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# Automation/SDET Test Engineer

- **Company:** Software Guidance & Assistance Inc
- **Location:** New York, NY, United States
- **Contract:** Contract
- **Skills:** Testing (Software), Java (Programming Language), Agile Methodology, Amazon Web Services, Amazon S3, Application Performance Management, Automation of Tests, Cloud Computing, Continuous Integration, Data Integration, Data Mapping, Data Profiling, Data Warehousing, Relational Databases, DevOps, HP Loadrunner, Identity and Access Management, Python (Programming Language), Standard Sql, Selenium, SQL Databases, Software Testing Automation Framework, Test Data, Strategies of Testing, Web Services, Performance Testing, Data Ingestion, Postman, Apache Spark, Cypress (Programming Language), Gitlab, Amazon Relational Database Service, Data Lakes, Integration Tests, Information Technology, Collibra, Data Management, Functional Programming, Cloudwatch, Restful APIs, Data Inconsistencies, Api Management, SDET, Databricks, Programming Languages
- **Published:** October 22, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/c1876e4b-6f4a-461c-a710-a71edce4198f

## About the Role

* Hands-on experience in a programming language like Java to build test automation
 * Experience with automation testing frameworks like Selenium, Cypress etc
 * Experience in performance testing on the Cloud with tools such as LoadRunner
 * Hands-on experience designing and masking test data based on the user scenarios/rules and building scripts to test data pipelines for data lake/ data warehouse ecosystem
 * Data validations using SQL, strong understanding of the relational database concepts and models
 * Experience building test automation frameworks, tools, and strong SQL, data management concepts including data profiling, data mapping and data integration
 * Strong debugging/analytical skills including dissecting transformation rules, data inconsistencies, incompleteness of data
 * Demonstrated ability of working with AWS services such as Data Glue, Databricks, Athena, and Collibra Data Quality Platform
 * Hands-on experience using webservices in AWS Cloud like S3, CloudWatch, RDS, Lambda and IAM
 * Experience working in a DevOps environment, Gitlab and hands on experience using CI/CD systems preferred to enable test data pipeline
 * Methodologies and practices need to be followed to make a good Quality Assurance Engineer
 * Solid knowledge in Spark and experience in leveraging Spark
 * Experience in REST APIs

Preferred Skills:

 * Education: Computer Science Major preferred
 * Knowledge in Python is preferred
 * Experience in Postman is preferred

## Description

* Developing configurable, maintainable, reusable, and dependable test automation components and enabling DevOps through continuous testing.
 * Creating test approaches and understanding how a system works. Ensuring that test plans properly align with business requirements and are kept up to date.
 * Designing, developing, and maintaining integration testing suite to ensure reusable common components meeting quality and security standards.
 * API Testing
 * Data profiling included end to end starting with data ingestion and all related data tasks including test data creation.
 * Develops, executes, and maintains complex test cases to ensure the system functions according to requirements and document defects with supporting documentation.
 * Analyze moderate to complex problems to determine the root cause of the issue and conduct tests that will help in duplicating or troubleshooting.
 * Assists with setup and maintenance of test environments; developing and maintaining metrics related to software testing and ongoing application performance; implementation, upgrades, and training of automated test management tools; research and evaluation of testing tools and frameworks; planning and development of test strategy and plans; and analyzing test process automation strategy and framework.
 * Collaborating in Agile cross-functional teams to deliver solutions with high quality across different technical environments.