Test Automation Engineer

About Spatial Front, Inc. (SFI)

Spatial Front, Inc. (SFI) is a fast-growing small business providing IT solutions and services to Federal Government customers. We are proud recipients of the 2025 USA Today National Top Places to Work and 2025 Washington Post Top Workplaces awards. At SFI, we are committed to delivering mission-critical solutions while fostering a collaborative, innovative, and people-first culture.

Position Overview

SFI is seeking a hands-on Test Automation Engineer to support a complex PeopleSoft HCM environment within a secure federal program. This role is ideal for a detail-oriented automation professional who thrives in highly technical environments and is passionate about improving software quality through robust test automation. The selected candidate will design, build, maintain, and execute automated test solutions, with a strong emphasis on OpenText UFT (Unified Functional Testing) as the primary toolset. You will play a key role in advancing automation maturity, improving efficiency, and reducing manual testing effort across the program.

Work Location: Arlington, VA - Onsite/Hybrid

Primary Responsibilities

• Design, develop, maintain, and execute automated test scripts supporting PeopleSoft HCM enhancements, defect fixes, releases, patching, and production support activities
• Build scalable, reusable, and maintainable UFT-based automation assets, including shared functions, libraries, object repositories, parameterized components, and data-driven scripts
• Develop supporting scripts to enhance automation execution, including test data management, environment setup, validation, and result verification
• Automate functional, regression, integration, interface, and end-to-end testing across PeopleSoft HCM modules, batch processes, reports, security roles, and system integrations
• Implement robust test logic for synchronization, exception handling, checkpoints, validations, and recovery scenarios to improve execution reliability and reduce false failures
• Analyze automated test execution results, logs, and backend data to identify defects and distinguish between script and application issues
• Perform root cause analysis, documenting findings, reproduction steps, and recommended solutions for development and stakeholder teams
• Collaborate with developers, QA testers, business analysts, and support teams to identify automation opportunities and align test coverage with release priorities
• Maintain and continuously improve automated regression suites, ensuring adherence to best practices for modularity, naming conventions, and data strategies
• Support test environment readiness, including validation of system access, configurations, test data, and dependencies required for successful execution
• Contribute to ongoing improvements in automation frameworks, execution standards, and quality engineering practices
• Develop or support automation using PeopleSoft Test Framework (PTF) as program needs evolve; assist in evaluating emerging tools such as Tricentis
• Maintain accurate automation documentation, execution reports, test evidence, and traceability artifacts to support auditability and release readiness
• Perform other duties as assigned