Test Automation Engineer with Security Clearance

Test Automation Engineer Location: Chantilly, VA 20151 Clearance: Active TS/SCI with CI Poly (FS Poly may satisfy where accepted by the customer) Certifications: Required; Security+ CE at minimum where applicable, or other certification aligned to the assigned DoD 8140 work role

Position Summary
The Test Automation Engineer will lead automated testing for complex enterprise, cloud, and hybrid capabilities supporting a secure government environment. The role is responsible for designing scalable automation frameworks, integrating testing into CI/CD workflows, analyzing results, and ensuring system quality through disciplined functional, regression, integration, performance, and load testing.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, maintain, and execute automated test solutions for complex cloud, infrastructure, and enterprise application environments.
• Build and enhance reusable automation frameworks supporting functional, regression, integration, performance, and load testing.
• Develop automated test scripts using tools and languages such as Selenium, Cucumber, Bash, PowerShell, Ansible, and Groovy/Jenkins.
• Analyze automated test results, isolate defects, identify root causes, and partner with engineering teams to drive resolution.
• Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines and establish repeatable quality gates for iterative releases.
• Develop test plans, test cases, traceability, test evidence, and technical documentation suitable for secure government environments.
• Decompose testing work into Agile/Jira stories and participate in sprint planning, reviews, and retrospectives.
• Apply security requirements and engineering rigor throughout the testing lifecycle. Required Qualifications
• 10+ years of relevant professional experience.
• Bachelor’s degree (STEM degree not required for Test Engineer positions).
• Current DoD 8140 qualification/certification appropriate to the assigned DCWF work role and proficiency level. Acceptable examples for this position may include: CompTIA Security+ CE, CompTIA CySA+, CompTIA SecurityX (formerly CASP+), ISC2 SSCP, ISC2 CISSP. Final acceptability is subject to the current DoD 8140 Qualification Matrix and prime contractor/customer work-role requirements.
• Current and active TS/SCI clearance with CI Polygraph. Mandatory at time of submission.
• 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 versus 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 Qualifications

• 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. Core Competencies
• Test strategy and automation architecture
• Quality engineering and analytical problem solving
• CI/CD test integration
• Secure-environment testing
• Technical documentation and cross-functional collaboration Work Environment

Work is performed in support of a secure U.S. Government program and may require on-site access to controlled facilities, customer systems, and classified environments. The successful candidate must maintain all required clearance, access, cybersecurity certification, and program eligibility requirements throughout the assignment.
Position 13 | Sr. Automated Test Engineer