Gatling Test Automation Engineer – API & UI Integration
General Dynamics Information Technology19 hours ago
Remote, United StatesSenior
Base Salary
$106k - $144k/yr
Responsibilities
- Plan test scenarios and develop, execute, maintain, and document test cases.
- Develop and maintain automated test suites and frameworks using Scala, Java, JavaScript, and/or Python.
- Create and maintain Gatling simulations and automated regression scripts.
- Build and enhance Scala/Selenium frameworks for UI and API integration testing.
- Assess manual functional test cases for automation opportunities and expand test coverage.
- Prepare, manage, and validate test data and expand the regression test bed across releases.
- Troubleshoot regression failures with functional testers, developers, and subject-matter experts.
- Execute and monitor automated tests through Jenkins and CI/CD pipelines, including build and deployment validation.
- Perform code-quality reviews and technical architecture upgrades to improve system efficiency.
- Estimate testing effort and report test cases added during sprints and releases.
- Document defects and support continuous improvement of end-to-end testing processes.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree and 8+ years of experience designing and developing tests and test requirements for products, systems, software, or related components.
- Hands-on Gatling test-automation development experience, including creating or updating simulations and automated regression tests from scratch.
- Experience developing and maintaining test-automation frameworks using Scala, JavaScript, Java, and/or Python for REST APIs.
- Experience with Selenium for UI and API integration testing.
- Experience with Bruno, Postman, IntelliJ IDEA, Visual Studio Code, and/or Eclipse.
- Experience preparing, managing, and validating test data and using database query or management tools.
- Knowledge of Unix/Linux commands and shell scripting for executing and monitoring test scripts, batch processes, and automation jobs.
- Experience integrating AI tools, preferably Claude-based frameworks, into testing or development workflows.
- Experience with Jenkins for CI/CD execution, automated scheduling, deployment validation, and build monitoring.
- U.S. residency for at least 3 of the last 5 years and ability to obtain a Federal Public Trust.
- Preferred experience with data conversion and data-driven mapping using XQuery, SQL, or another database language.
- Preferred previous software-development experience and basic Python or JavaScript experience supporting automated test suites.
- Agile certification such as SAFe Practitioner, SAFe Agilist, CSM, or another Agile certification is preferred.
- Strong problem-solving, organization, attention to detail, multitasking, time-management, and collaboration skills.
Benefits
- Remote work from any location with 40 scheduled hours per week and no travel required.
- 401(k) with company match.
- Medical, dental, vision, and health and wellness plan options, including some plans with Health Savings Accounts.
- Paid vacation, sick, personal, parental, military, bereavement, jury duty, and holiday leave; new employees typically receive 15 paid leave days and 10 paid holidays annually, prorated by hire date.
- Up to 160 hours of paid family leave in a rolling 12-month period for eligible employees.
- Short- and long-term disability, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness, and business travel and accident insurance offerings.
- Internal mobility support and opportunities to learn from advanced technology.
About General Dynamics Information Technology
General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT) delivers enterprise IT, systems integration, cybersecurity, cloud, and software engineering services to U.S. federal agencies, including defense and intelligence organizations. It provides contract-based professional and managed services ranging from network operations and unified communications to training and simulation. GDIT is a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) and is headquartered in Falls Church, Virginia.