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Software Test Automation Engineer

Booz Allen Hamilton · Alexandria, VA
Full-timeTechnologyMid Level$62,000–$141,000/yr
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Software Test Automation Engineer **The Opportunity:** Work independently and work with test engineers and DevOps teams, business analysts, and developers to review software design and requirements documentation to understand the application functionality. Lead a team of test automation engineers, lead the test automation strategy, manage the automation framework, perform and oversee level of effort estimates, test plans, test case scripting, peer reviews, and test summary reports to ensure a successfully tested release. Conduct manual and functional testing and create automated test and performance test scripts using Selenium or Rational tools, including Performance and Functional Tester. Test key functionality, setup and verify data, and report test results to the manager. Assume responsibility for interacting with clients on a daily basis during testing phases to ensure that release testing defects are communicated to the client or support UAT. **You Have:** - Experience with manual functional, regression, usability, integration, remote access, and accessibility testing - Experience with developing scripts from scratch with programming code, such as Java, JavaScript, or Python, and developing an automation framework from scratch - Experience with Web services testing, including developing scripts using web services tool - Experience serving as SME in SQL, DB, and back-end testing - Experience developing level of effort estimates and testing schedules for own work and others, and authoring test plans, test case scripting and test summary reports - Experience testing in an Agile development environment using tools, such as JIRA, Confluence and Zephyr Scale to develop and execute functional and regression test scripts, Requirements Traceability, and manage defects - Experience with Section 508 testing using tools such as JAWS, SortSite, Dragon, WAVE, or Lighthouse - Experience working with a client during User Acceptance Test sessions - Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust or Suitability/Fitness determination based on client requirements - HS diploma or GED **Vetting:** Applicants selected will be subject to a government investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements of the U.S. government client. **Compensation** At Booz Allen, we celebrate your contributions, provide you with opportunities and choices, and support your total well-being. Our offerings include health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits, as well as paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work-life programs, and dependent care. Our recognition awards program acknowledges employees for exceptional performance and superior demonstration of our values. Full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in Booz Allen’s benefit programs. Individuals that do not meet the threshold are only eligible for select offerings, not inclusive of health benefits. We encourage you to learn more about our total benefits by visiting the Resource page on our Careers site and reviewing Our Employee Benefits page. Salary at Booz Allen is determined by various factors, including but not limited to location, the individual’s particular combination of education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, as well as contract-specific affordability and organizational requirements. The projected compensation range for this position is $62,000.00 to $141,000.00 (annualized USD). The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position and is just one component of Booz Allen’s total compensation package for employees. This posting will close within 90 days from the Posting Date. **Identity Statement** As part of the hiring process, we will ask you to complete an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence to ensure authenticity and protect against identity fraud. You are expected to be on camera du…

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$62,000 – $141,000/yr
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Skills for this role

JavascriptPythonJAVASQLAgileJIRADevopsAutomationSelenium

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