Sr. Automation Tester with Java

Leidos has a need for a motivated Senior Automation Tester to provide hands on expertise using the latest open-source products and best practices. The candidate will be collocated with the SSA government employees and subcontractors at a government facility in Baltimore, Maryland. The candidate must be able to pass a Federal Suitability Check for a position of public trust. Specifically, the successful candidate will be a member of an Agile Team working with other Agile teams, System Architects, Test Architects, Developers, Database Engineers, DevOps, Implementation team, IT Infrastructure & Operations Team and External System Owners to perform test automation for applications using open-source technologies and products. Candidate's primary responsibility will be to support advanced Test Automation working with Selenium, Behavior Driven Development (BDD) Cucumber framework in Java/Agile Environment.

Team Culture:

Your passion and values might be a good fit for our teams if you answer “yes” to the following questions:

• Are you looking for a company that puts employees first, with a focus on career, flexibility, and well-being?
• Do you enjoy collaborating with colleagues and teammates and believe that the best ideas are fostered in an inclusive environment?
• Are you searching for a team with a strong sense of ownership, urgency, and drive for daily mission success?
• Are you comfortable with proactive outward communication and technical leadership?
• Do you enjoy being a catalyst, solving complex problems, and providing innovative solutions?
• Do you have the flexibility, creativity, and resilience to pivot the mission for success?
• Do you have the courage to make tough ethical decisions with pride, transparency, and respect?

Mentorship & Career Growth:

Our teams are dedicated to supporting new team members in an environment that celebrates knowledge sharing and mentorship. Experienced engineers will be assigned to new hires for one-on-one mentoring, collaborative code reviews, and coaching on customer engagement to help each new hire successfully onboard and demonstrate their skills. Projects and tasks are assigned in a way that leverages your strengths and will help you further develop your skillset.

Foundation for Success (Basic Qualifications):

This experience is the foundation a candidate needs to be successful in this position:

• Bachelor’s Degree plus 7 years of related IT experience
• 5+ years of experience with Selenium
• 5+ years of combined Scrum and Agile knowledge
• 5+ years of combined experience with BDD, Cucumber, Java and automation technologies.

Factors to Help You Shine (Required Skills):

These skills will help you succeed in this position:

• Expertise in using Selenium tool for web application and automating regression test cases (Selenium WebDriver).
• Comprehensive knowledge of Scrum and Kanban Agile development process and ceremonies including scrums, planning events, backlog grooming, retrospectives and demos.
• Strong communication and collaborative skills in providing technical direction and hands-on software development to include design, development and testing.
• Strong experience developing test scripts to implement Features, Test Scenarios and Step-Definition for BDD (Behavior Driven Development) using Cucumber (Gherkin’s format) using customized test automation framework
• Experience developing Selenium automation framework using Junit/TestNG frameworks and developing Maven targets to execute automation suites.
• Experience with JAVA, JavaScript-based technologies, such as Nodejs, angular.js etc.
• Experience with automation technologies such as Chef, Puppet, Jenkins, Cruise Control, Maven, Junit benchmark.

How to Stand Out from the Crowd (Desired Skills)

Showcase your knowledge of modern development through the following experience or skills:

• Proficiency in using Selenium tool for web application and automating regression test cases (Selenium WebDriver\GRID).
• Experience with Jenkins Auto jobs, Stash / Bitbucket
• Experience in configuring execution of automated regressions suite using Jenkins CI\CD pipeline.
• Experience maintaining resources in configuration management tools, such as GitHub/SVN repository.
• Experience with Version One management tool
• Automation test results debugging.

Day to Day Responsibilities

At Leidos, we deliver innovative solutions through the efforts of our diverse and talented people who are dedicated to our customers’ success. We empower our teams, contribute to our communities, and operate sustainable. Everything we do is built on a commitment to do the right thing for our customers, our people, and our community. Our Mission, Vision, and Values guide the way we do business. If this sounds like a mission you want to be a part of, keep reading!

Every position we take is more rewarding when you know the why behind it. Know your work makes a difference to support those who need it most. If your passion is enabling life changing service to those around, you this is the place for you. Find you passion in a team environment where all members are valued regardless of contractor or employee status. We are excited for you to take your place in our Leidos Family.

Find your “Why” with us!

• Attend daily scrum calls and provide status
• Collaborate with Product Owners, developers, testers, DBAs, etc. to review requirements, assess level of effort, and write automation test scripts.
• Develop Selenium scripts and unit test software modules/functionality.
• Peer review automation team members code for quality and standards.
• Demonstrate completed functionality and assist other testers/Product Owners with approaches to validate features and refine test cases.
• Attend feature meetings with Agile team members to understand and refine business features.

Education & Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree or higher preferred with 7 years with advanced IT experience or professional IT certifications.
• Must be able to obtain a Public Trust

Leidos’ Health Group is recognized as a Top 10 Health IT provider. We draw on decades of success to deliver a range of solutions and services designed to meet the healthcare challenges of today. From the research bench to the patient bedside, we are a company of scientists, engineers, and technologists delivering a broad range of impactful, customizable, and scalable solutions to hospitals and health systems, biomedical organizations, and every U.S. federal agency focused on health. Leidos works with customers across the continuum of care to improve clinical, operational, and financial outcomes with innovative solutions that advance the next generation of care. Our mission is to contribute to creating a healthier world. Begin your journey of a flourishing and meaningful career, share your resume with us today!