement and modernization of existing legacy applications.
Successful candidates are modern development specialists experienced in translating business requirements into software architecture. In addition to strong software development skills, ideal candidates have demonstrated experience in working on an Agile Scrum team.
What You Will Do:
Lead a team of automation testers (10 ) for the enterprise-wide system modernization effort and provide testing strategy, guidance and standards for the program
Plan and implement End-to-End Test Automation plan and tools strategies/roadmaps, including functional testing, end-to-end testing, regression testing, 508 testing, performance and load testing.
Support test automation solution planning and estimation. Analyze current architecture and test platforms to formulate a vision for growth and expansion.
Perform detailed test designs using sound software test engineering principals in the context of test automation platforms and integration across distributed systems
Collaboratively elaborate requirements to enable Acceptance Test Driven Development (ATDD) with the Product Management and Agile Development teams.
Perform tasks required for automated test implementation including review acceptance criteria (Gherkin scripts), create integration/regression test scenarios, implement data management strategy, and generate required reports.
Setup or Improve test automation frameworks (i.e., performance improvement, increase flexibility and easier to use) using JavaScript testing tools like playwright, cypress etc.
Analyze and troubleshoot issues and defects and document root cause
Implement and manage defect management process
Identify and track defects and provide metrics on overall test automation coverage and defects
Utilize parallel processing or grid systems to speed up the tests
Minimum of 5 years' experience in Test Automation including planning, assessments, script development & maintenance preferably in cloud environment.
What You Bring to Karsun:
Strong programming/scripting experience and passion for testing
Minimum of 5 years of experience with quality assurance/quality control processes, tools and best practices
Minimum of 5 years' experience in Test Automation including planning, assessments, script development & maintenance preferably in cloud environment.
Minimum of 5 years demonstrated experience in one or more of the following testing toolsets/frameworks:
Selenium Grid/WebDriver
Cucumber/Gherkin
jUnit, TestNG
HP Test Suite
Maven/Gradle
Minimum of 3 years of demonstrated experience in one or more of the following:
Java
JavaScript
Eclipse, IntelliJ
Demonstrated experience with Continuous Integration, including one or more of the following build/deploy/version control tools:
Jenkins
Maven
Git
Grunt
Participate in Project Planning and Reviews as well as Test Design, Execution, and Assessment of Results for Solution Delivery Services (SDS) Software Development Projects. Examples of detailed task assignments - might vary by specific project:
Support the definition/design of a project's Test environment.
Review input artifacts for testability and Participate in preparation of test data
Create and execute project test scripts. Functional and non-functional including (not limited to) Data/database, interface, business functionality, performance, load, usability, and security.
Design and write automated regression test packages.
Develop/perform CRUD (Create, Read, Update, Delete) database testing using SQL.
Log and communicate test findings to the project manager for resolution of issues.
Track and report testing activities/status
Transfer test scripts and knowledge to Application Support team to facilitate regression testing of production releases.
Configuration of automated testing tools and developing automated test scripts;
Development of Test Cases, and Automated Test Scripts;
Confluence and JIRA experience preferred.
Pro-actively seek and promote ideas/mechanisms to support management's strategic direction for the Test Discipline and improve its Software Development Methodology.
Demonstrated proficiency in Software Testing of applications that complied with the applicable organization's Software Development Lifecycle Methodology standards.
Experience developing organization specific metrics to measure and improve software testing.
Experience working in adaptive methodologies like Agile, DevOps and Scrum, etc.
Experience in testing UI/UX best practices and 508 compliance.
Strong written and communication skills required.
Must be a self-starter/self-directed member of the team.
Requires a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Business or other related scientific or technical discipline with 9 years IT experience
Desired Skills:
Experience in all or some of the following programming platform:
Linux and Bash command line
RESTful APIs/JSON, SOAP
Experience working with databases and various data formats and related technologies for testing.
Experience in playwright, cypress or puppeteer.
What Karsun Offers You:
A career, more than just a job
Play a key role in the success and growth of Karsun
Do extraordinary and receive extraordinary
Work alongside seriously talented colleagues and who enjoy challenging each other
Work with integrity, honesty and fairness for customers and colleagues
Excellent Benefits from PTO, Medical Benefits, 401K Match, Health and Wellness Programs, Company Events and an overall Collegial Environment, and much more
About Karsun:
At Karsun, we are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy (including childbirth, lactation and related medical conditions), national origin, age, physical and mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information (including characteristics and testing), military and veteran status, and any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Karsun believes that diversity and inclusion among our teammates is critical to our success, and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool.
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all recognize Karsun Solutions among the fastest-growing companies in the Washington, D.C. region. Its teams deliver modern software development, cloud solutions, and data and analytics solutions to customers at government agencies including the Department of Homeland Security, Federal Aviation Administration, and General Services Administration. It possesses a DCAA Approved Accounting System, CMMI Level 5 - DEV appraisal, and AWS Government Competency.
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