About NFF
Since 1996, NFF has designed, architected, and delivered IT network and security solutions to many state, and local government agencies, K-20 educational institutions, federal agencies, and large enterprise businesses across the mid-Atlantic. NFF is a technology services and solutions provider, specializing in next-generation IT infrastructure including networks, data centers, cloud migrations, IT security, collaboration and mobility, and full/part-time staff augmentation services. Our solutions, professional services and IT staffing portfolio are centered around building more resilient, secure, adaptive, and intelligent IT infrastructure and include comprehensive assessment, architecture, design, integration and installation services, and ongoing performance management services though our Network Operations Center (NOC).
NFF is a Cisco Gold Partner with a Customer Experience Specialization and was a “Cisco Top-5 Mid-Atlantic SLED Partner” in 2019, 2020 and 2022. NFF has maintained Cisco Gold Partnership since 2008, is the only Cisco Gold Partner headquartered in the District of Columbia. In addition to Cisco, NFF has key partnerships with many manufacturers and IT solution providers including, Rapid7, Arctic Wolf, VMware, NetApp and Splunk.
NFF is a District of Columbia (DC) Certified Business Enterprise (CBE) and a SBA Certified Small Business with headquarters in downtown Washington, DC. Our dedication to quality is reflected in our accomplishment of being awarded multiple ISO 9001:2015 certifications.
About This Position / Responsibilities
The Test Automation Engineer Lead is responsible for the design, development and execution of automated tests for distributed enterprise applications with external and internal interfaces utilizing Microservices and business automation patterns. As an active participant on a scrum team, the candidate is responsible for all aspects of quality assurance including test automation, and development of automated processes within a testing framework. This role works closely with software engineers, fellow QA engineers, DevOps engineers, infrastructure and security professionals. Flexibility to work collaboratively and knowledgeably with team members in each area is vital. The candidate documents and works to resolve problems, reports progress on problem resolution, devises improvements to current procedures, and develops models of possible future configurations. The candidate will focus on the automation for testing of the software built on a technology stack using industry standard tools. It is essential that this candidate have exceptional communication skills and be flexible and knowledgeable with technology, environment and priorities.
Duties & Responsibilities
- Perform and write automated functional, system, regression, and integration testing
- Design, develop, and execute automated tests.
- Extend and enhance existing test automation frameworks and tools.
- Ensure test environments are prepared and ready for execution of test scenarios
- Execute test cases to validate system functionality prior to releasing to UAT/customers
- Work closely with engineering and QA to manage and improve the development pipeline by integrating with CI/CD tools.
- Triage, document and perform troubleshooting and diagnosis of defects reported by customers or internally to determine steps to reproduce.
- Design, develop and execute automation scripts using open-source tools.
- Liaise with internal teams (e.g. developers and project managers) to identify system requirements.
- Investigate the causes of non-conforming software
- Track quality assurance metrics, like defect densities and open defect counts.
- Document QA procedures for team.
Qualifications
Qualifications
- 7+ years of full-time professional experience with Testing Automation and Quality Assurance, and Testing Methodologies.
- Strong understanding of agile software development processes
- Strong technical skills, work ethic, independence, problem solving ability, and overall positive attitude.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Proficiency with programming languages
- Ability to manage multiple tasks with varying priorities
- Ability to communicate ideas in a variety of formats
- Proficiency with Financial Concepts, Business Math
- Strong organizational skills with the ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment and manage priorities with deadlines.
- Adheres to Agile development methodology
- Proficiency with quality assurance terminology, methods and tools
Education
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or the equivalent combination of education, and successful work experience.
Technical Skills
- Microsoft Office products - MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, MS Visio and MS Project, Microsoft Teams, Power Automate.
- Knowledge and understanding of SQL
- Proficient with Java, JUnit, TestNG
- Experience with Python, Selenium
- Experience with RPA and associated tools.
- Experience with Blue Prism, UIPath, RestEasy or similar API automation
- Experience with JMeter
- Experience with Git
- Experience Bash and SSH experience
- Experience with Jira and confluence
NFF Disclosures
NFF offers a competitive salary, comprehensive benefits and flexible paid time off options, for eligible employees:
- Medical, Dental and Vision, Health Savings Account, Flexible Spending Account
- STD, LTD, Supplemental life insurance and ADD&D
- Comprehensive 401k plan
- Paid Time Off
NFF is an Equal Opportunity Employer.