Platform Engineer/ Automation Tester

Type of Requisition: Regular Clearance Level Must Currently Possess: None Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: None Public Trust/Other Required: None Job Family: Professional Engineering Job Qualifications: Skills: Automated Testing, Automation Frameworks, Automation Technology Certifications: None Experience: 5 + years of related experience US Citizenship Required: No Job Description: GDIT has an opportunity for a dynamic and talented platform engineer / automation test engineer to join our team supporting the Administrative Office of the US Courts (AOUSC) Case Management Systems Office (CMSO) in its modernization effort for one of its mission-critical applications that is used by all U.S. district and appellate courts’ staff members and external stakeholders. Over 59 million cases are managed on current systems with more than 1 million unique users. CMSO has a mature agile practice using the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) and supports a broad range of complex business systems which are instrumental to the AOUSC mission. The senior automation tester will have following responsibilities: • Demonstrated experience guiding junior or mid‑level testers, including mentoring, code reviews, and contributing to automation strategy within Agile teams. • Proven ability to take ownership of automation initiatives, lead framework enhancements, and influence testing direction across distributed teams. • Evaluate and understand system requirements and capabilities for test automation • Setup and configure test automation framework in the cloud environment • Facilitate continuous development and continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipeline • Work with manual testers to ensure that automation prioritized to get maximum value • Design, develop and run automated test scripts in the cloud • Comply with established version control and coding standards • Developing test procedures to validate and verify requirements and capabilities • Configure test environments and test data set • Understanding of software lifecycle management skills related to application development tasks and planning testing cycles • Ability to apply in-depth knowledge of Software Development Life Cycle in order to help anticipate complexities in the system • Strong oral and written communication skills • Experience with modern web client technologies and the associated front-end to backend interactions • Developing/testing software using an Agile/Scrum methodology Qualifications: • Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering or other related scientific or technical discipline • 5+ years of experience developing automated test scripts on ReactJS and NodeJS Nodejs with Selenium, Playwright, jest, mocha, chai etc • 5+ years of experience in setup and configurion test automation framework in the cloud environment (AWS / Azure). • Experience testing API’s though gateway and cloud services • Expert knowledge in industry standards cloud based test automation frameworks • Familiarity with standard concepts, practices, and procedures of cloud technology, including Software as Service (SaaS), Platform as Service (PaaS), or Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) • Ability to independently setup and configure test automation framework in cloud (Azure or AWS) • Demonstrated experience in implementing DevOps methodologies, including CI/CD practices using tools like Jenkins, GitLab CI, or Azure DevOps • Experienced in testing containerized applications utilizing docker, k8s, Openshift etc. • Managing and executing tests using NUnit and TestNG • Experience in developing test plans/procedures, expected outcomes, and verification statements • Comprehensive understanding of Cloud, Agile & DevSecOps methodology and culture • Working knowledge of Source Version Control and Build/Release tools and methodologies. Working knowledge of Software Build process • Excellent written and oral communication skills and ability to work with people at every level PREFERRED EXPERIENCE • Experience in developing automated test scripts for complex Java based web applications The likely salary range for this position is $81,349 - $109,250. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range. Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40 Travel Required: None Telecommuting Options: Remote Work Location: Any Location / Remote Additional Work Locations: