Software Test Automation Engineer

Qualifications

• Minimum of 12 years with BS/BA;
  Minimum of 10 years with MS/MA;
  Minimum of 7 years with Ph.D.
• Must be a U.S. Citizen and have an active Secret clearance.
• Strong oral and written communications skills.

• Must have application requirements, design, and testing experience.
• Expertise writing tests for unit testing frameworks PHPUnit, JUnit, NUnit, Pytest, etc.

• Experience with Gherkin and related implementation frameworks for scenario driven testing.
• Experience with Test Driven Development (TDD).
• Experience with Cypress for Java script/UI testing.
• Experience with agile software delivery life cycles, with particular emphasis on requirements analysis, design, and testing experience.
• Experience configuring automated testing pipelines in CI/CD platforms such as Git Lab.
• Experience working in a disconnected network (not connected to the internet).

As the world’s leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted and highly differentiated national security solutions and technologies that keep people safe and secure. Peraton serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies across the intelligence, space, cyber, defense, civilian, health, and state and local markets. Peraton is seeking a Software Test Automation Engineer to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals.

• Conduct functional and/or integration testing of multiple programs with a focus on automated testing.
• Proactively identify use cases for test automation within supported projects and architect, design, and develop automated test scripts.
• Lead development of test automation solutions and frameworks.
• Evaluate functional test cases with project stakeholders and ensure completion of testing.
• Coordinate work assignments to ensure timely and accurate completion of testing.
• Train other contractor or government personnel in use of automated testing tools.
• Test planning, test documentation development, test execution, defects tracking, and test results reporting.
• Escalate risks and issues related to test steps.
• Provide guidance to accomplish the goals and objectives of the test strategy for the program.

• Core hours are  Monday-Friday to ensure overlap with the team, attendance is expected outside of this window as needed to support meetings, deployments, and team activities.
• At least one day on-site per week as determined by project manager(s) in conjunction with customer requirements