Software Development Engineer II/III in Test (SDET)

Overview

Seeking a Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) that will collaborate with DevOps engineers, developers, and cloud engineers to plan, design, and develop test automation in support of product teams. The SDET will develop test automation for integration, regression, and functional testing to validate the quality of software to ensure compliance with system requirements and Navy Federal business practices and policies. The SDET will assist in the analysis of functional and technical requirements as needed. In addition, the SDET may be responsible for testing web application User Interfaces, APIs, Mainframe or Windows applications and will participate in the development of test automation frameworks. The candidate must have excellent communication skills and the ability to collaborate with a variety of audiences including management, DevOps engineers and product teams.

• Full life-cycle project management
  • Establish and lead project teams
  • Develop project plan/scope/schedule/cost/communications
  • Procure and/or manage resources/timelines/deadlines/quality
  • Risk, Issue and Change management
  • Ensure successful project implementation
  • Scope of responsibility
• Lead, guide and mentor less experienced staff
• Provide input and make budgetary recommendations regarding staffing and equipment
• Apply engineering principles into the design and enhancement of new and existing systems
• Document new system components, or modifications to existing components
• Ensure the security and integrity of system and product solutions including compliance with Navy Federal, industry engineering and Information Security principles and practices
• Perform engineering tasks and assignments in support of business needs
• Perform engineering technology research, procurement, deployment, and configuration for new and modified systems
• Provide technical leadership in the architecture discipline and development of information technology solutions
• Present clear, organized and concise information to all audiences through a variety of media to enable effective business decisions
• Perform other duties as assigned

• Experience implementing cloud native test automation tools and defining frameworks and methods that increase efficiency and reduce Data Center footprint
• Design and implement robust and scalable test automation solutions within an Azure DevOps and CI/CD environment to improve the quality of functional, regression, and system tests
• Works collaboratively with cross-functional teams in agile settings to understand business requirements to develop test automation that supports DevOps and CI/CD
• Strong experience with agile methodologies
• Experience in streamlining continuous test processes that improve product delivery
• Strong development skills in core Java concepts and Selenium Test Automation Framework development
• Experience with Selenium WebDriver, TestNG, Junit, Cucumber, Gherkin, and XPath
• Experience developing scripts to perform comprehensive automated testing on multiple platforms including web based, client server, and mainframe
• Experience developing test automation for SOA Services and SOAP/REST APIs
• Experience with Azure Repos, GitHub, Bitbucket or other software repositories
• Experience with CI/CD pipeline tools such as Azure Pipelines, Jenkins, or Bamboo
• Strong understanding of dependency management and build tools such as Maven
• Proficient in keyword, data driven, and behavior-driven test automation development
• Experience with test management tools such as Azure Test Plans, Jira, OpenText ALM
• Develop and maintain reusable components, functions, methods, and libraries to reduce maintenance and increase efficiency and scalability
• Ability to adhere to Software Engineering disciplines
• Advanced verbal and written communication skills
• Advanced skills building effective relationships through rapport, trust, diplomacy, and tact
• Advanced organizational, planning and time management skills
• Skill in exercising initiative and using good judgment to make sound decisions
• Advanced analytical/quantitative, reconciliation, deductive reasoning, and problem-solving skills
• Skill in mentoring and training less experienced staff

• Knowledge of multiple test automation tools and test automation patterns
• Experience with evaluating new software testing tools and performing proof of concepts
• Experience developing YAML based Azure pipelines
• Experience with one or more scripting languages to support CI/CD pipeline jobs
• Experience writing test automation code with IntelliJ and/or Visual Studio Code
• Experience with databases (Microsoft SQL Server is preferred)
• ASTQB CTFL or CTAL-TAE Certification
• A Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, a related field, or equivalent experience
• Working knowledge of banking/financial industry standards and practices