Automation Tester

Type of Requisition:

Regular

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:

None

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:

None

Public Trust/Other Required:

MBI (T2)

Job Family:

Software Engineering

Job Qualifications:

Skills:

API Testing, Automated Testing, Integration Testing

Certifications:

None

Experience:

3 + years of related experience

US Citizenship Required:

No

Job Description:

Own your opportunity to deliver highquality, secure, and compliant technology in support of critical healthcare initiatives. As an Automation Tester at GDIT, youll power innovation through robust automated testing frameworks, advanced validation methods, and seamless coordination across engineering teams working in a modern Azurenative environment.

MEANINGFUL WORK AND PERSONAL IMPACT
As an Automation Tester, the work youll do at GDIT will support the development, security, and reliability of a new healthcare portal operating in a FedRAMP/HIPAAcompliant environment. You will play a crucial role in ensuring applications, APIs, microservices, and data flows perform flawlessly and securely, contributing directly to missioncritical healthcare service delivery.

Develop, execute, and maintain automated and manual test plans, test cases, and test scripts for web applications, APIs, microservices, and data workflows.
Design and maintain automated testing solutions using Playwright (JavaScript) and Selenium (Java).
Conduct functional, integration, regression, smoke, performance, accessibility, and user acceptance testing.
Collaborate closely with frontend, backend, data engineering, and DevOps teams to ensure smooth and reliable integration testing across multiple services.
Perform API testing to validate payloads, authentication flows, error handling, and endtoend behavior.
Use SQL Server and SSMS to perform advanced database validation across largescale datasets using complex queries, multitable joins, CTEs, aggregations, and data comparisons.
Validate data integrity across Azure SQL, Data Factory pipelines, and Power BI outputs.
Ensure compliance with Section 508 accessibility standards and execute accessibility testing.
Document defects, track issues in JIRA, maintain test artifacts in Confluence and SharePoint, and collaborate with developers to drive timely resolution.
Support CI/CD pipelines through test automation integration and reporting within Azure DevOps.
Participate in Agile ceremonies to ensure test readiness throughout development cycles.
Contribute to continuous improvement of QA processes, tooling, frameworks, and quality practices.
Work independently on complex features and integrations while maintaining strong collaboration with crossfunctional teams.

WHAT YOULL NEED TO SUCCEED
Bring your automation expertise and precision to GDIT. The Automation Tester must have:

Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field, or equivalent experience
3 6+ years of experience in QA testing for web applications and APIs
Hands-on experience with Playwright (JavaScript) or Selenium automation
Strong SQL experience using SQL Server/SSMS, including advanced queries, CTEs, multi-table joins, and relational analysis
Experience testing in Azure environments, including API, function, and database validation
Proven experience with API testing tools and methods for validating workflows and responses
Integration testing experience with the ability to coordinate across multiple teams
Knowledge of Section 508 compliance and accessibility testing
Experience with Agile tools and practices using JIRA, Confluence, and SharePoint
Ability to work independently with minimal supervision

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS / CERTIFICATIONS

Experience testing in FedRAMP, HIPAA, healthcare, or other regulated environments
Familiarity with SonarCloud or similar code quality tools
Experience with performance/load testing tools such as JMeter or k6
ISTQB or other software testing certifications
Familiarity with Microsoft ecosystem tools including Azure DevOps and Power BI validation

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The likely salary range for this position is $85,093 - $97,750. 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:

Less than 10%

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 employees 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.

Our Identity Verification Process:

As part of the hiring process, we will ask you to complete an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence to ensure authenticity and protect against identity fraud. You are expected to be on camera during virtual interviews. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud. By proceeding, you authorize the collection, processing, and use of your biometric data for identity verification and security purposes.