Senior Automation Test Engineer

Insight Global is seeking a Senior Automation Test Engineer to support DoW application modernization. The role supports cloud-hosted applications built with Ruby and TypeScript and focuses on managing functional API, performance and building regression testing using Java, and Selenium in tandem with JMeter, POSTMAN, and Cucumber.

You will support fast-paced Agile teams by validating releases through CI/CD pipelines and maintaining effective test plans and suites for manual and automated testing.

Key Responsibilities:

Test Planning & Strategy

Develop and maintain test plans, strategies, suites, artifacts, and cases for manual and automated testing.
Define testing scope, objectives, entry/exit criteria, and risk-based approaches for each release and sprint.
Estimate testing effort to support sprint planning, release scheduling, and resource forecasting.
Maintain traceability between requirements, test cases, and defects using JIRA and Confluence.
Improve test documentation, templates, and standards as application architecture and mission needs evolve.

Manual & Automated Testing

Execute manual and automated tests across functional, regression, integration, system, and user acceptance scenarios.
Design, develop, and maintain automated test scripts and frameworks for web and mobile applications.
Perform API, performance, and load testing to validate secure data exchange, scalability, and stability under operational demand.
Conduct security-focused testing aligned with DISA STIGs, RMF requirements, and DoD application security standards.
Use AWS cloud knowledge to shape cloud-native test strategies and validate AWS-hosted application behavior.

Agile DevSecOps Integration

Participate in Agile ceremonies as a senior contributor, including planning, refinement, standups, reviews, and retrospectives.
Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines to enable continuous testing and rapid feedback.
Collaborate with developers, business analysts, and product owners to clarify acceptance criteria, identify testable requirements, and shift quality left.
Provide testing input during requirements analysis and design reviews to identify gaps, ambiguities, and testability concerns.
Communicate quality risks, testing status, technical findings, and release readiness clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Salary: $120,000-145,000

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-Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering, or related field preferred; equivalent education, certifications, and directly relevant experience may be substituted.
-8140 IAT Level II Certification (Option for post placement compliance)
-8+ years of professional software testing experience.
-5+ years of automated scripting experience using Java and Selenium.
-Working knowledge of automation frameworks such as BDD or TestNG and reporting tools such as Cucumber.
Familiarity with Jenkins and AWS environments.
-2+ years of experience with performance testing tools such as JMeter.
-2+ years of REST API testing experience using tools such as POSTMAN.
-Knowledge of SQL for validating database objects.
-Minimum of 2+ years on an Agile software development team.

Benefit packages for this role will start on the 1st day of employment and include medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as HSA, FSA, and DCFSA account options, and 401k retirement account access with employer matching. Employees in this role are also entitled to paid sick leave and/or other paid time off as provided by applicable law.