[ref. i073702] Selenium Auto Tester

Long term contract open to candidates who do not require sponsorship.

Description of Work:

Responsibilities for this position include:

• Provide technical leadership and strategic direction to the Testing team and Organization
• Architecting, developing, and maintain an innovative test automation system for the organization
• Define automated test criteria, designs & develops the organization’s Test Automation framework and develops automated tests for all functionality that meets specified automation criteria
• Works closely with the application architects to develop a solid testing solution, working towards the future state of the application architecture
• Lead complex test automation efforts using Cucumber/Selenium and Java for large Agile software projects and identify innovative solutions to solve complex test problems
• Works collaboratively in a team-based Agile environment with other technical staff and business owners and subject matter experts, that follow the industry standard Scrum and SAFe methodologies.
• Assist in the training/mentoring of team members, including testers, developers, and business analysts and implement organization-wide Quality Process initiatives to ensure Quality of deliverables
• Communicate automation goals, priorities, and status across the organization
• Define Behavior Driven Development approach and tools for Automated Testing in an Agile project
• Partner with Agile Release Train to plan for new functionality, resolve defects, and incorporate error injection test methodologies

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering or related discipline and 7 years of applied work experience OR Master's degree and 5 years of relevant work experience OR a minimum of 11 years of relevant work experience in lieu of a degree
• 6 years of experience with automation testing, developing and executing automated test scripts using Automated Testing Tools (such as Selenium, Cucumber etc.)
• 3 years of hands on experience using Selenium and Cucumber
• 1 year of experience architecting, developing, and maintaining an innovative test automation environment including automation test framework design and development
• 2 years of experience with agile development (preferably SAFe), test driven development, advanced concepts of scrum, and knowledge of agile project tools, such as VersionOne
• Minimum of 1 year of experience in analyzing metrics, identify dysfunctions, and make recommendations to senior management
• US Citizenship or Permanent Residency (Green Card holder) is required in order to obtain and maintain required Position of Public Trust Clearance

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with Cloud based implementation and transition to the Cloud including virtualization
• Experience in analyzing metrics, identify dysfunctions, and make recommendations to senior management
• Strong understanding of Java/J2EE concepts, object oriented design and development
• Demonstrable knowledge of advanced concepts of scrum, Kanban, XP, and Waterfall
• Good understanding of QA methodology and strong ‘hands on’ experience developing test scripts for functional, performance, and regression testing that include automated, ad-hoc, and manual testing elements
• Experience with source code revision control systems GIT and SVN
• Experience with MEAN stack
• Tools and technologies such as: WebSphere, RDBMS: Oracle, DB2, Java, SQL, Eclipse, RAD, Fortify, ALM/QTP, Junit, Selenium, Git, Jenkins, Gulp, Jsdoc, Gerrit, Jslint, Karma, and Jasmine, MySQL, Node.js
• Proficient in MS Office, MS Visio, and SharePoint
• Excellent team building skills, including cross-functional team building
• Demonstrate strong oral and written communication skills, with the ability to communicate technical topics to management and non-technical audiences, as well as interface with the customer on a daily basis