Test Automation Engineer

Role: Test Automation Engineer

Location: Remote work performed in the U.S.; (Occasional travel to DOT HQ – Washington, DC, Navy Yard)

Clearance: Ability to obtain Public Trust (existing transferable Public Trust preferred)

Overview:

PBG is seeking a Test Automation Engineer to design, develop, and maintain automated test suites for a Salesforce grants management system supporting DOT.

What You Will Do:

• Develop, document, and execute comprehensive test plans, test cases, and test scripts (automated and manual as needed) to validate Salesforce-based system functionality, workflows, and integrations.
• Perform functional, integration, regression, and performance testing to ensure the solution meets stakeholder requirements and federal compliance standards.
• Quickly learn and work with agency-provided automated testing systems to test application functionality, API integrations, and availability monitoring.
• Validate data migration from legacy systems, ensuring data accuracy, integrity, and completeness.
• Collaborate with developers, business analysts, and stakeholders to understand requirements, user stories, and system workflows to design effective test strategies.
• Identify, document, and track defects using tools like Jira, ensuring timely resolution and retesting.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies (e.g., sprint planning, daily stand-ups, reviews) to provide quality assurance insights and align testing with sprint goals.
• Support user acceptance testing (UAT) and validate training materials to ensure usability and adoption.
• Create and maintain QA documentation, including test results, defect reports, and quality metrics, for gate reviews and project deliverables.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of testing processes and tools to enhance efficiency and coverage.

What You Will Bring With You:

• 3+ years as a Quality Assurance & Test Engineer developing, documenting, and executing application test plans and scripts for software development projects.
• 1+ years working on a large Salesforce implementation.
• 1+ years working with automated testing systems.
• 3+ years of experience and proven proficiency with Agile project management tools (e.g., Jira, Trello) and Microsoft Office Suite.
• 1+ years of experience delivering user training or creating technical documentation.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Systems, Engineering or other related scientific or technical disciplines
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to interface effectively with team members and federal clients.
• Organized, detailed oriented and able to prioritize and multi-task.
• Candidate must be able to obtain and maintain a Public Trust Must be a United States (U.S.) Citizen or Green card, and the work MUST BE PERFORMED in the United States (U.S.), as this work is for a federal contract, and laws do apply
• Candidate must have lived in the U.S. for three (3) full years out of the last five (5) years.

What We Would Like You To Bring With You:

• Experience testing Salesforce solutions for federal government clients, particularly those leveraging Salesforce’s Public Sector Solutions.
• Experience with automated testing tools for Salesforce environments.
• Familiarity with cybersecurity compliance testing
• Experience testing compliance with Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act.
• Prior experience delivering user training or creating technical documentation.