Automation Test Engineer - Chenega Corporation

Overview

Automated Test Engineer

Gaithersburg, MD

Chenega Agile Real-Time Solutions (CARS) was created with the purpose of providing integrated enterprise IT support to Federal customers both CONUS and OCONUS. CARS employs Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) with decades of experience working in the Federal marketplace.

Are you ready to enhance your skills and build your career in a rapidly evolving business climate? Are you looking for a career where professional development is embedded in your employer’s core culture? If so, Chenega Military, Intelligence & Operations Support (MIOS) could be the place for you! Join our team of professionals who support large-scale government operations by leveraging cutting-edge technology and take your career to the next level! 

The Automation Test Engineer will analyze system requirements and concepts of operations documents while providing visibility into progress and impediments.  

Responsibilities

• Participate in Agile ceremonies, including daily standups, sprint planning meetings, sprint reviews, and sprint retrospectives.
• Design, develop, and maintain test suites to validate software functionality.
• Participate in code reviews and inspections to ensure testability of code and adherence to coding standards that facilitate automated testing.
• Build and enhance automated testing frameworks and tools that facilitate automated testing across different layers of the application.
• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines to enable continuous testing and delivery.
• Monitor and analyze test results and ensure the stability of builds before deployment.
• Maintain high-quality software by ensuring comprehensive test coverage and enforcing testing best practices.
• Create and maintain documentation related to automated test cases, test plans, and test results to support knowledge sharing and transparency.
• Report issues in the work management tool (e.g., Jira) along with steps required to re-create the issue.
• Participate in all phases of risk management assessments and software development with emphasis on analysis of user requirements, test design and test tools selection.
• Work closely with software engineers to create and maintain test artifacts that may be reviewed by external stakeholder’s real time.
• Analyzes system requirements and concepts of operations documents, acquisition plans, and system descriptions to develop evaluation and test plans and procedures, prepare for and conduct the data collection and analysis, and report status and results.
• Provides visibility into progress and impediments.
• Supports the development of Government test and evaluation documentation, e.g., Test & Evaluation Strategy, Test & Evaluation Master Plan, Event Test Plans, Test Readiness Assessments, and T&E Reports.
• Works with other test organizations to support T&E program integration.
• Provides specialized T&E capabilities tailored to system functions, level, maturity, and performance areas.
• Executes test plans and procedures, confirms results of automated tests.
• Acts as a witness for demonstrations and testing events providing feedback to the government.
• Ability to initiate, supervise, and/or develop requirements for complex to extremely complex programs from inception to conclusion.
• Performs highly specialized, technical tasks associated with current and cutting-edge technologies.
• Recognized industry leader in their area of expertise.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree and 12+ years of prior relevant experience or
• Master’s Degree with 10+ years of experience
• Current active TS/SCI

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Must be able to obtain a CI Polygraph
• Proficient in programming languages like Java, JavaScript, and Python to write automation test scripts and develop test frameworks
• Strong expertise in designing, developing, and maintaining automation test suites using frameworks like Selenium WebDriver, Katalon, Playwright, and Test NG.
• Familiarity with SQL, NoSQL, and PostgreSQL for querying databases and verifying data integrity during testing.
• Ability to perform both Frontend (UI/UX), and Backend (API, database, and server-side) testing.
• Strong, self-motivated desire to learn new tools, frameworks, and techniques.
• Ability to complete tasks independently with minimal direct supervision.
• Ability to work and collaborate effectively within a multi-disciplined engineering team.
• Experience with Agile development principles and methodologies.
• Working knowledge of continuous integration and delivery methodologies and tools.
• Experience with automating unit, functional, integration and performance testing of web applications using industry-standard tools such as JUnit, Postman/SoapUI, Cucumber, Selenium, and JMeter.
• Familiarity with software design patterns.
• Solid understanding of software development process fundamentals.
• Experience managing projects within the Atlassian suite of tools (Confluence, JIRA, Bitbucket).
• Familiarity with basic web technologies (HTML, CSS, XML, REST, JSON).
• Knowledge of a version control system (e.g., Git).
• Familiarity with CI/CD processes and tools (Jenkins).
• Familiarity with multiple operating systems (Windows, LINUX, etc.).

How you’ll grow 

At Chenega MIOS, our professional development plan focuses on helping our team members at every level of their careers to identify and use their strengths to do their best work every day. From entry-level employees to senior leaders, we believe there’s always room to learn. 

We offer opportunities to help sharpen skills in addition to hands-on experience in the global, fast-changing business world. From on-the-job learning experiences to formal development programs, our professionals have a variety of opportunities to continue to grow throughout their careers. 

Benefits 

At Chenega MIOS, we know that great people make a great organization. We value our team members and offer them a broad range of benefits. 

Learn more about what working at Chenega MIOS can mean for you. 

Chenega MIOS’s culture 

Our positive and supportive culture encourages our team members to do their best work every day. We celebrate individuals by recognizing their uniqueness and offering them the flexibility to make daily choices that can help them be healthy, centered, confident, and aware. We offer well-being programs and continuously look for new ways to maintain a culture where we excel and lead healthy, happy lives. 

Corporate citizenship 

Chenega MIOS is led by a purpose to make an impact that matters. This purpose defines who we are and extends to relationships with our clients, our team members, and our communities. We believe that business has the power to inspire and transform. We focus on education, giving, skill-based volunteerism, and leadership to help drive positive social impact in our communities. 

Learn more about Chenega’s impact on the world. 

Chenega MIOS News- https://chenegamios.com/news/ 

Tips from your Talent Acquisition Team 

We want job seekers exploring opportunities at Chenega MIOS to feel prepared and confident. To help you with your research, we suggest you review the following links: 

Chenega MIOS web site - www.chenegamios.com 

Glassdoor - https://www.glassdoor.com/Overview/Working-at-Chenega-MIOS-EI_IE369514.11,23.htm 

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/1472684/ 

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/chenegamios/

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