Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) - Hybrid

Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) - Hybrid position - 2x/week in the office located in Vienna, Virginia

Join our team as a Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) to collaborate with DevOps engineers, developers, and cloud engineers in planning, designing, and developing test automation solutions that support our product teams. In this role, you will develop sophisticated test automation for integration, regression, and functional testing to validate software quality and ensure compliance with system requirements and client practices and policies. You will analyze functional and technical requirements and may be responsible for testing web application User Interfaces, APIs, Mainframe or Windows applications while participating in the development of test automation frameworks.

Required Qualifications

Experience implementing cloud native test automation tools and defining frameworks and methods that increase efficiency and reduce Data Center footprint

Ability to design and implement robust and scalable test automation solutions within an Azure DevOps and CI/CD environment to improve the quality of functional, regression, and system tests

Collaborative approach when working with cross-functional teams in agile settings to understand business requirements for developing test automation that supports DevOps and CI/CD

Strong experience with agile methodologies

Experience in streamlining continuous test processes that improve product delivery

Strong development skills in core Java concepts and Selenium Test Automation Framework development

Experience with Selenium WebDriver, TestNG, Junit, Cucumber, Gherkin, and XPath

Experience developing scripts to perform comprehensive automated testing on multiple platforms including web based, client server, and mainframe

Experience developing test automation for SOA Services and SOAP/REST APIs

Experience with Azure Repos, GitHub, Bitbucket or other software repositories

Experience with CI/CD pipeline tools such as Azure Pipelines, Jenkins, or Bamboo

Strong understanding of dependency management and build tools such as Maven

Proficiency in keyword, data driven, and behavior-driven test automation development

Experience with test management tools such as Azure Test Plans, Jira, OpenText ALM

Ability to develop and maintain reusable components, functions, methods, and libraries to reduce maintenance and increase efficiency and scalability

Ability to adhere to Software Engineering disciplines

Advanced verbal and written communication skills

Advanced skills building effective relationships through rapport, trust, diplomacy, and tact

Advanced organizational, planning and time management skills

Skill in exercising initiative and using good judgment to make sound decisions

Advanced analytical/quantitative, reconciliation, deductive reasoning, and problem-solving skills

Skill in mentoring and training less experienced staff

Knowledge of multiple test automation tools and test automation patterns

Experience with evaluating new software testing tools and performing proof of concepts

Experience developing YAML based Azure pipelines

Experience with one or more scripting languages to support CI/CD pipeline jobs

Experience writing test automation code with IntelliJ and/or Visual Studio Code

Experience with databases (Microsoft SQL Server is preferred)

ASTQB CTFL or CTAL-TAE Certification

A Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, a related field, or equivalent experience

Working knowledge of banking/financial industry standards and practices