Developer - Innovation & Digital Enablement Automation

FirstEnergy at a Glance

We are a forward-thinking electric utility powered by a diverse team of employees committed to making customers’ lives brighter, the environment better and our communities stronger.

FirstEnergy (NYSE: FE) is dedicated to safety, reliability, and operational excellence. Headquartered in Akron, Ohio, FirstEnergy includes one of the nation's largest investor-owned electric systems, more than 24,500 miles of transmission lines that connect the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic regions, and a regulated generating fleet with a total capacity of 3,780 megawatts.

About the Opportunity

This is an open position with FirstEnergy Service Co., a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp. [SC00]

We have recently embarked on a Digital transformation journey where we are reimagining the way we work and serve our users. Our projects benefit the community by aiding in providing safe, reliable electricity to everyone:

- Customer: create analytics to improve customer satisfaction along the customer's journey for a lifetime as they move-in to a residence, pay their bill and move to new residences.

- Transmission & Distribution: develop algorithms to detect asset failures, reduce outages and provide reliable electricity to customers.

- Smart Meter: provide customers with the electric usage they need to make smart decisions about their home as well as reduce threats and theft in the electric system.

What you will do:

As a Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) at FirstEnergy you will join an IT Quality Assurance team working in an Agile environment and use TypeScript / Playwright to develop test scripts for internal and external web solutions. You will spend your day expanding the automated testing foundation for our applications by creating test scripts.

- You will collaborate with the team to understand feature requirements and translate them into functional automated test scripts.

- You will design, develop, and maintain automated test scripts using TypeScript and Playwright.

- You will integrate the test scripts into CI/CD (i.e. Azure DevOps) pipelines to be run automated and ensure high-quality software delivery.

- You will test Web, API, and Mobile application interfaces.

- You will utilize SQL Server for test data management.

- You will advocate for quality across the test development lifecycle, pushing for best practices in code quality, testability, and maintainability.

- You will participate in sprint planning, providing insights into test planning, risk assessment, and resource allocation for automated testing activities.

- You will facilitate the creation and maintenance of test data sets for automated testing needs.

- You will monitor and report on key testing metrics to the team and stakeholders.

- You will create automated test plans needed to test the application through the test automation framework.

- You will work closely with BA’s and the development team to ensure that all page objects are accounted for, and the functionality is in alignment with the user’s needs.

- You will mentor and work closely with other test automation analysts (i.e. manual testers) & developer resources.

- You will actively participate in a collaborative work environment.

What You Will Need to be Qualified:

- You have a bachelor’s degree in a quantitative discipline such as Computer Science or another related field.

- You have experience/knowledge using Azure DevOps or similar platforms like Gitlab or Jira to manage source code and manage developer tasks and bugs as well as to manage test pipelines.

- You have experience working on projects in an Agile methodology and understand basic Scrum principles.

- Experience using Visual Studio Code.

- Basic experience in TypeScript programming for test automation using Playwright framework.

- Basic experience in Java programming for test automation using Selenium WebDriver is a plus.

- Experience using the Eclipse IDE or IntelliJ is a plus.

- Experience leveraging