Test Automation Engineer

CIO Front Office

Woodlawn, Maryland, USFull-timeMidPosted Recently

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This role is best for mid-level QA engineers comfortable with modern QA tooling open to working from Woodlawn, Maryland, US.

Job description

IT Specialist (APPSW) Test Automation Engineer position(s) are being filled through the Office of Personnel Management's delegated Direct Hire Authority, open to all U.S. citizens. Selections made under this bulletin will be processed as new appointments to the civil service. Current civil service employees would, therefore, be given new appointments to the civil service. Under the provisions of the Direct Hire Authority, Veterans Preference and the "Rule of Many" do not apply.

Job highlights

•Role: Test Automation Engineer
•Company: CIO Front Office
•Location: Woodlawn, Maryland, US
•Type: Full-time
•Experience: Mid
•Seniority: Mid
•Posted: Recently

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1Refresh at least one automation framework (Selenium or Playwright) end-to-end — the interview will drill into it. Selenium interview questions →
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Likely interview questions for this role

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Q1.Walk me through a bug you found that shipped anyway — how did you handle it?
Q2.How do you decide what to automate vs test manually for a new feature?
Q3.How would you set up a test strategy for this team in your first 30 days?
Q4.Describe your ideal defect triage process with product + engineering.

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Salary context

Compensation not disclosed.

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