SC Cleared Lead Automation Engineer

Overview

In this hands-on leadership role you drive automation testing across critical applications, building and maintaining robust test automation frameworks. You will lead a small team of automation engineers, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and influence the performance and quality of software through well-structured test plans. Expect to design, execute, and optimize functional, system, integration, end-to-end, and security tests, while contributing to the strategy and recruitment efforts. This role offers a chance to shape testing approaches, scale automation, and ensure timely bug fixes in a security-conscious environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead a small test automation team and provide technical direction
• Design, implement, and maintain automation scenarios to identify bottlenecks and improvement areas
• Conduct functional, system, integration, end-to-end, and security testing using automation frameworks
• Analyze test results to propose optimizations and fixes
• Design and run performance tests using tools like JMeter and LoadRunner
• Collaborate with senior colleagues and product teams to ensure timely bug fixes
• Contribute to Performance Test Strategy and process improvements
• Participate in leadership activities and recruitment processes

• 8-10 years of hands-on test automation experience
• Proficiency with automation tools (Karate, Eggplant Functional)
• Experience with API, system, security, and UI test scripting
• Knowledge of middleware/messaging systems (Kafka, IBM MQ, ACE)
• Scripting skills (Python, JavaScript)
• Familiarity with application monitoring tools (Control-M)
• Experience with API testing tools (SOAP UI, Postman)
• Experience with performance testing and existing maintenance test packs

• leadership
• collaboration
• problem-solving
• Karate
• Eggplant Functional
• SOAP UI