Full Description

Software Automation Test Engineer - Full-Time (Remote)

📍 Remote - Must reside in the Southeast U.S. (Louisiana or Texas preferred)

🇺🇸 U.S. Citizenship required

We have an immediate opening for a Software Automation Test Engineer to support a federal program. While the role is remote, candidates must live in the Southeast U.S., with preference given to Louisiana or Texas residents.

Candidates must be able to pass a federal background investigation, including

3-year felony conviction check 1-year illegal drug use check 1-year misconduct check (e.g., theft or fraud)

Key Responsibilities

Participate in Agile Scrum ceremonies (sprint planning, backlog refinement, estimation, demos, retrospectives, etc.) Develop, maintain, and execute sprint-level manual and automated test activities Create Cucumber Gherkin feature files and map user story acceptance criteria to test verification points in Jira (Xray & Cucumber plug-ins) Build and maintain automated scripts integrated into CI/CD pipelines and nightly regression suites Develop automated UI and backend test scripts using Java-based Selenium/Cucumber/Serenity frameworks stored in GitLab Develop API validation scripts using Rest Assured, Postman, SoapUI, Spring ToolSuite4, and related tools Perform functional and non-functional testing (Unit - for automation, Integration/API, End-to-End, Smoke, Regression, 508 Compliance, Usability) Conduct peer reviews of scripts/code to ensure compliance with program standards Document testing progress and maintain execution artifacts validating acceptance criteria

Required Qualifications

U. S. Citizen able to pass a federal background investigation

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or related field (experience accepted in lieu of degree)
• 7+ years of IT experience
• 2-3+ years designing and implementing software test automation solutions

Technical Expertise

Manual functional testing and automated testing fundamentals Continuous Integration environments (Jenkins, Git, GitLab, AWS) Java programming (3-5 years) Selenium, Cucumber BDD, Serenity BDD, Maven Testing applications built with Java, JavaScript, AngularJS SQL CRUD development (Oracle & PostgreSQL) RESTful API testing (Rest Assured, Postman, SoapUI) Familiarity with tools such as Eclipse, VS Code, Spring ToolSuite4 Experience working with cross-functional Agile teams

You’ll Succeed If You Are

A strong communicator (written and verbal) A collaborative team player in high-performing Scrum environments Comfortable applying Agile principles to incremental delivery A self-starter with strong ownership and work ethic Knowledgeable across the full Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)