Automation Tester at Sparksoft Corporation

<div class="content-intro"><p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Join us at Sparksoft, where we're not just another tech company—we're a catalyst for change. Our mission isn't just to offer IT solutions; it's to revolutionize the way you work. Here, passion isn't just a buzzword; it's the fuel behind groundbreaking ideas and transformative technologies. We serve a wide range of government clients, delivering impact that's felt across the nation.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Our true strength lies in our people. They're the problem-solvers and innovators consistently delivering extraordinary outcomes. With Sparksoft, you're not stepping into a routine job; you're joining a team committed to innovation and excellence. Our innovation extends beyond just delivering projects. Through our specialized Innovation Centers, we continuously refine our methods, ensuring we remain industry leaders.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">We are Sparksoft!</span></p></div><p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">ROLE &amp; RESPONSIBILITIES:</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Work as part of an agile development team performing test planning, test execution, and test reporting tasks for each sprint</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Participate in requirements and design walkthroughs, collaborative internal and external test planning sessions</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Hands automation experience using any of the tools/frameworks like SoapUI/ReadyAPI, Postman, RestAssured, Selenium, Playwright, TestNG, Junit etc.</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Ability to demonstrate strong technical experience on understanding and resolving issues</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Develop Ready API projects for verifying the functionality of the web services</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Experience in implementing end-to-end automation and support automation assessments</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Implement automation frameworks and approaches</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Identify and analyze suitable opportunities for test automation</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Maintain, streamline, standardize and implemented a CI/CD pipeline on AWS involving tools like JIRA, Jenkins and Ready API</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Configure CI for end-to-end automation for all build, unit, integration tests and deployment</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Design, configure, and test AWS infrastructure across various technical areas</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Integrating AI frameworks into testing workflows</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Evaluate requirements and develop scripts in the AWS cloud environment</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Analyze business requirements, user stories, and technical specification documents to develop test cases, test scenarios and expected results</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Develop and maintain test scripts, test data and test summary reports</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Perform peer review of test cases and test scenarios developed by members of the test team</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Assist in analyzing and triaging the defects discovered during testing.</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Capture test evidence files and document test results</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Review work products and deliverables</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">REQUIRED EXPEREINCE:&nbsp;</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Overall 3-5 years of experience in Selenium, Playwright and API Testing</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS) and databases (Postgres, etc.)</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">2-3 years of experience working within AWS</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Minimum 3+ years of experience in test automation frameworks such as Cucumber, TestNG, etc</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">3 years of experience in Test Automation including planning, script development &amp; maintenance</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Strong Programming Skills in languages such as Java, JavaScript</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Experience with the build and version control tools such as&nbsp; Jenkins, Maven, Git, etc.</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Integrating AI frameworks into testing workflows (preferred)</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Minimum of 3-5 years demonstrated Experience in API testing tools (ReadyAPI, Postman, RestAssured).</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Strong communication, analytical, problem solving and debugging skills.</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Ability to work within an Agile/Scrum environment.</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Ability to prioritize and deliver under tight deadlines</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Candidates must be able to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance.</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Candidates must have lived in the United States 3 out of the past 5 years.</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">PREFERRED EXPEREINCE:&nbsp;</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Experience with automating test execution in the containerized environments.</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Experience with the test management and defect tracking tools (Jira, confluence).</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Good to have knowledge on emerging skills such as AI assisted tools.</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Prior experience working with CMS or testing complex healthcare systems.</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">EDUCATION &amp; CERTIFICATIONS:</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience).</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Relevant certifications in test automation, Agile methodologies, or API testing are a plus.</span></li> </ul><div class="content-conclusion"><p><strong><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">WHAT WE OFFER:&nbsp;</span></strong></p> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">At Sparksoft, we know that people do their best work when they feel supported, inspired, and connected. That’s why we’ve built a workplace that balances comprehensive benefits with a culture of collaboration and innovation. From flexible time off to professional growth opportunities, we’re committed to helping you thrive both inside and outside of work. When you join Sparksoft, you’ll enjoy:</span></p> <p style="padding-left: 40px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">• &nbsp; &nbsp;Competitive compensation and a 401(k) with employer contributions to help you plan for the future</span><br><span style="font-size: 12pt;">• &nbsp; &nbsp;Flexible paid time off and hybrid ways of working that support true work-life balance</span><br><span style="font-size: 12pt;">• &nbsp; &nbsp;Comprehensive health coverage—including medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance</span><br><span style="font-size: 12pt;">• &nbsp; &nbsp;A curated in-office experience designed to foster community, team connections, and innovation</span><br><span style="font-size: 12pt;">• &nbsp; &nbsp;Opportunities to give back through Sparksoft Cares, including annual company-wide fundraising events</span><br><span style="font-size: 12pt;">• &nbsp; &nbsp;Training and development programs that build new skills and prepare you for leadership roles</span><br><span style="font-size: 12pt;">• &nbsp; &nbsp;A collaborative, transparent, and fun culture—recognized as a Great Place to Work®</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Accessibility and Accommodations:</strong> Sparksoft Corporation is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all individuals. If you require accommodations during the application or interview process, please contact us at [email protected] or call 410-424-7700. Requests are reviewed and fulfilled on a case-by-case basis.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Security Notice:</strong> Your privacy and data security are important to us. Sparksoft Corporation will never request sensitive personal information via email. If you receive any suspicious communication claiming to be from Sparksoft, please report it immediately to our security team at <a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Artificial Intelligence (AI) Policy:</strong> While Sparksoft values the appropriate use of artificial intelligence in the workplace, candidates must complete interviews and independent assessments using their own knowledge and abilities. Unless expressly permitted by Sparksoft, the use of AI during interviews and assessments is strictly prohibited. Violations may result in disqualification. Please contact your recruiter regarding accommodation needs.</span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p></div>