Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Aretum is a mission-driven organization delivering technology-enabled solutions across defense, civilian, and homeland security sectors. The QA Automation Test Engineer will support an Agile federal government project by planning, developing, executing, and maintaining manual and automated tests for application quality, performance, accessibility, and reliability.
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, execute, and maintain manual and automated test cases for web applications, APIs, and integrated systems
- Develop and maintain test strategies, test plans, and testing approaches that support the level of automation needed for application quality and delivery objectives
- Provide clear feedback by following the standard testing process in writing detailed descriptions, acceptance criteria, identifying problems and documenting steps in the ticketing system
- Build and maintain reusable automated test scripts, utilities, and testing components that reduce repetitive testing efforts and improve testing efficiency
- Design, implement, and support scalable test automation frameworks that enable consistent and maintainable automated testing across teams
- Perform functional, regression, smoke, integration, end-to-end, and user story validation testing throughout the software development lifecycle
- Collaborate with Product Owners, Business Analysts, Developers and Testers to determine quality expectations during backlog refinement and sprint planning
- Contribute to the team's Definition of Done (DoD) by ensuring appropriate test coverage, successful test execution, and quality validation prior to story completion
- Integrate automated testing into Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines and leverage continuous integration practices to provide rapid feedback on code quality
- Develop and execute load, performance, and scalability tests to validate application stability, reliability, and capacity under expected usage conditions
- Analyze test results, identify defects and risks, measure test coverage, and provide actionable recommendations to improve overall software quality and release readiness
Skills
- Bachelor's Degree (BA or BS) or equivalent combination of education and 4 additional years of relevant experience
- 5+ years' experience in using automation tools for testing systems and applications, writing and executing test scripts
- 3+ years' experience with automation testing tools, Playwright preferred (e.g., GitHub Issues/GitLab Issues, Selenium, Cypress, SonarQube, NeoLoad, and/or Postman)
- Experience developing automation and performance testing strategies and frameworks from the ground up
- Experience creating reusable test automation solutions and integrating automated testing into CI/CD pipelines
- Experience performing functional, regression, smoke, integration and end-to-end testing
- Experience performing manual accessibility testing with screen readers and other accessibility tools
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Experience with collaborating and working across functional teams
- Public Trust Eligibility Required
- Experience with Azure / .NET
- Federal Government experience as a contractor
- DHS Trusted Tester Certification
Benefits
- Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)
- Retirement Plan (401k)
- Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary & AD&D)
- Paid Time Off
- Family Leave (Maternity, Paternity)
- Short Term & Long-Term Disability
- Training & Development
- Remote position
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