Salesforce Automation Tester

Type of Requisition:

Regular

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:

None

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:

None

Public Trust/Other Required:

BI Full 6C (T4)

Job Family:

Professional Engineering

Job Qualifications:

Skills:

Automated Testing, Performance Testing, Salesforce Platform, Test Automation, Test Scripts

Certifications:

None

Experience:

5 + years of related experience

US Citizenship Required:

No

Job Description:

Transform technology into opportunity as a Salesforce Automation Tester at GDIT. Shape what’s next for mission-critical government projects while shaping what’s next for your engineering career.

MEANINGFUL WORK AND PERSONAL IMPACT
As a Test Engineer Senior, the work you’ll do at GDIT will be impactful to the mission of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). At GDIT, people are our differentiator. As a Salesforce Automation Tester remotely supporting CMS, you will be trusted to work with other Salesforce Testers of various skill levels to deliver high-quality Agile Salesforce solutions. In this role, a typical day will include:

• Developing a strategy to implement Salesforce Test Automation suites across 3+ scrum teams

• Developing and maintaining end-to-end automation testing frameworks and automation suites.

• Building, executing and maintaining automated tests, designing code and deploying automated test scripts, using Jenkins and Selenium Grid remote platforms.

• Experience understanding and interpreting customer business requirements, writing functional test cases and performing software quality tests.

• Designing and developing test and testing requirements for products, systems, software, and/or related technology using independent judgement.

• Partnering with applicable technology teams to determine testing parameters.

• Conducting quality assurance and design performance tests using established testing procedures.

• Providing troubleshooting for moderately complex testing errors and streamline testing procedures.

• Ensuring testing methodology and procedures meet company and industry standards.

• Preparing reports and advanced analysis for testing.

• Maintaining current knowledge of relevant technology and best practices relevant to the industry.

• Participating in Agile software development initiatives (standup, planning, grooming, estimation) to support innovation and enhancement of applications through iteration/functionality testing.

• Participating and collaborating with team members to assess Story Point/complexity efforts (using best practices) to ensure proper testing and delivery of functionality per User Story Acceptance Criteria.

• Collaborating with team members (Scrum Master, Product Owner, Software Developers) to develop test approaches with emphasis on automation of recurring/regression test cases through selected toolsets.

• Developing and documenting end-to-end functionality test case narratives using task management system.

• Providing early exploratory testing during the development phase.

• Conducting peer reviews of test cases and test documents.

• Performing Performance Testing, which may include:

  • Designing performance test scenarios to simulate the desired workload profile

  • Executing performance tests

  • Viewing and understanding real-time data and graphs displayed in Performance Center while tests are being executed.

  • Interpreting performance test data to determine system health under load.

• Mentoring less experienced team members and writing manual test plans and create test cases for product(s) as needed.

*Work visa sponsorship will not be provided for this role.

WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO SUCCEED
Bring your engineering expertise along with a drive for innovation to GDIT. The Salesforce Automation Tester must have:

• Bachelor’s degree or higher

• Possess Valid Salesforce Certified Administrator certification and/or Salesforce Experience Cloud Consultant certification – Salesforce certification will be verified on Trailhead

• 5+ years of relevant IT system testing experience.

• Hands-on experience testing Salesforce applications with any clouds, like Sales, Service and/or Experience Clouds.

• Hands-on experience developing automation test scripts from scratch and performing other test automation activities.

• Experience designing performance test scenarios to simulate the desired workload profile and then executing performance tests.

• Experience working and understanding large, complex Salesforce projects, with proficiency in navigating Salesforce and comprehensive understanding of Salesforce terminology.

• Experience executing Test Plans, Regression Test Suites including UI, back end, Salesforce components & Integrations using Web and API automation.

• Experience using Selenium Webdriver, Cucumber, or an equivalent, and with RESTful services, integrating them with Jenkins/GitHub.

• Ability to view and understand real-time data and graphs displayed in Performance Center while tests are being executed to determine system health under load.

• Expertise in QA Test management, Functional and Non-Functional testing, and a strong understanding of Salesforce best practices.

• Expert experience with defect tracking tools such as JIRA.

• Experience understanding and interpreting customer business requirements, writing functional test cases and performing software quality tests.

• Experience working in a team environment supporting and resolving IT related issues.

• Expert experience developing testing documentation, such as Test Summary Reports and requirements traceability reports.

• Excellent oral and written communication skills, with a demonstrated ability to communicate complex technical topics to various stakeholders, management levels, and non-technical audiences.

• Experience working in a Scrum and/or SAFe Agile environment

• Candidate must be willing and able to obtain a CMS Public Trust clearance.

• Must be a US Person and have lived in the United States at least three (3) out of the last five (5) years.

PREFERRED SKILLS:

• Ability to resolve issues with little oversight; ability to gather and analyze information skillfully and develop alternative solutions.

• Excellent problem-solving and communication skills are required.

• Ability to prioritize effectively.

• Experience working and/or interfacing with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).

• Proficiency with data exchange tools and technologies including APIs.

GDIT IS YOUR PLACE
At GDIT, the mission is our purpose, and our people are at the center of everything we do.

• Growth: AI-powered career tool that identifies career steps and learning opportunities
• Support: An internal mobility team focused on helping you achieve your career goals
• Rewards: Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages, 401K with company match, and competitive pay and paid time off
• Community: Award-winning culture of innovation and a military-friendly workplace

OWN YOUR OPPORTUNITY
Explore a career at GDIT and you’ll find endless opportunities to grow alongside colleagues who share your ambition to deliver your best work.

The likely salary range for this position is $102,000 - $138,000. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

Travel Required:

None

Telecommuting Options:

Remote

Work Location:

Any Location / Remote

Additional Work Locations:

Total Rewards at GDIT:

Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. GDIT typically provides new employees with 15 days of paid leave per calendar year to be used for vacations, personal business, and illness and an additional 10 paid holidays per year. Paid leave and paid holidays are prorated based on the employee’s date of hire. The GDIT Paid Family Leave program provides a total of up to 160 hours of paid leave in a rolling 12 month period for eligible employees. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available. We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.

We are GDIT. A global technology and professional services company that delivers consulting, technology and mission services to every major agency across the U.S. government, defense and intelligence community. Our 30,000 experts extract the power of technology to create immediate value and deliver solutions at the edge of innovation. We operate across 50 countries worldwide, offering leading capabilities in digital modernization, AI/ML, Cloud, Cyber and application development. Together with our clients, we strive to create a safer, smarter world by harnessing the power of deep expertise and advanced technology.

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