Senior SDET

Join us at Sparksoft, where we're not just another tech company—we're a catalyst for change. Our mission isn't just to offer IT solutions; it's to revolutionize the way you work. Here, passion isn't just a buzzword; it's the fuel behind groundbreaking ideas and transformative technologies. We serve a wide range of government clients, delivering impact that's felt across the nation. Our true strength lies in our people. They're the problem-solvers and innovators consistently delivering extraordinary outcomes. With Sparksoft, you're not stepping into a routine job; you're joining a team committed to innovation and excellence. Our innovation extends beyond just delivering projects. Through our specialized Innovation Centers, we continuously refine our methods, ensuring we remain industry leaders. We are Sparksoft! Leads the design, development, and continuous improvement of scalable test-automation frameworks for complex backend applications, APIs, transactional databases, and data integrations. Defines automation standards and quality gates, develops risk-based test strategies, reviews automation code, analyzes quality metrics, leads complex defect investigations, and provides technical direction and mentoring to SDETs and delivery teams. ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES: Lead the design and evolution of enterprise test-automation frameworks. Define automation architecture, coding standards, reusable components, and quality gates. Design, develop, code, test, and debug automated software testing systems and harnesses. Develop and maintain automated test suites targeting SQL programmability (stored procedures, functions, triggers) and backend/transactional database systems. Integrate and execute automated test suites within Azure DevOps (or TFS) CI/CD pipelines. Perform engineering evaluation, ad-hoc and structured software testing, statistical analysis/modeling, data warehousing, and analytics as needed. Work with users and stakeholders to define system scope, objectives, and test requirements. Provide analytical support and technical advice during conceptualization, development, and implementation phases. Plan and schedule testing/automation project tasks with users, systems software, and operations personnel, including objectives, time frames, costs, and manpower requirements. Identify and document software/system hazards using established analysis tools and techniques. Review and evaluate systems and software for adherence to government and commercial directives, standards, guidelines, and criteria concerning software and systems safety. Confirm design mitigations are captured in design documentation and verify their implementation. Maintain configuration management procedures for test assets and automation harnesses. Coordinate testing across development, data, DevSecOps, security, and business teams. Mentor junior personnel and lead root-cause analysis of complex defects. May serve as project lead, instructing, assigning, directing, and monitoring the performance of assigned systems developers/analysts. Experience developing automated tests using programming or scripting languages such as Java, C#, Python, JavaScript, or TypeScript and tools or frameworks such as Playwright, Selenium, REST Assured, Postman/Newman, pytest, JUnit, NUnit, or equivalent. Support corporate initiatives, knowledge-sharing activities, continuous improvement efforts, and business-growth opportunities beyond assigned project responsibilities REQUIRED EXPEREINCE: Minimum 7 years of experience supporting software quality assurance, quality engineering, software testing, or test automation. Minimum 5 years of experience developing and maintaining automated test frameworks. Expert level experience with SQL using relational databases such as SQL Server Experience testing cloud-based applications and data platforms. Experience with API, integration, system, regression, and end-to-end testing. Experience validating complex data transformations and data integration pipelines. Experience working within Agile development environments. Experience with defect management and requirements traceability tools. Experience supporting CI/CD and automated testing processes. Experience developing automated tests using programming or scripting languages such as Java, C#, Python, JavaScript, or TypeScript and tools or frameworks such as Playwright, Selenium, REST Assured, Postman/Newman, pytest, JUnit, NUnit, or equivalent. Must be able to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance. Must have lived in the United States 3 out of the past 5 years. PREFERRED EXPERIENCE: <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-