Quality Engineer

As a junior Test Automation Engineer, you will perform a range of quality assurance activities in support of the applications within your program, including manual and automated, functional front end and back end, regression, integration, smoke, Section 508 compliance, and others as needed. You are comfortable working side by side along with other testers, developers, analysts, designers, and customers, making decisions working together to quickly deliver valuable working software that is free of defects and meets defined requirements. You are agile and retrospective, and not afraid to identify what is being done wrong so it can be fixed, and what is being done right in order to improve upon it. 

While this role is remote, candidates must reside within the US and be able to consistently work East Coast hours. 

Requirements

• US Citizenship
• Existing Public Trust Clearance desired
• Ability to obtain and maintain a DHS EOD
• Possess or be able to obtain and maintain a DHS Section 508 Trusted Tester certification within 6 months of onboarding to program
• Bachelor's degree in a related field
• 3+ years of relevant professional experience
• 2+ years of experience working in an agile development environment, preferably SAFe or Scrum
• Experience creating and maintaining automated regression test scripts utilizing tools such as Cucumber, Jasmine, Selenium, Cypress
• Experience creating and maintaining performance and load testing utilizing tools such as JMeter, Artillery.io
• Experience performing both back end and front end testing
• Experience with Java, Ruby, Python, Javascript, HTML, XML, and scripting languages
• Ability to design and implement test approaches for new or existing applications, including producing high quality documentation
• Ability to communicate in a clear and concise manner, and to provide recommendations for improvements to existing software applications
• Experience using Jira or similar ALMs for work tracking preferred
• Actively participate in and contribute to planning, refinement, estimation, design, retrospective, and technical demo meetings

About Us
For more than 20 years, NewGen Technologies has solved our clients’ toughest IT challenges with integrity, security, and outstanding service by delivering both technology and talent. We have helped secure borders, have used artificial intelligence (AI) to fight terror, aided the identification of criminals, and have helped to prevent crime through the introduction of biometrics. Our team of Highly Cleared Specialists have hard-to-find skills and expertise in a wide spectrum of technologies to provide solutions that transform business processes and solve problems of national significance. #CJ