Senior Software Test Engineer
$96,700–$140,000 year
On-siteArlington, Virginia, United States
Job Summary
Develop and execute comprehensive manual functional, user-acceptance, regression, and performance tests to assess software product quality. Evaluate custom web applications, distributed architectures, and interoperable data streams as a unified ecosystem. Assist in implementing automated testing frameworks and contribute to strategies verifying AI-assisted code development integrity. Detect, document, and track defects while collaborating with engineering teams to reproduce and troubleshoot issues. Establish testing processes aligned with strategic operational timelines and program milestones. Requires TS/SCI clearance, 5+ years of testing experience, and on-site work at Arlington headquarters 4-5 days per week.
Required Qualifications
- 5+ years of software testing experience
- exposure to web automation tools (e.g., Selenium, Playwright, Cypress, etc.)
- 3+ years of experience with backend API testing, integration testing, and functional testing
- Solid understanding of networking concepts, distributed systems, and cross-network data flows
- Experience with UNIX / LINUX-based operating systems
- Experience with SQL or other relational/non-relational database technologies
- Familiarity with, or a strong interest in, modern development workflows using AI-assisted coding tools and methods for verifying code integrity
- Experience testing complex, data-heavy systems or interoperable data streams
- Solid grasp of technical writing and documentation
- Bachelor's degree in a relevant field, or comparable professional experience
- Eligible to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI security clearance
Desired Qualifications
- Military cyber experience, networking experience, or understanding of common military, cyber, and networking vernacular
- Familiarity with AI development and testing capabilities
- Familiarity with virtualization or cloud technologies such as Docker, vSphere, Ansible, or AWS
- Understanding of the Agile Software Development Life Cycle
- Experience refining low-level testing or configuration scripts using Bash, Python, or Javascript
- Experience with creating automated tests for geospatial libraries such as OpenLayers and CesiumJS
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