QA Automation Test Engineer

Aretum is a mission-driven organization committed to delivering innovative, technology-enabled solutions to our customers across defense, civilian, and homeland security sectors. Our teams work at the intersection of strategy, technology, and transformation, helping agencies solve their most critical challenges. We believe in investing in our people and creating a culture where collaboration, inclusion, and professional growth are at the forefront.

Serve as a QA Automation Test Engineer supporting an Agile team that creates, maintains, and enhances applications for a federal government client. The successful candidate will be responsible for planning, developing, executing, and maintaining manual and automated testing solutions/frameworks that ensure application quality, performance, accessibility, and reliability.

Due to the nature of our work as a federal consulting organization, employees may be expected to handle Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) and must adhere to applicable safeguarding and compliance requirements.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, execute, and maintain manual and automated test cases for web applications, APIs, and integrated systems
• Develop and maintain test strategies, test plans, and testing approaches that support the level of automation needed for application quality and delivery objectives
• Provide clear feedback by following the standard testing process, including writing detailed descriptions, acceptance criteria, identifying problems, and documenting steps in the ticketing system
• Build and maintain reusable automated test scripts, utilities, and testing components that reduce repetitive testing efforts and improve testing efficiency
• Design, implement, and support scalable test automation frameworks that enable consistent and maintainable automated testing across teams
• Perform functional, regression, smoke, integration, end-to-end, and user story validation testing throughout the software development lifecycle
• Collaborate with Product Owners, Business Analysts, Developers, and Testers to determine quality expectations during backlog refinement and sprint planning
• Contribute to the team's Definition of Done (DoD) by ensuring appropriate test coverage, successful test execution, and quality validation prior to story completion
• Integrate automated testing into Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines and leverage continuous integration practices to provide rapid feedback on code quality
• Develop and execute load, performance, and scalability tests to validate application stability, reliability, and capacity under expected usage conditions
• Analyze test results, identify defects and risks, measure test coverage, and provide actionable recommendations to improve overall software quality and release readiness

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience using automation tools to test systems and applications, and writing and executing test scripts
• Bachelor's Degree (4 additional years of relevant experience is acceptable in lieu of degree)
• 3+ years of experience with automation testing tools, Playwright preferred
• Experience developing automation and performance testing strategies and frameworks from the ground up
• Experience creating reusable test automation solutions and integrating automated testing into CI/CD pipelines
• Experience performing functional, regression, smoke, integration, and end-to-end testing
• Experience performing manual accessibility testing with screen readers and other accessibility tools
• Strong hands-on testing experience with database and API testing
• Experience collaborating and working across functional teams
• Experience with Docker containers and testing containerized applications
• Experience with testing .NET applications and systems hosted in Azure Cloud
• Strong verbal and written communication skills

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with GraphQL testing/framework
• Federal Government experience as a contractor
• DHS Trusted Tester Certification