Automated Test Engineer, Manager

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Virginia.

📋 Description

• Oversee and guide the Automated Test Team while providing strategic direction.

• Enhance and sustain the Playwright/Cucumber framework using the Page Object Model.

• Design, develop, and maintain reusable automated functional, integration, and regression tests.

• Formulate strategies for transitioning roles in pipelined automated test jobs.

• Integrate automated test suites into CI/CD pipelines and deliver actionable results.

• Diagnose unreliable tests and facilitate repeatable execution along with release quality gates.

• Plan and collaborate on AI-assisted testing and/or code reviews.

• Convert user stories and acceptance criteria into traceable test scenarios.

• Automate the validation of data ingestion, transformations, and migration outcomes.

• Execute performance tests and incorporate automated security checks.

• Manage controlled test data and ensure a repeatable test setup.

• Investigate failures, document reproducible defects, and confirm corrections.

• Assist with user acceptance testing and accessibility verification.

• Report on test coverage, execution results, defects, and release risks.

• Monitor defect rates and trends.

• Conduct testing across development, test, staging, and production-like environments.

• Direct fixture data and resource strategy for lower environments.

• Engage in functional testing of end-to-end workflows.

• Take part in Agile planning, reviews, and retrospectives.

• Maintain version-controlled test documentation and enhance automation practices.

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of 5 years of practical experience in building and maintaining automated test suites, preferably with Playwright and TypeScript.

• Over 5 years of experience in writing, debugging, and reviewing test automation code in TypeScript or JavaScript.

• Familiarity with the Page Object Model and selector strategies for dynamic user interfaces.

• Proficient in writing Gherkin feature files and reusable step definitions using Cucumber or a similar BDD framework.

• Experience in integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines and managing test code through version control and peer reviews.

• Ability to derive functional, integration, and regression tests from requirements and acceptance criteria.

• Experience in documenting defects and validating fixes within an Agile delivery team.

• Proven ability to validate data-driven application behavior and assess release readiness using test evidence.

• U.S. Citizenship is required due to federal contract stipulations.

• Must be able to obtain and maintain a federal public trust or equivalent client-required background check.

• Must reside in the U.S. and be authorized to work in the U.S.; all work must be performed in the U.S.

• Must have lived in the U.S. for three full years out of the last five years.

• Capability to support Eastern Standard Time (EST) hours.

• Preferred: 2+ years of experience as a Test Team Lead.

• Preferred: experience in establishing test architecture for a new or modernized application.

• Preferred: experience in testing Azure applications or Databricks data workflows.

• Preferred: familiarity with Python or SQL for data validation.

• Preferred: experience with Jira, Confluence, and the Scaled Agile Framework.

• Preferred: knowledge of Section 508 and WCAG accessibility testing.

• Preferred: experience in validating AI-enabled search, document processing, or natural language workflows.

• Preferred: experience supporting federal modernization programs and generating test evidence for governance, acceptance, or compliance reviews.

🏝️ Benefits

• Equal opportunity employment.

• Reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities, veterans, and sincerely held religious beliefs.

• Benefits information is provided under the Transparency in (Benefits) Coverage Act.