Senior Automation Tester

Centurion is hiring a Senior Automation Tester to support one of our clients in the Woodlawn, MD area. Selected candidate must be on-site at least 2 days a week and work from the facility every Tuesday. 

Key Required Skills:

• Behavior Driven Development (BDD), Selenium, Gherkin, Cucumber, Spring Boot, Ready API, Git, Bitbucket and Agile development

Position Description:

• Test web applications using software engineering best practices in the latest technologies.
• Provide Testing/debugging of REST APIs implemented using Java and Spring Boot with automation test framework.
• Perform UI test automation of angular applications using Cucumber BDD framework.
• Support programming and designing of Test Automation frameworks with Java, NodeJS and other open source technologies.
• Implement test automation frameworks with focus on reusable design patterns across multiple applications
• Design and develop automation frameworks for native and hybrid mobile applications.
• Support Mobile Testing across various platforms and using various browsers.
• Support and work on an Agile development team.
• Brief management, customer, team, or vendors using written or oral skills at appropriate technical level for audience.
• All other duties as assigned or directed.

Basic Qualifications:

• 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 Selenium, Gherkin, and Ready API.
• 8+ years of experience testing/debugging REST APIs implemented using Java and Spring Boot with automation test framework
• 8+ years of experience in UI test automation of angular applications using Cucumber BDD framework
• Highly proficient with programming and designing Test Automation with Java, NodeJS and other open source technologies
• Highly proficient in implementing test automation frameworks with focus on reusable design patterns across multiple applications
• Expert in design and development of automation framework for native and hybrid mobile applications.
• 5+ years of experience on an Agile development team
• 5+ years of combined experience with Git, Bitbucket, Mobile Testing.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Public Trust. Contract requirement.

Required Skills:

• Experience identifying requirements, researching options, designing, and implementing solutions.
• Strong experience with BDD (Behavior Driven Development) methodology involving implementation of feature files, step definitions using Cucumber and automation framework.
• Strong experience in using Selenium for web application and automating regression test cases (Selenium WebDriver) using TypeScript and Java.
• Strong experience in using Ready API/Swagger/Postman and REST Assured library for REST API Automation Testing.
• Strong experience with programming languages Java, TypeScript and knowledge of testing frameworks like Junit, TestNG, Mockito.
• Strong Experience in using Git, Bit Bucket, Maven, npm, Grunt and Jenkins using CICD pipeline.
• Proficient with managing test data, skilled in writing and executing SQL queries on databases for data validation.
• Comprehensive knowledge and involvement in Scrum and Kanban Agile development process having ceremonies (scrums, planning events, backlog grooming, retrospectives, and demos).
• Strong communication and collaborative skills in providing technical direction and hands-on software development to include design, development, and testing

 Desired Skills:

• Experience in integration testing of hybrid application with UI, middleware and backend systems using multiple environments such as Cloud, mainframe, database etc.
• Proficiency in using Selenium Box for parallel execution of automation regression suite.
• Experience with Agility or Jira or TFS project/test management tools.
• Good knowledge of JSON data structures.
• Experience in configuring execution of automated regressions suite using Jenkins CI/CD pipeline.
• Must demonstrate the experience and ability to work without technical oversight.

Education:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering, or a related field with 7+ years of experience
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Public Trust. Contract requirement.

Position Details: 

US Citizenship or Authorization to work in US required

Travel: < 10% (CONUS)

Centurion Consulting Group, LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer EOE M/F/D/V

No third parties or subcontractors

REF: JOB-4708