Expert Software Tester

Location: Sterling, VA

Department: Enterprise IT

Location Type: IN_OFFICE

Employment Type: FULL_TIME

•  Design, develop, and maintain automated test frameworks and test suites to validate complex software systems supporting Intelligence Community mission requirements.
• Develop and execute comprehensive test plans, test cases, and regression strategies to identify defects, validate functionality, and ensure compliance with quality assurance standards.
• Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines to enable continuous validation across development, test, staging, and production environments.
• Evaluate software, hardware, interfaces, and associated documentation to ensure system performance, reliability, and security requirements are met.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies, technical reviews, and formal test readiness reviews throughout the system development life cycle (SDLC), providing actionable feedback to developers and stakeholders.

• 10+ years of experience in software testing and quality assurance.
• Demonstrated experience designing, building, and maintaining automated test frameworks (e.g., Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, REST-assured, PyTest, JUnit, TestNG, Cucumber, or equivalent).
• Strong proficiency in one or more scripting/programming languages commonly used for automation (e.g., Python, Java, JavaScript, C#, or similar).
• Experience integrating automated testing into CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, Bamboo, or similar DevOps platforms.
• Working knowledge of Agile/Scrum methodologies and experience supporting automated testing in iterative development environments.
• Experience testing APIs, microservices, web applications, and/or containerized applications deployed in cloud or hybrid environments (e.g., AWS, Azure, Kubernetes, Docker).
• Familiarity with test management tools and defect tracking systems (e.g., Jira, TestRail, ALM, Azure DevOps) and experience supporting formal verification and validation processes.
• Strong understanding of software quality assurance principles, secure coding/testing practices, and documentation standards in regulated or classified environments.
• US citizenship and an active TS/SCI with Polygraph security clearance required

• ISTQB Certified Tester Certification
• SAFe for Teams Certification