Lead Test Automation Engineer – Secret Clearance Required - Sherpa 6 - Tampa, FL

Description:
Travel Requirement: Up to 25%

Security Clearance: Active Secret Clearance required (Interim OK)

Citizenship: US Citizenship required

Sherpa 6 is seeking a highly motivated and skilled Lead Test Automation Engineer to join our team.? We build mission critical systems for the Department of Defense (DoD) and other commercial customers. We’re looking for an experienced Test Automation Engineer that can scale our current test operation to meet the demand of our customers and new work. This person should have great attention to detail and have the desire to lead a team of software development engineers in test in implementing and deploying test frameworks for multiple software products and tech stacks in the cloud. Our projects primarily include work involving frontend Web interfaces, Android applications and Windows applications. Sherpa 6 is constantly growing its software team, and we need a motivated individual who is excited to shape our test automation team and frameworks. We work on a lot of innovative software projects, so they would work to build prototypes and lead the team to solutions.

Responsibilities:

Oversee the implementation of complex testing software systems, ensuring scalability and performance, while contributing to the code base
Lead the development of test automation infrastructure on our most important projects
Stay current with emerging technologies and industry trends to drive innovation?
Work closely with teams of software developers and other engineers to ensure proper test coverage and automation
Mentor junior and mid-level test automation engineers to enhance their skillsets and grow a team
Oversee and support the running of regression tests and provide analysis to support releasing software
Support the integration of our testing frameworks into our GitLab CI/CD pipeline for a more hands-off approach
Ensures that the test team follows best practices and procedures per the software develop