Automation Tester
Full Time • Richmond, VA
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- Competitive salary
- Opportunity for advancement
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Job Title: Automation Tester
Client: State of Virginia
Location: Richmond, VA (Onsite)
Duration: Long-Term Contract
Client: State of Virginia
Location: Richmond, VA (Onsite)
Duration: Long-Term Contract
Position Overview:
The State of Virginia is seeking an experienced Automation Tester to support quality assurance initiatives for enterprise-level applications. The selected candidate will be responsible for designing, developing, and executing automated test scripts to ensure high-quality software delivery across multiple systems. This role requires strong expertise in automation frameworks, scripting, and collaboration with cross-functional teams in an Agile environment.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design, develop, and maintain automated test scripts using industry-standard tools.
- Perform functional, regression, integration, and system testing for web-based and enterprise applications.
- Collaborate with developers, business analysts, and QA teams to understand requirements and create test strategies.
- Execute automated and manual test cases and analyze results.
- Identify, document, and track defects using defect management tools.
- Participate in Agile ceremonies such as sprint planning, daily stand-ups, and retrospectives.
- Ensure test coverage and maintain test documentation.
- Improve and optimize automation frameworks and testing processes.
- Support continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines.
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field (or equivalent experience).
- 7+ years of experience in software testing with a strong focus on automation.
- Hands-on experience with automation tools such as Selenium WebDriver, TestNG, JUnit, or Cypress.
- Proficiency in programming languages such as Java, Python, or JavaScript.
- Experience with API testing tools (Postman, RestAssured, etc.).
- Familiarity with CI/CD tools like Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or Azure DevOps.
- Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments.
- Strong understanding of SDLC and STLC.
- Experience with defect tracking tools like JIRA or Azure DevOps.
Compensation: $45.00 - $50.00 per hour
H & R provides a broad range of technical services that emphasize high level architectural evaluation, design, and planning, information engineering and re-engineering, systems integration for multiple platforms and data sources, and management consulting services focused on better information for business decision making.
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