Quality Assurance Automation Engineer 100% Remote

About the Company

Guidehouse is a business consulting and services company offering a comprehensive rewards package and a flexible benefits program designed to support a diverse and inclusive workplace.

About the Role

Guidehouse is seeking a Quality Assurance Automation Engineer to support software quality and testing across enterprise platforms and cloud infrastructure. In this role, you will develop and execute test strategies, identify software and infrastructure issues before product launches, and lead automation efforts across the software development lifecycle.

You will work with development teams to integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines and DevSecOps processes, while supporting product reliability through defect analysis, documentation, and continuous improvement.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop test strategies and plans, including test cases and test data.
• Execute manual and automated tests to identify issues with software products and infrastructure before launch.
• Track, report, and manage software defects and their resolution.
• Conduct root cause analysis of identified defects.
• Develop and maintain test documentation and test result records.
• Support integration, system, performance, regression, user acceptance, disaster recovery, and end-to-end testing throughout the software development lifecycle.
• Lead efforts to automate testing activities and integrate test automation into CI/CD pipeline tools such as GitHub Actions and Codefresh.
• Integrate testing automation into DevSecOps processes.
• Test software products and cloud infrastructure configurations, identify deficiencies, and recommend solutions.
• Plan, create, and manage overall quality planning strategies.
• Collaborate with product development teams to support consistent project execution.
• Identify quality assurance process bottlenecks and recommend improvements.
• Oversee continuous improvement projects.
• Prepare and present quality assurance and testing reports, presentations, and updates.
• Manage deadlines and communicate project status and progress.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or an additional 10 years of experience in lieu of a degree.
• At least 6 years of experience in a quality assurance or testing role supporting enterprise computing platforms and system development efforts.
• At least 2 years of experience providing quality assurance and testing support for workloads deployed on AWS.
• Expertise in manual and automated testing, documentation, and reproducing and validating issues or defects reported by end users.
• Experience planning and tracking tests, test results, and defects in Jira.
• Proficiency in application testing using Selenium and Apache JMeter.
• Ability to work remotely and collaborate with, mentor, and support team members in resolving complex technical problems.
• Strong critical-thinking and problem-solving skills.
• Good time-management, interpersonal, and communication skills.
• A team-oriented approach and a strong sense of ownership and accountability.
• In-depth understanding of Agile and Scaled Agile practices and principles, with demonstrated experience planning and implementing software products using Agile methodologies.
• Experience developing and implementing quality assurance and testing programs for workloads built with AWS services.
• Experience with software development technologies and services, including Vue.js, Python, Django, Amazon S3, SNS, SQS, Docker, EKS/Kubernetes, AWS Step Functions, EventBridge, AWS Lambda, AWS API Gateway, Elasticsearch, caching frameworks such as Redis and Memcached, and Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS).

Preferred Qualifications

• AWS Certified Developer certification.
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect certification.
• Experience working with Python/Django web-based applications.
• Experience conducting penetration and load testing in the AWS Cloud.
• Experience with the Playwright end-to-end testing framework.
• Experience configuring monitoring and alerting in Sentry.
• Knowledge of Section 508 testing standards and requirements.

Job Details

• Job Family: Testing (Digital)
• Job Function: Quality Assurance
• Seniority Level: Mid-Senior Level
• Employment Type: Full-time
• Travel: Up to 10%
• Security Clearance: Ability to obtain Public Trust.

Compensation

Annual salary range: $113,000–$188,000.

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