SDET at HAYS in Richmond, Virginia

Job Description:

The final salary or hourly wage, as applicable, paid to each candidate/applicant for this position is ultimately dependent on a variety of factors, including, but not limited to, the candidate's/applicant's qualifications, skills, and level of experience as well as the geographical location of the position.


Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Sponsorship not available.


Our client is seeking a SDET in Vienna, VA / Hybrid.


Role Description


The Digital Delivery team develops innovative member and team member experiences that leverage the latest technologies in open source and the Azure cloud. Digital Delivery team is responsible for engineering modern web applications to implement a complete UI and micro services for multi device, multi-platform mobile and desktop web applications. As a member of this team your role will be a Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) working in a Scrum environment, you will test software applications and features using test suites and scripts, perform anomaly reporting, software analysis, develop automated software test packages using various technologies, perform functional and performance testing.
Additionally, SDET is responsible for providing support for one or more existing software applications. This includes application issue-analysis/resolution, configuration, managing security/permissions, and providing assistance to users. They would also collaborate with other divisions of primarily ISD Cloud team.
• Work with engineers to troubleshoot and remediate automation issues in testing and deploying environments
• Work alongside developers as well as the business stakeholders and strive to automate the acceptance criteria
• Understand, and implement agile development methodologies while working with teams using the Sprint/Scrum methodology of agile
• Understand project documents, customer demands, and product objectives to create and execute test cases
• Test complex API, web and mobile based applications that reference database back-end systems
• Support non-functional requirements such as, performance testing
• Set up, maintain, and perform test automation frameworks on multiple application platforms, such as Mobile, Desktop, and Web, and building test scenarios and acceptance tests
• Participate in all agile ceremonies (standups, planning, backlog refinement, reviews, etc.) ensuring QA and testing is continuously represented and effectively incorporated into all aspects of the project
• Own end-to-end test strategy, analyze requirements, build test plan, design test cases and implement test automation for applications of moderate to high complexity
• Manage the final quality on production release
• Develop, execute, and maintain automation test scripts to meet software release deliverables, project testing requirements and other quality considerations
• Develop smoke, functional, regression, and integration test suites for UI, API Services, and databases
• Develop and execute manual test cases to detect issues that cannot be detected through automated means (when needed)
• Design customer centric automation test processes for all existing and new product development
• Apply a strong understanding of software testing/delivery to build and maintain automated test harnesses and test suites using scripting languages and industry tools
• Ability to advocate for Improvements in automation engineering efforts to the executive management team


Skills & Requirements


• At least 5 years overall SDET and/or development hands on experience.
• At least 2 years of mobile apps test automation experience in Android and/or iOS, Web, API
• At least 4 years of professional experience in software test automation, including creation and deployment of frameworks and design and maintenance of test automation
• At least 2 years of API Automation Testing.
• Experience with agile development methodology
• Experience with Cl/CD pipelines using tools such as GitHub, Jenkins, JUnit, Selenium, Cucumber, etc.
• Experience with Test Driven Development (TDD), BDD Behavior Driven Development, and Agile (XP)
• Experience with Test processes, open-source test frameworks, test design strategies, writing test cases, and automating tests in Java with frameworks like JUnit/TestNG, Selenium, JMeter and Appium
• Experience working with a ticketing system such as Service Now or Jira
• Hands on experience with any cloud technology platforms, preferably Microsoft Azure.
• Must have hands on experience in Selenium Scripting, and SQL querying
• Must have hands on experience utilizing cloud hosted testing platforms such as Perfecto.
• Proficient in debugging issues.
• Proficient in Java
• Proficient in writing functional automation (UI/API)
• Solid foundation in data structures, algorithms, design patterns and strong analytical and problem- solving skills.
• Working knowledge of Pull requests, code reviews, etc.


Benefits/Other Compensation


This position is a contract/temporary role where Hays offers you the opportunity to enroll in full medical benefits, dental benefits, vision benefits, 401K and Life Insurance ($20,000 benefit).


Why Hays?


You will be working with a professional recruiter who has intimate knowledge of the industry and market trends. Your Hays recruiter will lead you through a thorough screening process in order to understand your skills, experience, needs, and drivers. You will also get support on resume writing, interview tips, and career planning, so when there's a position you really want, you're fully prepared to get it.


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Hays is committed to building a thriving culture of diversity that embraces people with different backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences. We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better we serve our candidates, clients, and employees. We are an equal employment opportunity employer, and we comply with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination based on race, color, creed, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity), age, national origin or ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, marital status, genetic information, HIV-positive status, as well as any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. One of Hays' guiding principles is 'do the right thing'.
We also believe that actions speak louder than words.
In that regard, we train our staff on ensuring inclusivity throughout the entire recruitment process and counsel our clients on these principles. If you have any questions about Hays or any of our processes, please contact us.


In accordance with applicable federal, state, and local law protecting qualified individuals with known disabilities, Hays will attempt to reasonably accommodate those individuals unless doing so would create an undue hardship on the company. Any qualified applicant or consultant with a disability who requires an accommodation in order to perform the essential functions of the job should call or text 813.336.5570.


Drug testing may be required; please contact a recruiter for more information.


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