Test Engineer

Description About Us eSimplicity is a modern digital services company that partners with government agencies to improve the lives and protect the well-being of all Americans, from veterans and service members to children, families, and seniors. Our engineers, designers, and strategists cut through complexity to create intuitive products and services that equip federal agencies with solutions to courageously transform today for a better tomorrow.

Purpose and Scope We are seeking a Test Automation Engineer to join a cross-functional, entrepreneurial, collaborative team dedicated to solving difficult problems for our client. In this role, you will interface with customers and teams to develop and implement test plans, test cases, test data, accessibility test plans, and automated scripts for our government customers.

Responsibilities

Maintain test environments and test data

Help identify, document, and track application defects

Leverage and maintain automated testing frameworks to analyze test results and debug failures

Create and execute automated and manual test cases to ensure the on-time, high-quality delivery of the product in accordance with the project schedule

Create and maintain Unit Tests and Regression Tests

Provide recommendations to improve automated testing frameworks and testing processes for the team

Conduct 508 testing to ensure compliance with accessibility requirements

Attend requirements gathering meetings to better understand business needs, functional and system requirements

Construct testing documents, including a testing plan, test cases, test data, and test scripts to ensure compliance with business requirements

Collaborate with the development team to ensure successful implementation of the needed business, functional and system requirements

Provide regular and open communication across the program and stakeholders for transparency and awareness of progress and impediments

Understand, visualize and manage upstream/downstream dependencies

Drive delivery and continuous improvement by utilizing feedback and metrics (quality, delivery rate, etc.) to identify areas of opportunity

Work across stakeholders and teams to continuously improve.

Participated with management and cross-functional teams as subject matter experts to develop and improve operating policies and procedures related to user workflows and be an advocate for user community.

Work with stakeholders and development team to provide production support and on-call support as needed

Requirements Required Qualifications

All candidates must pass public trust clearance through the U.S. Federal Government. This requires candidates to either be U.S. citizens or pass clearance through the Foreign National Government System which will require that candidates have lived within the United States for at least 3 out of the previous 5 years, have a valid and non-expired passport from their country of birth and appropriate VISA/work permit documentation.

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or equivalent experience.

5+ years of automated and manual test experience on highly available, customer-facing web and mobile applications; Experienced testing responsively designed web experiences, Experienced testing APIs; Experienced conducting User Acceptance Testing with users, collecting inputs from users, and supporting users with potential workaround.

Demonstrated experience working independently as the sole testing resource on a small development team.

Experience with Playwright

Experience using Gitlab and CI/CD platforms

Experience in AWS cloud architecture

Experience conducting 508 testing

Ability to coordinate test execution with internal users and stakeholders who volunteer to supplement the team in order to complete testing

Experience validating internationalization requirements

Experience working across multiple mobile form factors

Strong analytical skills and innovative thinking

Demonstrated effective verbal and written communication skills for the purpose of providing and explaining technical and project related information to customer, vendors, senior management and staff.

Desired Qualifications

Strong knowledge and experience in software development in an agile environment

Experienced with testing tools and frameworks such as pytest, vitest, TestNG and JMeter

Experience with accessibility testing tools

Experience as a contractor or government employee

Nice to have experience working with AccelQ

Working Environment eSimplicity supports a hybrid work environment operating within the Eastern time zone so we can work with and respond to our government clients. Expected hours are 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM Eastern unless otherwise directed by manager.

Occasional travel for training and project meetings. It is estimated to be less than 5% per year.

Benefits We offer a highly competitive salary and full healthcare benefits.

Equal Employment Opportunity eSimplicity is an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender, age, status as a protected veteran, sexual orientation, gender identity, or status as a qualified individual with a disability.

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