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eSimplicity · 22 hours ago

Staff Test Automation Engineer

Columbia, MD

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$116K/yr - $150K/yr

10+ years exp

eSimplicity is a modern digital services company that partners with government agencies to improve the lives of all Americans. The Staff Test Automation Engineer will oversee the development and execution of test automation strategies, lead a team of test engineers, and ensure high-quality testing practices across various platforms.

Health CareInformation TechnologySoftwareTelecommunications

Growth Opportunities

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Oversee the development and execution of regression suites and ensure timely execution across multiple Salesforce sandboxes

Lead and mentor a distributed team of test engineers, fostering technical growth, quality ownership, and collaboration across multiple product teams

Define test governance, standards, and automation best practices across functional, integration, API, 508, and performance testing

Promoting and enforcing an automation-first approach to reduce manual configurations and testing within the platform, while increasing coverage

Track and report quality metrics (e.g. defect density, defect escape rate, automation coverage, and test pipeline stability) to program leadership and CMS stakeholders

Partner with Release Management to validate deployments and back promotion processes across Salesforce sandboxes

Work closely with CMS stakeholders to present innovations, communicate code quality improvements, and translate technical progress into business outcomes

Independently developing performance, functional, behavioral, API, and 508 (any as needed) test scripts using applicable tools, create test scenarios and execute tests

Analyzing test results, identifying performance root issues, and writing test reports to recommend improvements to the system

Coordinating with other testers and developers to resolve test problems and ensure customer satisfaction

Attending requirements gathering meetings to better understand business needs, functional and system requirements and ensuring all development meets criteria

Focusing on end-to-end test automation pipeline health and overall quality of the overall program

Producing detailed testing documents, including test plans, test cases, test data, and test scripts to automate and rapidly perform testing iteratively

Developing testing status reporting tools and methods that will allow stakeholders at various levels to quickly assess the system status of their focused area and drill down to get details as needed

Developing high quality automation test engineering best practices, test strategy and principles

Providing regular and open communication across the program and stakeholders for transparency and awareness of progress and impediments

Driving delivery and continuous improvement by utilizing feedback and metrics (quality, delivery rate, etc.) to identify areas of opportunity

Qualification

Salesforce test automationAPI testingCI/CD practicesTest automation best practicesHealthcare datasets testingAtlassian Jira/ConfluenceAnalytical skillsPersonnel managementInnovative thinkingCommunication

Required

All candidates must pass public trust clearance through the U.S. Federal Government. This requires candidates to either be U.S. citizens or pass clearance through the Foreign National Government System which will require that candidates have lived within the United States for at least 3 out of the previous 5 years, have a valid and non-expired passport from their country of birth and appropriate VISA/work permit documentation

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related technical field; AND 10+ years of hands-on testing experience (performance, functional, behavioral, API, 508), including: 5+ years of Salesforce test automation and 4+ years testing data-centric applications OR

In lieu of a degree, 14+ years total professional IT experience with equivalent specialization may be substituted

Experienced creating test data for healthcare datasets such as provider, beneficiary/patient, quality measures and claims data; Experienced testing APIs; Experienced conducting User Acceptance Testing with users, collecting inputs from users, and supporting users with potential workaround

Strong knowledge and experience in CI/CD practices, Git-based version control, and software development in an agile environment

Excellent communication and presentation skills

Strong analytical skills and innovative thinking

Demonstrated experience working on large integration systems and leading large-scale, cross-functional testing initiatives from conception through implementation

Excellent command of written and spoken English

Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust; residing in the United States

Personnel management experience required

Experience with Copado Robotic Testing or Robot Framework

Experience with Atlassian Jira/Confluence