Senior QA Automation Engineer

• Practice Development & Integration

• Technologies Development Skills

• Location Reston, United States

• Type Contract

About the Role

We’re looking for a Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) to help build and maintain automation frameworks for highly scalable software systems. You’ll be part of a platform engineering team responsible for ensuring quality, performance, and reliability across complex, distributed applications. This is an opportunity to work on large-scale platforms, drive automation strategy, and contribute to the stability of mission-critical systems.

What You’ll Do

• Develop, maintain, and enhance automation test frameworks

• Design and execute automated integration, regression, and performance tests

• Apply QA best practices to ensure high-quality releases

• Work across Windows and Unix environments

• Write and optimize SQL queries for validation and troubleshooting

• Collaborate with engineers and product teams in a fast-paced Agile environment

• Lead or mentor small to mid-sized testing teams

• Implement and improve CI/CD test pipelines

• Contribute to Behavior Driven Development (BDD) processes

• Utilize scripting languages to support automation efforts

Required Skills & Experience

• Strong understanding of QA concepts, automation strategy, and testing standards

• Hands-on experience with test automation tools such as Selenium, Cucumber, and Gherkin

• Proficiency with performance testing tools (e.g., LoadRunner or similar)

• Experience writing integration and automated tests

• Ability to work effectively in both Windows and Unix-based systems

• Comfortable writing SQL queries

• Experience with BDD methodologies

• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Jenkins)

• Scripting experience using Python, Shell, Perl, or similar

• Strong knowledge of modern web technologies such as:

  • Java, JavaScript, ReactJS, AngularJS, HTML5, CSS3

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