Sr. Automation Validator

• It is a 100% Onsite position.
  
• Selected candidate must be willing to work on-site in Woodlawn, MD 5 days a week.
  

• Strong knowledge of automation testing, Selenium, Cucumber, BDD, Gherkin, API Testing using tools like Rest Assured or Postman
  

• ​Provide technical support and guidance for the development and maintenance of automation artifacts including the automation framework, grid, and automation scripts.
  
• Conduct both manual and automation testing.
  
• Conduct API testing using tools like REST Assured or Postman.
  
• Work closely with the integration team to facilitate automation runs in the Integration environment.
  
• Provide expertise in one or more of the following areas: automation test framework development, development of automation tests using core Java, Selenium, Cucumber, and Gherkin, execution of automation test suites and documentation of defects.
  
• All other duties as assigned or directed​
  

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree with 7+ years of experience
  
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Mathematics, Engineering, or a related field
  
• Masters or Doctorate degree may substitute for required experience
  
• 8+ years of experience with Automation and API testing
  
• 8+ years of experience on an Agile development team, preferable Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)
  
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Public Trust. Contract requirement.
  

• Expertise in using Selenium for web applications and automating regression test cases (Selenium WebDriver).
  
• Strong experience developing test scripts to implement Features, Test Scenarios and Step-Definition for BDD (Behavior Driven Development) using Cucumber (Gherkins format) using customized test automation framework
  
• Experience developing Selenium automation framework using Junit/TestNG frameworks and developing Maven targets to execute automation suites.
  
• Experience with API Testing using tools like REST Assured or Postman
  
• Experience with JAVA, JavaScript-based technologies
  
• Comprehensive knowledge of Agile development process and ceremonies including scrums, planning events, backlog grooming, retrospectives, and demos.
  
• Strong communication and collaborative skills.
  

• Proficiency in using Selenium for web applications and automating regression test cases (Selenium WebDriver/Selenium Box).
  
• Experience with Jenkins Auto jobs, Stash/Bitbucket
  
• Experience in configuring execution of automated regressions suite using Jenkins CI/CD pipeline.
  
• Experience maintaining resources in configuration management tools, such as GitHub repository.
  
• Experience with Version One management tool
  
• Automation test results debugging.​