Lead Testing Engineer

ArdentMC is a software development firm, focused on high-value/ high-technology solutions for government projects and invites you to join our dynamic organization. ArdentMC offers complete health benefits, competitive salaries, matching 401K, Liberal PTO, paid holidays, tuition reimbursement, work/life balance and a host of other benefits, creating a rewarding and fast-paced work environment.

Lead Automation Engineer to work in the Washington DC area

Basic Qualifications:

Formulate long term strategies for quality assurance testing, and analyze long term impacts

Lead decision making around the selection of third-party testing tools or development of new tools and best practices

Work independently, within, and across teams to design and develop technical solutions, address complex issues, and execute QA tasks in collaboration with a product manager, tech lead, UX designers, other QAs, and engineers

Provide technical leadership in the architecture/design, development, and implementation of testing tools for multiple products and services delivered as part of human services platform using state-of-the-art frameworks and tools

Improve the automation testing coverage to all features and functionality

Establish and enforce architectural standards and development best practices by leading and mentoring other members of the team, conducting code review, and creating documentation

Ability to organize and prioritize multiple assignments

Bachelor's degree in a relevant technical field/equivalent knowledge and experience

Additional Qualifications:

8+ years’ experience with software quality assurance testing, including unit, integration, load, stress, security penetration, and performance testing

4+ years of experience in automation testing and releasing large enterprise applications

Expert in software quality and testing methodologies

Expert in test automation tools, UI automation frameworks (Selenium, UIPath, etc.), and Mobile automation frameworks (Appium, etc.)

Excellent coding skills in Java and JavaScript

Experience with Test Design Patterns

Excellent fundamental knowledge of data structures, algorithms, and object-oriented design

Deep understanding of system development life cycle, technical project management approaches and requirements, and design techniques on multi-track projects

Unrelenting need to perpetually optimize testing coverage, testing process, and principles and continuously increase the solutions quality

Experience doing quality assurance testing of a complex enterprise software product, including cross-component and cross-module integration testing and load/performance testing

Experience identifying when automated testing is not sufficient and when manual testing is critical

Extensive experience working as an integral part of a cross-functional agile development team using test-driven development

Experience with RESTful API enterprise system testing

Experience with data transformation and data pipelines testing models and approaches

Deep interest in Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, and Natural Language Processing

Strong presentation, interpersonal and communication skills

What sets you apart:

Experience in RPA development using RPA solutions (e.g., UI Path, Automation Anywhere, Tricentis RPA)

Experience integrating RPA with other tools (e.g., Jira, ServiceNow, SharePoint, Email, etc.)

Exceptional ability to process and synthesize information to deliver optimal solutions and identify roadblocks.

Ability to organize and prioritize multiple assignments

Cloud Professional level certification (Solutions Architect, DevOps, SysOps Administrator, or Developer)

Applicants selected for this position will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information. Only US citizens are eligible for a security clearance. For this position, ArdentMC will consider only applicants with security clearances or applicants who are eligible for security clearances.