Sr. Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)

Genesis10 is currently seeking a Sr. Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) with our client in the transportation industry in their Atlanta, GA location. This is a 12+ month contract position.

Description:
Seeking a Sr. Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)
Our client is on a journey to becoming the best IT organization in the airline industry, a journey of transformation. They are changing the way we do business from top to bottom as we strive to create meaningful and innovative solutions and are looking for team members to help us realize our vision.

Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, execute and maintain software to test the product/application
• Define automation strategy, automation cases as well as Design tools for unit, functional, and performance testing in a programmatic manner
• Participate in design and code inspections
• Propose improvements to our existing processes and build automated tools, libraries and utilities in order to improve the team's speed, quality and efficiency
• Expose defects in production level code as well as defects at the component and feature integration perspective
• Work with a wide variety of technologies from front-end UI to back-end distributed web services
• Own the design and implementation of tests that will help in end-to-end quality of major deliverables working closely with multiple engineers and teams to execute them
• Integration of both the tests and infrastructure automation into the CI/CD pipeline
• Contribute to agile development teams following 12 Factor application development principles
• Collaborate effectively within team environment
• Define and drive organization-wide quality strategy
• Evaluate and implement new testing technologies Influence product and engineering decisions Lead test automation initiatives
• Architect scalable test frameworks
• Drive quality metrics and KPIs
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams
• Provide technical leadership and training
• Design and maintain automation frameworks Conduct API, UI, and regression testing
• Integrate tests into CI/CD pipelines
• Mentor junior SDETs

Requirements:

• 5 to 7 years of experience in Information Technology with expertise in test automation of applications from UI and API layer
• Advanced programming and scripting skills
• Expertise in multiple testing tools and frameworks
• Deep understanding of software architecture and testability
• Performance, load, and security testing proficiency
• Cloud platform familiarity (AWS)
• Strong communication and stakeholder management
• Thought leadership in test engineering
• Strategic planning and roadmap development
• Expertise in enterprise CI/CD and DevOps pipelines
• Innovation in test automation and tooling
• Business acumen and risk-based testing strategies
• Hands on experience of writing, maintaining automated UI and APIs tests written in Java, JavaScript, C#, Python using various open-source testing libraries like Selenium, Cypress, REST Assured, etc.
• Hands on experience in OOPs languages like Java, C# and scripting languages like Python, Perl, Shell, Bash, etc.
• Experience with API and Microservices testing and automation
• Knowledge and experience with Test Driven Development (TDD), Behavior Driven Development (BDD) with a testing framework like Cucumber, JBehave
• Hands on experience with one or more querying languages such SQL (preferred), Oracle, MySQL and/or No SQL databases (Cassandra, MongoDB, etc.)
• Experience deploying applications in AWS or OpenShift (Kubernetes)
• Hands on experience in automating backend REST services including writing custom functions using tools such as Postman, REST Assured, Karate, Cypress, Ready API, etc.
• Hands on experience of building test automation framework from ground up using modular framework and design pattern like Page Object Model design pattern (POM), etc.
• Experience of working in distributed agile teams using agile frameworks such as SCRUM, SAFe, XP, etc.
• Hands on experience of working with continues integration tools such Jenkins, Circle CI
• Able to independently create and maintain automation test jobs using tools such as Jenkins
• Hands on experience working with source code management tools such as GitLab, GitHub, AWS Code Commit, etc.
• Hands on experience of creating test reports from automation test run using tools such as cucumber report, Extent report, etc.
• Ability to quickly adapt to new tools and evolving technologies
• Ability to clearly communicate with peers, business analysts, and subject matter experts
• Ability to listen to customers and colleagues; convey ideas effectively; prepare written documentation
• Proactive in nature with customer satisfaction as a primary goal
• Excellent verbal and written communication
• Embraces diverse people, thinking and styles
• Consistently makes safety and security, of self and others, the priority

Desired skills:

• Knowledge and experience with the Travel Industry
• Infrastructure automation using docker and tools like Chef, Puppet, Terraform
• Experience of working with various AWS cloud services such as EC2, s3 bucket, AWS code pipeline, CloudFormation, etc.
• Hands on experience of virtualizing services for test automation using tools such as Wire Mock, Mockito, etc.
• Experience of working with test management and agile management tools such as VersionOne, qTest, etc.
• Experience of working with container orchestration tools such as docker, RED Hat OpenShift, AWS CloudFormation
• Experience of non-functional testing such as performance, load, stress, security, accessibility and usability testing

If you have the described qualifications and are interested in this exciting opportunity, please apply!

About Genesis10:
Ranked a Top Staffing Firm in the U.S. by Staffing Industry Analysts for six consecutive years, Genesis10 puts thousands of consultants and employees to work across the United States every year in contract, contract-for-hire, and permanent placement roles. With more than 300 active clients, Genesis10 provides access to many of the Fortune 100 firms and a variety of mid-market organizations across the full spectrum of industry verticals.

For contract roles, Genesis10 offers the benefits listed below. If this is a perm-placement opportunity, our recruiter can talk you through the unique benefits offered for that particular client. Benefits of Working with Genesis10:
Access to hundreds of clients, most who have been working with Genesis10 for 5-20+ years.
The opportunity to have a career-home in Genesis10; many of our consultants have been working exclusively with Genesis10 for years.
Access to an experienced, caring recruiting team (more than 7 years of experience, on average.)
Behavioral Health Platform
Medical, Dental, Vision
Health Savings Account
Voluntary Hospital Indemnity (Critical Illness & Accident)
Voluntary Term Life Insurance
401K
Sick Pay (for applicable states/municipalities)
Commuter Benefits (Dallas, NYC, SF and Illinois)

For multiple years running, Genesis10 has been recognized as a Top Staffing Firm in the U.S., as a Best Company for Work-Life Balance, as a Best Company for Career Growth, for Diversity, and for Leadership, amongst others. To learn more and to view all our available career opportunities, please visit us at our website.

Genesis10 is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Candidates will receive consideration without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.