Senior Test Automation Engineer

Job Title: Senior Test Automation Engineer

Location: Wayne, PA

Your Role: You will guide a high-performance team in establishing a robust test automation framework that supports the development of applications for our mobile, web and in-house systems. You will take on a leadership role, combining technical expertise with strong interpersonal skills to ensure the success of the team. Your responsibilities will include enabling engineering teams to utilize solutions and adopt an automation engineering practice. You’ll have the opportunity to work on complex systems and be instrumental in fostering a collaborative, result-driven team environment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Team leadership: Provide day-to-day oversight and direction on the design and creation of test automation frameworks and programming needed for development initiatives
• Technical expertise: Lead by example with a deep understanding of Software Quality Assurance (SQA) concepts and practices to continually provide tools for software delivery teams, ensuring sufficient technical test coverage for projects ranging from small to large in complexity
• Automation testing tools/frameworks: Recognized expert in one or more automated testing frameworks, understanding of test plan and cases standards and integrating into a continuous deployment pipeline
• Test plans and cases: Manage and optimize reusability starting with general requirements and can execute them accurately and efficiently across the development lifecycle
• Mentorship: Mentor and support team members on complex technical subjects and best practices
• Innovation: Continuously provide innovative solutions to solve technology issues and mentor peers on new technologies
• Collaboration: Keep up with new technologies and developments in the software field, collaborating with peers and providing feedback to leaders
• Problem-solving: Use strong problem-solving skills to resolve team conflicts and determine resolutions to issues proactively
• Professional development: Complete continuing education programs as part of the annual training and development plan, helping others become stronger test automation engineers

What You’ll Bring:

• Leadership: Strong interpersonal and leadership skills to guide a team effectively and encourage personal accountability
• Technical expertise: Proficiency in Java or C#, and intermediate experience in SQL
• Extensive experience with implementing test automation within a continuous integration environment (e.g., Azure DevOps)
• Extensive experience using test automation frameworks for web, load, performance and security testing (e.g., Selenium, LoadRunner Professional, Apache JMeter and AppSpider)
• Experience in Behavior-Driven/Test-Driven Development methodologies using tools like Reqnroll, SpecFlow and Cucumber
• Experience with Robot Framework, DevOps tools, Jira and TFS
• Problem solving: Ability to solve complex problems and mentor others on solutions
• Communication skills: Excellent oral and written communication skills to work with business leaders, test automation engineers, developers and IT leadership
• Mentorship skills: Ability to mentor team members on technical topics and foster their professional development
• Adaptability: Ability to respond to and thrive in a fast-paced, ever-changing collaborative team environment

Qualifications:

• College degree, technical certifications, or equivalent industry/technical experience
• Minimum of five years’ experience with web-based, client server and customer-facing applications
• Demonstrated expertise in test automation frameworks and programming
• Experience in Agile/SCRUM methodology and a strong understanding of system workflows
• 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET, with some overtime as needed
• All positions are required to work on-site 75% of the time unless indicated otherwise in the job description