at Beacon Hill Solutions Group, LLC in Topeka, Kansas, United States
Job Description
Beacon Hill was founded to set a new standard in search, career placement and flexible staffing.
The Senior Automation Test Engineer will play a key role in ensuring the quality, reliability, and performance of complex web applications by designing and executing robust automated testing solutions. This role will focus on building and maintaining enterprise grade automation frameworks, integrating automated test suites into CI/CD pipelines, and delivering comprehensive functional and regression testing across multiple environments.
Primary Responsibilities:
* Design, develop, and maintain automated test scripts using Java, Selenium, Cucumber, and object-oriented programming principles.
* Integrate automated test suites into GitHub/Jenkins pipelines to support continuous integration and delivery (CI/CD).
* Maintain and enhance the Selenium Cucumber BDD framework by creating and updating reusable methods, utilities, and supporting components.
* Build, maintain, and execute regression and smoke test suites across multiple environments, including production.
* Create test automation-related user stories, acceptance criteria, and test scenarios; document and track work using Jira, Confluence, TestRail, and Slack.
* Collaborate closely with Business Analysts, Developers, DevOps engineers, and Scrum/Kanban teams to ensure system availability, data integrity, and optimal end-user performance.
* Adhere to CMS Testing Framework guidelines, organizational SDLC processes, quality standards, and applicable compliance requirements.
* Conduct comprehensive UI functional testing as part of an Agile Scrum/Kanban development team.
* Independently develop and execute detailed test plans and test cases with minimal supervision.
* Participate actively in Agile ceremonies including Daily Standups, Sprint Planning, Backlog Refinement, PI Planning, Sprint Reviews/Demos, and Retrospectives.
* Develop and execute performance testing scripts using JMeter or similar tools.
* Provide support and mentorship to other automation and functional testing team members as needed.
Basic Qualifications (Must have):
* Minimum of 5+ years of hands-on experience as a Selenium Automation Test Engineer.
* Proficiency with collaboration tools including Jira, Confluence, and Slack.
* Strong experience working in Agile or SAFe environments.
* Hands-on experience performing backend database testing using SQL (PostgreSQL preferred).
* Experience creating user stories, defect tickets, and writing detailed acceptance criteria.
* Ability to develop comprehensive test cases from user stories and acceptance requirements.
* Strong communication skills, including the ability to partner effectively with Product Owners and Developers.
* Proven ability to work independently, take initiative, and drive tasks to completion with minimal direction.
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Preferred Qualifications (Nice to have):
Candidates with these skills will be given preferential consideration.
* Experience documenting test cases and results in TestRail.
* 508 compliance testing experience using JAWS or similar accessibility tools.
* Prior Federal, HHS or CMS experience
* Experience with Databrick, Snowflake, Tableau, or Grafana (a plus).
* Penetration/security testing experience using Burp Suite or similar tools.
* Familiarities with applying AI/ML (ex: with Python libraries) tools or techniques within testing and automation
Beacon Hill is an equal opportunity employer and individuals with disabilities and/or protected veterans are encouraged to apply.
California residents: Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.
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Company Profile:
Beacon Hill Technologies, a premier National Information Technology Staffing Group, provides world class technology talent across all industries utilizing a complete suite of staffing services. Beacon Hill Technologies' dedicated team of recruiting and staffing experts consistently delivers quality IT professionals to solve our customers' technical and business needs.
Beacon Hill Technologies covers a broad spectrum of IT positions, including Project Management and Business Analysis, Programming/Development, Database, Infrastructure, Quality Assurance, Production/Support and ERP roles.
Learn more about Beacon Hill and our specialty divisions, Beacon Hill Associates, Beacon Hill Financial, Beacon Hill HR, Beacon Hill Legal, Beacon Hill Life Sciences and Beacon Hill Technologies by visiting www.bhsg.com .
Benefits Information:
Beacon Hill offers a robust benefit package including, but not limited to, medical, dental, vision, and federal and state leave programs as required by applicable agency regulations to those that meet eligibility. Upon successfully being hired, details will be provided related to our benefit offerings.
We look forward to working with you.
Beacon Hill. Employing the Future™
