Automation Test Engineer

Location: Columbia, MD (Hybrid/Remote – MON & WED in the office)

Residency Requirement: Candidates must have lived in the U.S. for at least 3 of the past 5 years and be authorized to work in the U.S. (Citizen, Permanent Resident, or EAD).

Sponsorship: This position does not offer any type of sponsorship. Candidates must already be authorized to work in the U.S. (e.g., Citizen, Permanent Resident, or EAD).

Clearance: Public Trust Clearance (or ability to obtain)

Job Overview:

Cogent People Inc. is seeking an Automation Test Engineer to support a mission-critical large-scale system serving the Federal Government in the healthcare domain. The ideal candidate will be proficient in development and maintenance of comprehensive automated testing suites in a variety of programming languages (Scala, JavaScript, SQL, Python) using various testing frameworks and tools (Bruno, Postman, Selenium).

Responsibilities:

· Hands-on experience in test automation & tools such as (BRUNO, Selenium, Postman).

· Develop and maintain test suites in programming languages (Scala/JavaScript/Sql/python (basic)).

· Create/update Gatling simulations and build frameworks as needed to support functional design enhancements.

· Identify and assess automation test scripts & test coverage from manual test cases.

· Perform regular maintenance and upgrades to ensure system efficiency.

· Preferred knowledge of AI frameworks integration with codeAssist or Gen AI.

· Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to work in an Agile team environment.

· Maintaining and enhancing existing regression test cases per functional design for data integrity.