Senior Test Automation and Validation Engineer

Role Overview

What You Will Do

• Design and execute automated testing for functional, integration, regression, API, database, UI, smoke, and end-to-end coverage.
• Develop test strategies, release plans, GVT/GAT plans, test cases, validation procedures, traceability artifacts, and test evidence.
• Validate applications, APIs, microservices, databases, interfaces, and enterprise workflows against requirements and business rules.
• Execute performance, load, stress, scalability, endurance, reliability, and failover testing.
• Integrate automated testing into GitLab CI/CD processes across cloud and containerized environments.
• Support cybersecurity, RMF, STIG, secure-development, and Section 508 evidence needs.
• Provide technical leadership and mentoring and collaborate with technical, operational, and Government stakeholders.

Required Qualifications

• Eight or more years of professional experience in software testing, test automation, systems validation, quality engineering, software development, or a related field.
• Experience designing and maintaining enterprise-level automated test frameworks.
• Hands-on experience with automated testing, API and integration testing, SQL/database validation, traceability, defect management, risk-based testing, and release validation.
• Proficiency in Java, Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, C#, Bash, or another programming or scripting language.
• Experience integrating automated tests into CI/CD and maintaining automation assets in Git-based repositories.
• Experience testing in AWS or another enterprise cloud environment and familiarity with containerized deployments.
• Experience with Jira, GitLab, Confluence, or comparable ALM, source-control, test-management, and defect-tracking tools.
• Strong leadership, analytical, troubleshooting, documentation, mentoring, and stakeholder communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience leading GVT, GAT, formal release validation, or comparable Government acceptance testing in a DoD or federal environment.
• Experience with cloud migrations, application modernization, database migrations, complex integrations, and enterprise performance testing.
• Experience with Apache Superset or another enterprise BI and data-visualization platform.
• Familiarity with AWS services, managed databases, container platforms, monitoring, infrastructure as code, and automated deployments.
• Knowledge of DoD software assurance, RMF, STIG, secure-development, and Section 508 validation practices.
• Experience supporting USTRANSCOM, DoD logistics, or another mission-critical federal system.

Clearance and Eligibility

• Active Secret security clearance or ability to obtain and maintain one is required by assigned duties and contract requirements.
• The role is restricted to U.S. persons under 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3).

Location

• Remote.

Compensation and Benefits

• Salary is listed as USD 125,000 to 140,000 yearly.
• Benefits include comprehensive benefits, 401(k), bonus and profit sharing, flexible hours, education reimbursement, and paid time off.