Pyramid Consulting, Inc · 2 hours ago
Principal Automation Engineer
Pyramid Consulting, Inc. is a leading company in the Financial Industry, currently seeking a Principal Automation Engineer for a 12-month contract opportunity. The role involves defining and executing test strategies, managing QA processes, and collaborating with development teams to enhance testing approaches and automation.
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Responsibilities
Defining and executing test strategies, scenarios, and steps for automated and functional testing
Active involvement and contributions in Agile practices
Managing the execution of all QA work throughout the agile process
Collaborating with development teams to develop valid test approaches and scenarios
Working with new technologies to solve test challenges and process improvements
Executes manual and/or automated test scripts for multiple or complex projects
Leads test script reviews and mentors QA / Squad members on test tools and technologies
Contributes to CI/CD through automation
Strong analytical, communication, and organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple tasks at a given time
Qualification
Required
Strong communication skills and proactive – needs to be able to ask questions and reiterate what's being asked
Experience with RESTful APIs, and API testing tools and technologies such as Selenium, Cucumber, Karate
Experience with Java/J2EE (for writing testing code)
Strong SQL abilities (need to know how to do joins and querying) and experience with Oracle
Experience with JIRA, GitHub, CI/CD pipelines
Jagacy, Experience working in the brokerage and financial Industry
Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or related field
10 years of experience with a focus in implementing Java-based automation frameworks
Experience with continuous integration practices and automated deployment tools
Experience working in an Agile environment
Experience with RESTful APIs, and API testing tools and technologies such as Selenium, Cucumber, Jagacy, Karate
Experience with Java/J2EE, Groovy, Junit, JavaScript
Expert level knowledge of SQL and experience with Oracle
Experience with JIRA, GitHub, CI/CD pipelines
Must have good communication skills
Able to perform many roles within the agile squad from development to QA to systems analysis in order drive sprint deliverables to completion
Able to learn large software systems end-to-end quickly, and has keen attention to detail
Able to work with other team members in a distributed team environment, and willing to mentor others
Self-directed, takes initiative, eager to learn new technologies, pragmatic and results-oriented
Preferred
3 years working in the brokerage and financial Industry preferred
Benefits
Health insurance (medical, dental, vision)
401(k) plan
Paid sick leave (depending on work location)
Company
Pyramid Consulting, Inc
Pyramid Consulting, a global leader in workforce and technology solutions, empowers individuals and organizations to transform and thrive in the most challenging and competitive markets.
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2025-08-18
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