Test Automation Engineer - Comtech - Beltsville, Maryland

Company Description Comtech is a woman-owned small business founded in 1998 and headquartered in Reston, VA. We offer IT solutions across the disciplines of program/project management, applications development, infrastructure, Cyber security, and enterprise content/data management services. We have developed our methodologies and processes based on the IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) v.3 Framework across enterprise infrastructure operations. These methodologies and processes are reinforced through our organization’s externally accredited certifications, which include ISO 9001:2008 Quality Management System (QMS), ISO/IEC 20000-1:2011 IT Service Management Systems (SMS, corporate ITIL certification), ISO 27001:2005 Information Security Management System (ISMS), and CMMI-DEV Level 3"Job Description Candidate must have a background in test automation, Web Application front-end development, or Siebel.

Candidates with previous experience on Agile teams especially within Government agencies will be well suited for this position.

Key Responsibilities:

Work closely with developers, professional services team and product managers to define the automated testing components that will be used to validate requirements against developed software Work with team members in adopting and learning test automation techniques Assist with Scrum Team estimation of stories and sizing of effort to include the representation of the test automation and engagement with Continuous Integration (CI) required Contributes to an atmosphere of cross-functional teamwork within the organizations’ Agile project life cycle Execute automated testing on both Web Front end and back end systems Run test validations at various levels including DB validation, rules validation, logging validation, and UI validation

Qualifications

Minimum skills and qualifications:

Candidate must have minimum 1 year of hands on automated test coding experience

Candidate must be a team player and work closely with other a