Senior Manual Testing and Automation/QA

Education: Related Bachelor’s Degree
Experience: 3–5+ years of experience Manual Testing and automation /QA
Security Clearance Level: Public Trust (Current Preferred)

Required Technical Skills and Experience:

• 3–5+ years of experience in software QA and test automation for web and API-based applications.
• Strong experience designing, developing, and maintaining automated tests for:
  • Web UIs (Angular/TypeScript-based applications).
  • RESTful APIs and microservices.
• Hands-on experience with at least one UI test automation framework (e.g., Selenium, Cypress, Playwright) for end-to-end and regression tests.
• Experience designing and maintaining automated tests for systems that integrate and aggregate data from multiple sources, including data platforms such as Databricks.
• Hands-on experience with unit and integration testing frameworks such as JUnit (or similar).
• Strong understanding of REST Web Services, including validating request/response payloads (JSON/XML), status codes, and error handling.
• Experience designing and executing test plans, test cases, and test data to ensure comprehensive coverage of functional and non-functional requirements.
• Experience with SQL and relational databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL, or Oracle 19) to validate data, build test datasets, and support backend testing.
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum teams, participating in sprints, and collaborating closely with developers, product owners, and business analysts.
• Experience with Git-based workflows (GitLab preferred) for managing test code, reviewing changes, and collaborating via merge requests.
• Experience with CI/CD-driven testing, integrating automated tests into pipelines (e.g., GitLab Runner) for continuous integration and regression testing.
• Familiarity with Docker for running tests in containerized environments and validating containerized applications.

  Position requires the ability to work East Coast core hours of 9AM – 3PM ET.

Nice to Have:

• Experience validating outputs from Databricks data pipelines/notebooks and related downstream services.
• Experience with performance testing (e.g., JMeter, Gatling, k6) and analyzing performance results.
• Experience with Elasticsearch or other search/analytics engines and validating search queries, mappings, and results.
• Experience with observability and quality tools, such as:
  • OpenTelemetry (traces/metrics/logs).
  • Grafana and Prometheus dashboards.
  • SONAR for code quality and coverage reporting.
• Experience testing authentication and authorization flows, including Single Sign On / Okta.
• Experience with Bash/PowerShell scripting to support test automation and environment setup.
• Experience with JSON and XML data formats and schema validation.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and maintain automated test scripts, frameworks, and tools to validate UI, API, and backend components of the system.
• Create and execute test plans and test cases to ensure thorough coverage of business requirements, user workflows, and edge cases.
• Build, curate, and manage test datasets across integrated systems (databases, microservices, and data platforms) to support automated, manual, and exploratory testing.
• Implement and execute UI test automation for Angular-based applications, ensuring a consistent, high-quality user experience across supported browsers and devices.
• Implement and execute API and microservices tests, validating functionality, data integrity, error handling, and contract compliance.
• Collaborate with developers and data engineers to understand system architecture, data flows, and integration points, and reflect them in test strategies and scenarios.
• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines (GitLab), ensuring tests run reliably as part of build and deployment workflows.
• Monitor test results, analyze failures, and work closely with development teams to triage, document, and resolve defects.
• Perform regression testing to ensure that new changes do not introduce defects into existing functionality.
• Conduct exploratory testing to uncover edge cases, usability issues, and gaps not covered by scripted tests.
• Contribute to performance and reliability testing, helping identify bottlenecks in APIs, databases, and data pipelines.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies (daily stand-ups, sprint planning, backlog grooming, sprint reviews, and retrospectives), providing input on test scope and estimates.
• Work closely with product owners and business stakeholders to clarify acceptance criteria and ensure test coverage aligns with user expectations.
• Promote and help enforce quality standards, including unit test coverage expectations, test automation targets, and defect prevention practices.
• Document test approaches, frameworks, and best practices.
• Proactively communicate testing status, risks, and issues to the team and recommend mitigations or improvements.