Test Automation Engineer

Peraton is seeking a Test Automation Engineer to join our team of qualified and diverse individuals.

The Test Automation Engineer will contribute directly to the State of Michigan software quality assurance efforts, focusing on automation frameworks and ensuring efficient testing coverage. The candidate will support ongoing projects through the development and maintenance of test automation scripts and the facilitation of continuous integration processes.

Day to Day Work Responsibilities:

Maintain, design, and implement test automation frameworks for a continuous integration and execution model.
• Develop automation scripts and participate in peer reviews.
• Develop a repeatable process for designing, developing, and executing scripts.
• Conduct tests, document, and analyze test results, and present findings to development teams.
• Create and design the testing approach (Unit, Functional, Integration, System, User Acceptance and Automated Testing), according to the State of Michigan standards (SUITE) and collaborate with stakeholders for review and approval.
• Preparing reports on all aspects related to software testing carried out.
• Participating in project meetings including Agile/Scrum grooming, sprint planning, sprint reviews, and daily stand-ups.
• Collaborate within an agile software development process with software engineers, subject matter experts and stakeholders.
• Design and Develop UI automation test.
• Load test scripts within automated test tool.
• Work with test engineers to implement new automation scripts and diagnose problems with existing scripts in a Continuous Integration environment.
• Identify automation framework and make recommendations for improvements.
• Define, develop, and implement automation best practices and standards and procedures.
• Support executing test scripts during Program Increment system testing and document test results.
• Maintain existing automated test scripts.
• Create, execute, and maintain test automation scripts.
• Write comprehensive test cases and test plans.
• Identify, document and track bugs, as well as perform regression testing once resolved; and
• Work in an agile environment and understand agile methodologies.
• Develops and writes automated test scripts and plans to ensure that software functions as expected.
• Create a Testing Tool Upgrade Plan when tool upgrades are needed.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree and 5 years of experience or a High School diploma and 9 years of experience.
• Must be a US Citizen with the ability to pass a background check.
• 4+ years experience as an automated tester.
• 4+ years or more hands-on experience in test automation development using automation tools like Provar, Selenium, and Test Complete.
• Hands-on experience with automation tools such as Selenium, Provar, and Test Complete.
• Proficiency with scripting languages like Java, Python, and JavaScript.
• Experience with SQL and database testing.
• Familiarity with agile methodologies and collaboration within agile teams.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Professional certifications related to automation testing tools.
• Experience working in government environments.
• Strong analytical and reporting skills.

Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world's leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees do the can't be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit peraton.com to learn how we're keeping people around the world safe and secure.