Automation Developer

Position Description:

CGI Federal is seeking a detail-oriented and experienced Automation Developer to join our team. As a Development Tester you will play a crucial role in ensuring the quality and reliability of our software products. This role involves designing and executing test plans identifying and documenting defects and collaborating with developers to resolve issues. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in software testing excellent analytical skills and a commitment to delivering high-quality software solutions.
This position can be located at any CGI office in the U.S preferred location is FairfaxVA; however a hybrid working model is acceptable.

Your future duties and responsibilities:

Design Innovative Test Solutions: Architect creative unconventional testing approaches to validate complex system behaviors and obscure data flows that traditional testing doesnt cover.
Architect Test Automation Frameworks: Design scalable maintainable automation frameworks using modern technologies (Playwright Cypress Java) with programming best practices (design patterns clean code SOLID principles).
Write sophisticated test automation covering:
End-to-End Testing: Complex user workflows spanning multiple systems
API Testing: Advanced REST API validation including contract testing
Integration Testing: Multi-service communication verification
Performance & Load Testing: Custom JMeter extensions and distributed load testing
Data Flow Testing: Trace data through entire system pipelines

Frontend Testing Innovation:
Develop advanced Angular testing strategies:
API testing with custom fixtures
End-to-end workflow testing with dynamic data
Performance testing for client-side rendering

Cloud Integration Testing:
Design tests that interact with cloud services:
GCP: gcloud CLI Cloud Storage BigQuery Pub/Sub
AWS: AWS CLI S3 Lambda SQS
Azure: Azure CLI Blob Storage Functions

Test Data Strategy Design:
Create intelligent test data generation strategies including synthetic data creation production data sanitization and dynamic fixture management.

Performance Engineering: Design and execute advanced performance testing scenarios:
Custom JMeter extensions and plugins
Distributed load testing across cloud regions
Performance profiling and bottleneck analysis

Continuous Innovation:
Research emerging testing tools experiment with new technologies and prototype creative testing solutions.
Documentation: Create technical documentation for custom test tools framework architecture decisions and innovative testing patterns.

Required qualifications to be successful in this role:

Minimum 4 years of experience in software development with strong development background.

Advanced programming proficiency in multiple languages:
Java (required) - Spring Boot JUnit Mockito Maven/Gradle
TypeScript/JavaScript (required) - npm
Python - for scripting data manipulation and custom tooling

Skills with modern test automation frameworks:
Cypress for API and web application testing
JMeter for performance testing with custom samplers and plugins

AI/LLM tool proficiency
Leverage LLM tools (Claude Code Gemini ChatGPT Codex) to accelerate test script maintenance debug failing tests and generate test data or edge case scenarios.

Containerization and DevOps skills:
Podman or Docker for container orchestration
docker-compose for multi-container test environments
Kubernetes understanding for deployment testing

CI/CD pipeline architecture:
Jenkins GitLab CI GitHub Actions (expert-level)
Pipeline-as-code (Jenkinsfile . GitHub Actions YAML)
Advanced test result reporting and analytics

Some database testing experience:
Complex SQL query writing
PostgreSQL including advanced features (triggers procedures pgvector)

API testing and service integration:
REST API testing with advanced scenarios (OAuth JWT rate limiting)
Understanding of message queue testing (Pub/Sub)

Strong software engineering fundamentals:
Object-oriented programming and functional programming paradigms
Design patterns (Factory Builder Strategy etc.)
Clean code principles and refactoring expertise
Test-Driven Development (TDD) and Behavior-Driven Development (BDD)

Creative problem-solving ability:
Think outside the box to test complex system interactions
Design unconventional test approaches for obscure scenarios
Integrate disparate technologies to create comprehensive test solutions

Strong debugging and troubleshooting skills:
Deep log analysis and distributed tracing
Perfo
Desired qualifications/non-essential skills required:
Experience testing Angular 17 and Spring Boot 3.0 applications:
Advanced Angular testing (Cypress component testing RxJS patterns)
Spring Boot comprehensive testing strategies
Integration between frontend and backend testing

Advanced performance testing:
Custom JMeter sampler development in Java
Distributed load testing coordination
Performance profiling tools (JProfiler Chrome DevTools)

Accessibility testing (WCAG 2.1 AA Section 508).
CGI is required by law in some jurisdictions to include a reasonable estimate of the compensation range for this role. The determination of this range includes various factors not limited to skill set level experience relevant training and licensure and certifications. To support the ability to reward for merit-based performance CGI typically does not hire individuals at or near the top of the range for their role. Compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range for this role in the U.S. is $79600.00 - $176300.00.
CGI Federals benefits are offered to eligible professionals on their first day of employment to include:
Eligibility to participate in an attractive Share Purchase Plan (SPP) in which the company matches dollar-for-dollar contributions made by eligible employees up to a maximum for their job category

401(k) Plan and Profit Participation for eligible professionals

Additional benefits determined by your Service Contract Act:
Paid Time Off (PTO)
Paid Federal Holidays
Health & Welfare Benefits

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Skills:

• Cypress
• End-to-End Testing

What you can expect from us:

Together as owners lets turn meaningful insights into action.

Life at CGI is rooted in ownership teamwork respect and belonging. Here youll reach your full potential because

You are invited to be an owner from day 1 as we work together to bring our Dream to life. Thats why we call ourselves CGI Partners rather than employees. We benefit from our collective success and actively shape our companys strategy and direction.

Your work creates value. Youll develop innovative solutions and build relationships with teammates and clients while accessing global capabilities to scale your ideas embrace new opportunities and benefit from expansive industry and technology expertise.

Youll shape your career by joining a company built to grow and last. Youll be supported by leaders who care about your health and well-being and provide you with opportunities to deepen your skills and broaden your horizons.

Come join our teamone of the largest IT and business consulting services firms in the world.

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