Senior Test Automation Engineer

Esimplicity - Silver Spring, MD

Full-time - Senior

Remote - Silver Spring, MD

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The Senior Test Automation Engineer at eSimplicity is responsible for ensuring the quality and performance of complex systems through comprehensive testing and analysis. This role involves developing and executing various test scripts, coordinating with teams to resolve issues, and promoting an automation-first approach to enhance efficiency. The engineer will also lead the automation processes, produce detailed testing documentation, and communicate progress transparently with stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Providing testing and analysis of complex systems to ensure compliance with requirements and performance in production.
• Independently developing performance, functional, behavioral, API, and 508 test scripts using applicable tools, creating test scenarios, and executing tests.
• Analyzing test results, identifying performance root issues, and writing test reports to recommend system improvements.
• Coordinating with other testers and developers to resolve test problems and ensure customer satisfaction.
• Attending requirements gathering meetings to understand business needs and ensuring development meets criteria.
• Focusing on end-to-end test automation pipeline health and overall program quality.
• Producing detailed testing documents, including test plans, test cases, test data, and test scripts for iterative testing.
• Developing testing status reporting tools and methods for stakeholders to assess system status and details as needed.
• Leading and taking ownership of automated testing processes and contributing to the design and maintenance of the test automation framework.
• Promoting and enforcing an automation-first approach to reduce manual configurations within the platform.
• Developing high-quality automation test engineering best practices, test strategy, and principles.
• Providing regular and open communication across the program and stakeholders for transparency and awareness of progress and impediments.
• Driving delivery and continuous improvement by utilizing feedback and metrics to identify areas of opportunity.

Requirements

• A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Business, or related technical discipline.
• 7+ years of hands-on testing experience (performance, functional, behavioral, API, and 508).
• 5+ years of test automation experience on the Salesforce Platform.
• 4+ years of test experience on data-centric applications and systems, including creating test data for healthcare datasets.
• Experience testing APIs and conducting User Acceptance Testing with users.
• Experience with Agile methodologies.
• Experience with Atlassian Jira/Confluence.
• Strong analytical skills and innovative thinking.
• Demonstrated experience working on large integration systems and executing large-scale projects with large data sets.
• Excellent command of written and spoken English.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust; residing in the United States.

Nice-to-haves

• Strong knowledge and experience in software development in an agile environment.
• Strong experience with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and/or Medicaid CHIP data.
• Experience with Copado Robotic Testing.

Benefits

• Highly competitive salary
• Full healthcare benefits
• Performance bonus
• Flexible leave policy