Automation Test Architect (Closed)

Description of Work:

• Serve as an Architect for new Earnings initiatives
• Coordinate the setup, data requirements, security updates and testing of applications developed in the MDE. This testing could be via automated scripts or manual testing.
• Support the integration of applications developed with Agile methodologies in the DevOps/MDE into Production
• Generate documents for automation testing in support of the Agile and Modern Development Environment (MDE)
• Coordinate environmental setup effort with the Division of Environmental Testing (DIET) for the MDE process and reports to management. 
• Coordinate data needs within the integration environment working with the developmental components in the MDE process and providing statuses to management
• Assist in proactively avoiding any intermittent software functionality problems.
• Attend work order meetings to introduce key project personnel; define roles and responsibilities; and review the meeting purpose, scope, and objectives.
• Communicate technical topics to management and non-technical audiences, as well as interface with the customer, on a daily basis.
• Provide Agile, MDE, DevOps, etc., training to team and customer personnel

Basic Qualifications:

Minimum knowledge, skills, abilities needed.

• Bachelor’s Degree and 7 years of relevant work experience; Masters and 5 years of relative experience or 11 years of relevant work experience in lieu of a degree.
• Minimum of 3 years of experience working with Core Java principles, and automated testing tools/frameworks such as but not limited to; Selenium WebDriver, Cucumber, JUnit, TestNG, and Protractor.
• Minimum of 2 years of experience developing, testing and/or integrating applications in a DevOps/Continuous Integration/Deployment environment using Jenkins including Cloud deployments
• Minimum of 2 year of experience in using Maven, Git, Bitbucket and Jenkins and advanced understanding of DB2, Postgres, and SQL.
• Minimum of 1 year of experience setting up the automation model at an enterprise level for web based applications, mainframe based applications and web services.
• Minimum of 1 year of experience in working with VBScript, C Languages, Groovy and PowerShell Scripting
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a US Public Trust clearance
• Note: Resources will existing SSA suitability will be given a preference for interviews and onboarding.

Preferred Qualifications:

Candidates with these skills will be given preferential consideration.

• Agile Scrum Master certification
• Experience in leading, managing and/or coordinating major software development efforts
• Strong written and oral communication skills and experience in coordinating multi-component projects
• Experience in automating Desktop based application.
• Experience working with AI test automation tools.
• Knowledge of Cloud platforms and platform migration.
• Knowledge on Security Testing
• Knowledge on Performance Testing
• Knowledge on Docker and container based Test Automation executing

Clearance Required: Public Trust 

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