Test Engineer
$100,000–$115,000 year
HybridArlington, Virginia, United States
Job Summary
Build and maintain automated test suites for functional, regression, and smoke testing targeting web UIs and REST APIs using Selenium, Cypress, and JUnit. Automate validation of service contracts, error handling, and data transformations while verifying MuleSoft flows across System, API, and Process layers. Log, prioritize, and validate defect fixes in Azure DevOps and Jira, providing clear reproduction steps and supporting evidence. Create deterministic test data, stubs, and environment configurations; manage secrets securely and ensure test repeatability. Integrate tests into CI/CD pipelines and contribute to pull-request quality gates. Author test runners and Docker files; execute suites inside Docker and assist with Kubernetes job orchestration for parallel test runs. Capture structured logs and traces, triage failures, and support root-cause analysis with engineers. Maintain living test plans, suites, and dashboards; publish sprint quality reports and release readiness summaries.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field
- Active DOD Secret Clearance
- Minimum of 4+ years of experience as a Test Engineer or QA Engineer
- Hands-on experience with automated testing frameworks (Selenium/Cypress, Postman/Newman, JUnit/NUnit, and/or Jest)
- Experience testing REST APIs and web applications across .NET, Java, and/or Node/NestJS stacks
- Experience with defect tracking and test management tools (Azure DevOps and/or Jira)
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps/GitHub Actions) and shift-left quality practices
- Exposure to MuleSoft Anypoint Platform or other enterprise integration testing
- Exposure to containerized test execution (Docker, Kubernetes)
- Exposure to observability tooling (OpenTelemetry, App Insights)
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to triage complex failures and drive root-cause analysis
- Strong written and verbal communication skills; able to clearly document findings and collaborate across development, BA, and platform teams
- Demonstrated ability to learn and adapt quickly in evolving technical environments
- Hybrid - Onsite, Arlington, VA; onsite 1-2 days/week and as needed
Desired Qualifications
- Exposure to MuleSoft Anypoint Platform or other enterprise integration testing
- Exposure to containerized test execution (Docker, Kubernetes)
- Exposure to observability tooling (OpenTelemetry, App Insights)
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