QA Automation Engineer

$124,800 - $145,600/Yr

Zachary Piper Solutions - McLean, VA

Full-time - Mid Level

McLean, VA

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The QA Automation Engineer will be responsible for developing and maintaining automation frameworks for an automated lending system and projects related to consumer credit risk. This role involves collaborating with product owners and developers to strategize testing scenarios, ensuring software quality through comprehensive testing methodologies, and providing technical support for operational issues.

Responsibilities

• Work with Consumer Credit Policy product owners and rules developers to strategize test scenarios for various types of policies and features.
• Engineer test suites to validate various types of software applications including web UI, Agent applications, RESTful APIs, and web services.
• Develop software quality assurance (SQA) test plans for assigned projects.
• Setup QA automation and performance testing infrastructure to create complex end-to-end and integration tests.
• Provide technical support for identifying, reporting, tracking, and resolving daily operational problems in credit systems, making formal recommendations regarding enhancements or changes.
• Document and communicate test results and system defects to stakeholders, properly escalating risks to appropriate parties.
• Assist and support internal stakeholders in testing complex credit policy rules.
• Identify opportunities to streamline and automate internal processes to improve effectiveness and efficiency.
• Assist developers with test development.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience with at least one server-side web technology and language: Java, C#, Python.
• Experience with modern/open-source tools such as Selenium, Cucumber, Jmeter is required.
• Experience building or working with RESTful web services via JSON or XML.
• Understanding of Agile and Kanban methodologies.
• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or Statistics is required.

Benefits

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• 401K
• PTO
• Sick Leave as required by law
• Holidays