Test Automation Engineer

About the position

ELYON provides the Program Management for its Channel of Commercial Technology companies in Government that consist of Small Businesses and New Technology start-ups. ELYON advocates for policies that can improve government services and maintain our government's competitive advantage, by bringing more technology into government programs. ELYON advocates on behalf of our nation's innovative, new technology and small businesses looking to work with the U.S. government. We do this by aligning the voice of our small business members with advocacy for change in federal policy that will make the government market more accessible to small businesses and the commercial technology ecosystem. The Channel's founding Technical Board Members include former government leaders and IT executives passionate about bringing best-of-breed technology to the government. We are seeking a skilled and experienced Test Automation Engineer to join our team!

Responsibilities

• Author, design, and execute automated tests by creating scripts that run testing functions automatically.
• Maximize test coverage for the most critical features of the system.
• Determine the priority for test scenarios and create execution plans to implement these scenarios.
• Author documentation for automated processes including test plans, test procedures, and test cases.
• Design and build test automation frameworks.
• Log and document bugs in the tracking system.
• Set up continuous integration test sandbox environment.
• Identify which type of testing/test cases are to automate and identify the test scenarios which are suitable for automation.
• Identify the automation tool that is best suited for automating the identified scenarios.
• Setup, deploy, and operate the automation tool for executing the test cases using the tool.
• Perform Verification and Validation (V&V) that the test automation tool works as desired.
• Design and develop scripts in the programming language that the tool supports.
• Develop programming scripts for manual test cases to convert them into automated test cases.
• Report the test case status by using the reporting feature of the tool.
• Perform test automation best practices when selecting test cases for automation.
• Provide input to the test report, ensuring that all stated requirements and test objectives have been evaluated and the documented results adequately and accurately reflect the collected data and analysis conducted during the event.
• Enhance and maintain scripts for reuse.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field.
• Experience using programming languages such as Java, PHP, or Python to develop code/scripts to execute test automation tasks.
• Experience understanding APIs and SDKs to utilize functions to develop test automation tools or test tools to test system requirements.
• Ability to apply test automation expertise through technology processes, methodologies, standards, or frameworks.
• Experience in applying COTS test automation tools and applying automation methodologies in an integrated test environment.
• Experience with the test and evaluation process from planning, execution, analysis, and reporting.
• Ability to understand when to apply test automation and when it is not beneficial.
• Ability to analyze system requirements thoroughly to identify how to automate testing of the requirements.
• Experience using PowerShell.
• Ability to communicate technical content both orally and in writing.
• Develop test documentation that includes, but not limited to test plans, test reports, test procedures, problem reports, architecture diagrams, and topical briefings.
• Possess and maintain currency in respective field; understand emerging processes, methodologies, and technical advancements.
• Provide accurate and timely testing expertise in support of assigned tasking.
• Security Clearance: Active Secret clearance is required.

Nice-to-haves

• PCAP, Certified Associate in Python Programming.
• Oracle Certified Associate, Java SE 8 Programmer Certification.
• CompTIA Security+.
• Hands-on experience using test automation tools such as Automated Test and Re-Test Test Manager (ATRT TM), Selenium, JMeter, Appium, SoapUI, Cucumber, Quick Test Professional (QTP), Load Runner, Ranorex, Rational Functional Tester (RFT), IBM Rational Robot, HP Unified Functional Testing (UFT), Test Complete, Katalon Studio, TestCraft, Perfecto, CloudQA, or Sikuli.
• Experience with System of Systems (SoS) testing.

Benefits

• Paid sick leave
• Medical/Dental (optional)
• 401 (k) Retirement Plan (optional)
• Employer Paid Life Insurance
• Employer Paid Short Term Disability
• Optional Life Insurance