Summary: The Senior QA Automation Engineer role involves building and maintaining automation frameworks for scalable software systems within a platform engineering team. The position focuses on ensuring quality, performance, and reliability in complex applications, while driving automation strategies for mission-critical systems. Candidates will engage in various testing practices and collaborate in an Agile environment. This role offers the opportunity to lead testing teams and contribute to the development of large-scale platforms.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop, maintain, and enhance automation test frameworks
• Design and execute automated integration, regression, and performance tests
• Apply QA best practices to ensure high-quality releases
• Work across Windows and Unix environments
• Write and optimize SQL queries for validation and troubleshooting
• Collaborate with engineers and product teams in a fast-paced Agile environment
• Lead or mentor small to mid-sized testing teams
• Implement and improve CI/CD test pipelines
• Contribute to Behavior Driven Development (BDD) processes
• Utilize scripting languages to support automation efforts

Key Skills:

• Strong understanding of QA concepts, automation strategy, and testing standards
• Hands-on experience with test automation tools such as Selenium, Cucumber, and Gherkin
• Proficiency with performance testing tools (e.g., LoadRunner or similar)
• Experience writing integration and automated tests
• Ability to work effectively in both Windows and Unix-based systems
• Comfortable writing SQL queries
• Experience with BDD methodologies
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Jenkins)
• Scripting experience using Python, Shell, Perl, or similar
• Strong knowledge of modern web technologies such as Java, JavaScript, ReactJS, AngularJS, HTML5, CSS3

Salary (Rate): undetermined

City: Reston

Country: United States

Working Arrangements: undetermined

IR35 Status: undetermined

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: IT

Detailed Description From Employer:

Ref: #71388

Senior QA Automation Engineer

• Practice Development & Integration

• Technologies Development Skills

• Location Reston, United States

• Type Contract

About the Role

We’re looking for a Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) to help build and maintain automation frameworks for highly scalable software systems. You’ll be part of a platform engineering team responsible for ensuring quality, performance, and reliability across complex, distributed applications. This is an opportunity to work on large-scale platforms, drive automation strategy, and contribute to the stability of mission-critical systems.

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What You’ll Do

• Develop, maintain, and enhance automation test frameworks

• Design and execute automated integration, regression, and performance tests

• Apply QA best practices to ensure high-quality releases

• Work across Windows and Unix environments

• Write and optimize SQL queries for validation and troubleshooting

• Collaborate with engineers and product teams in a fast-paced Agile environment

• Lead or mentor small to mid-sized testing teams

• Implement and improve CI/CD test pipelines

• Contribute to Behavior Driven Development (BDD) processes

• Utilize scripting languages to support automation efforts

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Required Skills & Experience

• Strong understanding of QA concepts, automation strategy, and testing standards

• Hands-on experience with test automation tools such as Selenium, Cucumber, and Gherkin

• Proficiency with performance testing tools (e.g., LoadRunner or similar)

• Experience writing integration and automated tests

• Ability to work effectively in both Windows and Unix-based systems

• Comfortable writing SQL queries

• Experience with BDD methodologies

• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Jenkins)

• Scripting experience using Python, Shell, Perl, or similar

• Strong knowledge of modern web technologies such as:

  • Java, JavaScript, ReactJS, AngularJS, HTML5, CSS3