Software Test Engineer – DevSecOps

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Herndon, VA, US

9 days ago Requisition

Employment Type
:
Full-Time, 40 hours per week

Employment Eligibility
: This position requires U.S. Citizenship to meet federal contract requirements
. Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States without current or future employer sponsorship. This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship.

Clearance Requirement: Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust Background Investigation

Experience: Minimum 3 years

Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field preferred

Position Summary
:

This position is responsible for ensuring the quality, security, reliability, accessibility, and performance of a mission-critical application modernization effort. The role develops and executes automated testing strategies and integrates testing, security scanning, and quality controls throughout the
Dev Sec Ops  and CI/CD lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities
:

• Design, develop, execute, and maintain test plans, test cases, scenarios, scripts, and automated test suites covering functional, integration, regression, negative, usability, and end-to-end testing.
• Develop automated unit, integration, and regression testing to support comprehensive coverage of critical business functionality.
• Integrate automated testing into Jenkins/Git Lab CI/CD pipelines and support quality gates to prevent failed builds from progressing to production.
• Maintain test automation documentation and support continuous improvement of
  Dev Sec Ops , CI/CD
  , testing, and release processes.
• Identify, analyze, document, and track software defects through resolution using Digital.ai or similar defect-tracking tools
  .
• Collaborate with developers, Product Owners, and stakeholders to clarify requirements, establish acceptance criteria, troubleshoot issues, and improve software quality.
• Incorporate security scanning (SAST/DAST) and Section 508 accessibility testing into automated testing processes.
• Support performance, load, and stress testing to validate system reliability and performance for expected user volumes.
• Develop and maintain test documentation, automated testing procedures, pipeline test inventories, and deployment/testing plans.
• Participate in product design reviews and Agile/Scrum ceremonies
  , including sprint planning, demonstrations, and retrospectives.
• Monitor testing and quality metrics, defect resolution, test coverage, and release readiness, and provide results through project and sprint reporting.
• Ensure testing procedures are repeatable, traceable, and compliant with applicable project and quality standards.

Required Qualifications
:

• Minimum 3 years of software testing/test engineering experience
  , including experience with test automation.
• Experience designing and executing comprehensive software test plans, scenarios, scripts, and procedures.
• Proficiency with one or more test automation frameworks such as Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, NUnit, or xUnit
  .
• Experience integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines
  , such as Jenkins, Git Lab CI, or equivalent.
• Working knowledge of
  Dev Sec Ops  principles and secure software development practices
  .
• Experience with defect tracking, regression testing, automated testing, and software quality assurance practices.
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills with the ability to identify edge cases and develop comprehensive test coverage.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust Background Investigation
  .

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field from an…