Automation Test Engineer

Job ID: 2617175
Location: Ashburn, VA, US
Date Posted: 2026-09-23
Category: Software
Subcategory: SW Testing
Schedule: Full-Time
Shift: Day Job
Travel: No
Minimum Clearance Required: None
Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: Public Trust
Potential for Remote Work: ORA_HYBRID
Description
We are currently seeking a motivated and energetic mid-level Automation Engineer to join our team to begin an exciting and challenging career in Ashburn, VA.
The Automation Engineer will participate in software testing, creation and implementation of Test Strategies, Plans, and Automated Test Scripts as well as other aspects of the software development lifecycle. The candidate will be responsible for developing and testing Java code as dictated by project requirement. Candidates must have experience with Selenium, Cucumber, and Playwright, as well as Java and/or Python.
Job Responsibilities

• Developing automation test scripts.
• Generating test data and performing Data Validation.
• Data interface message testing with JSON and XML message sets.
• Developing SQL or Unix scripts for test data generation or test harness automation.
• Execute regression, functional, and system testing.
• Verifying results and producing test summaries and defect reports.
• Identifying defects and requirement discrepancies, and generating defect change requests and reporting discrepancies.
• Use modern software engineering IDEs including Eclipse, IntelliJ, etc. for design, development, and testing the software.
• Work with users in an Agile development approach to understand and document requirements in JIRA.

Qualifications
Required Skills and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field with 2+ years of technical experience.
• Some Java 8.
• Spring Boot.
• Selenium.
• Playwright (critical).
• Rest Assured library for webservices.
• JavaScript for Playwright.
• Familiarity with UI automation tools/Cucumber.
• AWS (plus).
• Oracle/Postgres DB, PL/SQL.

Desired Skills and Experience

• Docker.
• Jenkins.
• Konvoy.
• Kubernetes.
• Master's degree in computer science or related field is a plus.

Customer Requirements

• Clearance - Ability to obtain and hold a public trust position and favorable suitability based on a CBP Background Investigation.
• Location - Hybrid with on-site (Ashburn, VA) visits 2 days per week and if a mission need. All candidates must be within the GWA/commutable area.

Target salary range: $80,001 - $120,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.
SAIC is a premier technology integrator providing full life cycle services and solutions in the technical, engineering, intelligence, and enterprise information technology markets. SAIC is Redefining Ingenuity through its deep customer and domain knowledge to enable the delivery of systems engineering and integration offerings for large, complex projects. SAIC's approximately 15,000 employees are driven by integrity and mission focus to serve customers in the U.S. federal government. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $4.5 billion. For more information, visit saic.com. For information on the benefits SAIC offers, see .