Senior Automation Test Engineer with Security Clearance

NorthHill Technology Resources has a need for a Senior Automation Test Engineer to support a Federal Program in Sterling, VA. This is a direct-hire role with our client, a fast-growing Federal Integrator. An active TS/SCI Clearance and CI Polygraph is required. Required Education, Experience, & Skills :
10+ years' experience in designing and executing automated system testing plus a Bachelor’s degree is required.

Must meet DOD 8140 requirements (Security+ CE Certification at minimum)
Demonstrated expertise as a Test Automation Engineer delivering similar scope projects
Experience developing scripts using selenium, cucumber, bash, PowerShell, Ansible, and groovy (Jenkins)
Expertise with Test Automation Frameworks: Linear Frameworks, Modular Frameworks, Data Driven Frameworks, Behavior Driven Frameworks (Would be a bonus for future AI development)
An understanding of Load Testing verses Functional Testing with a demonstrated ability to analyze test results
Understanding of all security related requirements in secure environments
Familiar with Agile Methodologies and ability to accurately decompose tasks for Jira stories
Expert troubleshooting and solutioning skills
Strong technical documentation skills Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills :
Experience with Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE)
Experience with other Cloud environments (Azure, Google, Oracle, IBM)
Experience with IBM Enterprise Lifecycle Management, TeamWork Cloud/Cameo experience, Microsoft Project and/or Tableau
Familiarity with reviewing and responding to system alerts from visualization applications such as Grafana
Understanding of working in ServiceNow Assist with leading and overseeing a total system perspective including technical understanding of relationships, dependencies and requirements of cloud and hybrid services, infrastructure and security domains