Qa Automation Engineer

The client supports the U.S. Department of the Treasury in key business lines related to financial management for the government. As a Contract Automated Test Engineer you will report to a Manager and be part of a team that provides software testing management services to the systems owned by the Department of Treasury's Bureau of the Fiscal Service. As a team member you will create and debug automated test scripts; create and maintain acceptance criteria; create Selenium code for the application; and communicate testing status.
This role will assist with the testing of tickets related to the conversion of multiple pages from jQuery to Angular between now and Q4 2025. There also will be tasks assigned to further enhance the QA automation for both BM and TCMM.

Responsibilities

• Translate business and functional requirements to create appropriate test documentation (scripts, test plans, etc.) and acceptance criteria using the Gherkin language
• Develop, execute and maintain JAVA code and automated test scripts for regression, API, and usability tests
• Develop test automation strategies and approaches that incorporate multiple phases of testing
• Maintain automated test environments in a continuous integration (CI) and continuous deployment (CD) framework
• Manage and maintain quality related metrics like unit test coverage and testing progress
• Lead the creation, review and maintenance of project testing documentation in accordance with department policies, procedures, and Treasury standards
• Log defects and enhancements into Jira
• Adhere to team testing and security standards
• Assist in manual testing and UAT preparation as needed
• Collaborate with team and all members of the Scrum team to ensure appropriate implementation of requirements

Qualifications

• Bachelor s degree or commensurate experience
• 3-5 years of experience in automated testing
• Highly developed competency with Selenium HQ
• Experience with Java
• Experience with Bamboo or comparable scripting language
• Experience with JIRA and Xray is beneficial
• Understanding of creating reusable test data
• Experience with API testing
• Experience with Eclipse or IntelliJ and experience with a source control tool
• knowledgeable of Gherkin language
• Experience with Cucumber is beneficial
• Strong interpersonal skills and written communications
• High standards of confidentiality; ability to handle sensitive information with integrity and trust
• US Citizen or Permanant Resident with three years of US residency.