QA Engineer/Automation Architect

Position Objective: The Information Services Branch (ISB) of the Office of Intramural Management (OIM), NHLBI, is looking for a dynamic team member to work seamlessly within our organization for the implementation of innovative IT solutions. Utilize your technical expertise and bring your innovation and best practices in helping us solve these and other public health issues.

This is a full-time position located on the main NIH campus in Bethesda, Maryland which is bus/bicycle/Metro (Red Line: Medical Center) accessible.

Duties And Responsibilities

Project Execution

• Develop detailed and comprehensive test plans by thorough analysis of technical requirements
• Design, develop and execute automated test scripts to validate and verify that application functionalities meet requirements and business needs
• Smoke testing initial build, regression testing bug fixes, compatibility and conformance testing.
• Regression testing and collaborating with the development team on bug fix verification and validation.
• Design and implement manual testing framework and procedures.
• Identify and understand existing manual testing life cycle for custom agile in place.
• Align test case creation and execution with sprint-based development cycles
• Identify and document application defects and functional non-conformities with requirements
• Perform thorough manual and automated functional testing for features deployed in test, staging and production environments
• Design and develop regression test plans for all applications built by the branch
• Schedule and monitor the execution of automated regression tests for all application releases
• Maintain and support the UiPath testing and RPA automation framework
• Collaborate with infrastructure teams to support and upgrade the UiPath automation framework
• Design and build RPA to automate business processes for the user community
• Execute tasks and deliver projects through independent decision making, communication and collaboration as the situation demands.
• End-to-end support and follow through with tasks and customer requests
• Complete tasks independently and meets project milestones
• Deliver major projects and features, patches and bug fixes according to published timelines through comprehensive and timely test execution.
• Collaborate with other branch roles to share information and jointly deliver high quality solutions that meet customer requirements
• Provide timely and effective resolutions for DIR customers for third-party applications supported by the branch
  
  

Technical Leadership

• Take ownership and leverages test automation frameworks and best practices to ensure the delivery of high quality and zero-defect business applications
• Possess a deep understanding of industry best practices for application test planning, documentation, execution and automation
• Possess an advanced understanding of industry-trending tools and software used for test automation.
• Perform as a technical mentor to the QA Automation Engineer role
  
  

Branch Leadership

• Contribute to evaluating and defining branch priorities and driving towards branch goals
  
  

Organizational Awareness

• Develop and maintain a strong understanding of the NHLBI organization, mission, and roles
• Develop and build strong working relationships with NHLBI and NIH partners in the testing and automation domain
• Possess a strong understanding of OIM’s processes and continually explores ways to leverage available tools, technologies and platforms to improve processes to meet business needs and organizational goals.