Software Test Automation Engineer

Booz Allen Hamilton

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Work type
On-site
Location
Alexandria, VA
Salary
$77,600–$176,000 / yr
Employment
Full-time
Posted
1 day ago
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Below market

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About Booz Allen Hamilton

Booz Allen Hamilton is a management and technology consulting firm that provides analytics, digital, engineering, and cybersecurity solutions primarily to U.S. government agencies and commercial clients. Industry: Management & Technology Consulting

Booz Allen Hamilton currently has 1815 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Software Test Automation Engineer

The Software Test Automation Engineer leads a team of test automation engineers to manage the overall automation strategy and framework. This role involves reviewing software design and requirements documentation with developers and business analysts to understand application functionality. Key responsibilities include performing level of effort estimates, creating test plans, authoring test case scripts, and generating test summary reports. The engineer builds automated and performance test scripts from scratch using Selenium, Jmeter, Java, JavaScript, or Python. Core competencies include manual functional, regression, usability, integration, and accessibility testing, as well as SQL and back-end testing. The position utilizes AI for generating test plans and reports within an Agile environment using JIRA, Confluence, and Zephyr Scale to ensure successful software releases and support User Acceptance Testing.

What you'll do

  • Lead a team of test automation engineers and define the overall test automation strategy.
  • Manage the automation framework and perform level of effort estimates for testing tasks.
  • Create automated test and performance test scripts using Selenium or Jmeter.
  • Author test plans, test case scripts, and test summary reports to ensure successful releases.
  • Perform manual functional, regression, usability, integration, and accessibility testing.
  • Execute SQL, database, and back-end testing using web services tools.
  • Interact with clients daily to communicate defects and support User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
  • Use AI tools to generate test plans, cases, automation scripts, and reports.

What we're looking for

  • High school diploma or GED.
  • Public Trust clearance.
  • Experience with manual functional, regression, usability, integration, remote access, and accessibility testing.
  • Experience developing automation frameworks and scripts from scratch using Java, JavaScript, or Python.
  • Experience developing performance scripts from scratch using programming code.
  • Experience using AI to generate test plans, cases, automation, and test reports.
  • Experience with SQL, database, back-end testing, and web services tools.
  • Experience testing in Agile environments using JIRA, Confluence, and Zephyr Scale.
  • Experience with Section 508 testing using tools like JAWS, SortSite, Dragon, WAVE, or Lighthouse.
  • Experience developing level of effort estimates, testing schedules, test plans, and test summary reports.
  • Experience working with a client during User Acceptance Test sessions (preferred).

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