
Automation Tester
sparksoftcorporation • Remote/Hybrid if local to Maryland
No Relocation
Posted: September 16, 2026
Job Description
ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Work as part of an agile development team performing test planning, test execution, and test reporting tasks for each sprint
- Participate in requirements and design walkthroughs, collaborative internal and external test planning sessions
- Hands automation experience using any of the tools/frameworks like SoapUI/ReadyAPI, Postman, RestAssured, Selenium, Playwright, TestNG, Junit etc.
- Ability to demonstrate strong technical experience on understanding and resolving issues
- Develop Ready API projects for verifying the functionality of the web services
- Experience in implementing end-to-end automation and support automation assessments
- Implement automation frameworks and approaches
- Identify and analyze suitable opportunities for test automation
- Maintain, streamline, standardize and implemented a CI/CD pipeline on AWS involving tools like JIRA, Jenkins and Ready API
- Configure CI for end-to-end automation for all build, unit, integration tests and deployment
- Design, configure, and test AWS infrastructure across various technical areas
- Integrating AI frameworks into testing workflows
- Evaluate requirements and develop scripts in the AWS cloud environment
- Analyze business requirements, user stories, and technical specification documents to develop test cases, test scenarios and expected results
- Develop and maintain test scripts, test data and test summary reports
- Perform peer review of test cases and test scenarios developed by members of the test team
- Assist in analyzing and triaging the defects discovered during testing.
- Capture test evidence files and document test results
- Review work products and deliverables
REQUIRED EXPEREINCE:
- Overall 3-5 years of experience in Selenium, Playwright and API Testing
- Knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS) and databases (Postgres, etc.)
- 2-3 years of experience working within AWS
- Minimum 3+ years of experience in test automation frameworks such as Cucumber, TestNG, etc
- 3 years of experience in Test Automation including planning, script development & maintenance
- Strong Programming Skills in languages such as Java, JavaScript
- Experience with the build and version control tools such as Jenkins, Maven, Git, etc.
- Integrating AI frameworks into testing workflows (preferred)
- Minimum of 3-5 years demonstrated Experience in API testing tools (ReadyAPI, Postman, RestAssured).
- Strong communication, analytical, problem solving and debugging skills.
- Ability to work within an Agile/Scrum environment.
- Ability to prioritize and deliver under tight deadlines
- Candidates must be able to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance.
- Candidates must have lived in the United States 3 out of the past 5 years.
PREFERRED EXPEREINCE:
- Experience with automating test execution in the containerized environments.
- Experience with the test management and defect tracking tools (Jira, confluence).
- Good to have knowledge on emerging skills such as AI assisted tools.
- Prior experience working with CMS or testing complex healthcare systems.
EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience).
- Relevant certifications in test automation, Agile methodologies, or API testing are a plus.