QA AUTOMATION ENGINEER

Job Description:

Ignite is an ISO 9001:2015 and CMMI Services Level 3 certified, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), headquartered in Huntsville, AL. By design, Ignite is a provider of professional services to customers in educational, federal, and commercial industries and in every action seeks to be the preeminent provider within this business space. Ignite upholds our values of competency, collaboration, innovation, reliability, and results through everything we do.

Ignite is currently seeking driven, detail-oriented QA Automation Engineer to automate tests within a complex microservice architecture to ensure product quality. Responsibilities include designing and implementing tests, debugging, and defining corrective actions. They will also review system requirements and track quality assurance metrics. This position can be filled in Dayton, OH, Huntsville, AL, or St. Louis, MO. Contingent on contract award.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Design, develop and execute automation scripts
• Analyzing data to identify trends, performing root cause analysis, and recommending corrective actions
• Ensuring products meet industry standards and customer expectation.
• Work with production and engineering teams to fix issues and train staff on quality standards.
• Review requirements, specifications and technical design documents to provide timely and meaningful feedback
• Collaborate with technical leads, software testers, and SRE team to ensure release quality.
• Work w/software testers to create and implement quality control processes, standard operating procedures (SOPs), and quality guidelines.
• Track quality assurance metrics, like defect densities and open defect counts
• Stay up to date with new testing tools and test strategies

Job Requirements and Qualifications:

• 2+ years of experience in developing automated testcases in at least one programming language
• Proven work experience in software quality assurance
• Strong understanding of functional, regression, integration, and end-to-end testing
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information science, or related technical field
• Strong Communication and Organizational Skills
• US Citizenship
• Must have or be able to obtain a Top Secret Clearence

Preferred Qualifications:

• Proficiency in Go, Java, Python, JavaScript, C#, or Perl for writing efficient, reusable test scripts
• Expertise in Selenium WebDriver, Playwright, Cypress, TestRail, or TestNG
• Ability to test APIs using Postman and automate through Newman
• Familiarity with Jenkins, GitHub Actions, and Docker for integrating tests into pipelines
• Proficiency in Git
• Basic to intermediate SQL skills to verify data integrity
• Experience with BDD tools like Cucumber

Security Clearance Requirements:

Must have an active TS/SCI Security Clearance or the ability to obtain one.

Education Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in relevant discipline.

Other Requirements:

Must be a US citizen and be able to obtain and hold an active Security Clearance