812223 Test Engineer $160,000.00

B4Corp; Bethesda (MD); On-site; USD 144,000 - 176,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401k with employer match

Comprehensive health/dental/vision

Phantom stock and retirement perks

PTO seven weeks per year

Flexible work schedule with comp time

Job summary

B4Corp in Bethesda, MD seeks a Senior Test Engineer with TS/SCI clearance to provide hands-on test and automation support for mission-critical systems. You will develop scripts, evaluate results, and integrate testing within CI/CD pipelines while collaborating with Scrum team members.

This role emphasizes automation, cloud environments (AWS), and DevOps practices; strong Python scripting and experience with QA in SAFe Agile settings are highly valued.

Qualifications

• BS degree or higher with relevant software testing experience.
• 8–12 years for BS or 6–10 years for MS in relevant fields; degree optional per ad.
• Experience testing front-end and back-end systems in Agile environments.
• Strong scripting and test data/script development experience.
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS) and DevOps tooling.

Responsibilities

• Execute and automate functional tests for mission-critical systems.
• Develop and maintain automated test scripts and validation utilities.
• Collaborate with Scrum team to plan testing efforts and acceptance criteria.
• Create end-to-end test narratives and data for test runs.
• Support performance testing and evaluate results with JMeter or similar tools.
• Operate within CI/CD pipelines and cloud development environments.

Skills

Python scripting

Test automation

Agile / Scrum

Communication

Education

BS degree

MS degree

Tools

Selenium

Katalon Studio

JMeter

AWS

Jenkins / CI-CD

Job description

Position Requires a Top Secret (TS/SCI) Clearance with a Polygraph.

Labor Category: Test Engineer

Position Title: Test Engineer

Position Level: Level 3 – Senior

Salary: Up to $160,000.00 per year

Core Hours: 9am to 4pm

Location: Bethesda MD

Description

Position Requires a Top Secret (TS/SCI) Clearance with a Polygraph.

We have a need for a skilled Test Engineer to provide hands‑on test and test automation support to mission critical systems. As a Test Engineer on this program, you will have the opportunity to perform software development to implement scripts, evaluate test results, and feedback loops in a Continuous Integration Continuous Delivery Pipeline. Flexible cross‑training to also provide systems engineering, software development, training, and security is also desired. If you have a solid foundation in software development, a strong interest in quality assurance, and a desire to grow your skills in automation, we encourage you to apply.

Primary Responsibilities

• Participate in program Agile software development initiatives (standup, planning, Increment planning) to support innovation and enhancement of custom applications through iteration/functionality testing
• Participate and collaborate with team members to assess StoryPoint/complexity efforts (using best practices) to ensure proper testing and delivery of functionality per User Story Acceptance Criteria
• Collaborate with team members (Scrum Master, Product Owner, Software Developers) to develop test approaches with emphasis on automation of recurring/regression test cases through selected toolsets
• Develop test validation scripts using program designated languages (ex: Python)
• Develop automated test cases using knowledge of custom Applications through designated GUI/COTS products (ex: Selenium and Katalon Studio)
• Leverage DevOps practices to ensure repeatability and Configuration Management of test cases/scripts are maintained the continuously improved
• Develop and document end-to-end functionality test case narratives using task management system (JIRA/Confluence)
• Generate test data and identify use/corner cases required to meet User Story/Customer needs
• Support performance testing/evaluation activities using tools such as Jmeter
• Perform job duties within Commercial cloud development environments

Details

Labor Category: Test Engineer

Position Title: Test Engineer

Position Level: Level 3 – Senior

Salary: Up to $160,000.00 per year

Core Hours: 9am to 4pm

Location: Bethesda MD

Mandatory Requirements

• Developmental (0-2 years’ experience)
• Full Performance (3-5 years’ experience)
• Senior (6-10 years’ experience)
• Expert (11-15 years’ experience)
• SME (16+ years’ experience)
• Ability to test both back-end applications processes in addition to front end
• Significant experience with scripting languages (ex: Python) to automate tasks
• Significant experience in test data/script development
• Knowledge of or direct experience with software performance testing practices
• Direct experience with creation, authoring, execution and documentation of test cases/result sets for software products in an agile cadence
• Significant experience working/testing within Commercial Cloud Platforms (ex: AWS) and DevOps tools
• Demonstrated ability to work within collaborative environment to execute test cases complimentary to development efforts
• Significant experience working in a SAFe Agile and DevOps development environment and tempo
• Excellent communication skills (written and verbal)
• Candidate must have BS degree with 8-12 years of prior relevant experience or MS 6-10 years of prior relevant experience
• Will consider experience in lieu of a degree

Optional Requirements

Experience with administration of MS Windows Server or Linux environments (Lab or Personal development space)

• Experience reviewing output of CI jobs and capable of tracking test failures back to code changes that resulted in bugs
• Capable of review code check-ins to understand the impact of code changes on system functionality and potential applications bugs.
• Direct experience with AWS environments

B4CORP Company Information

B4Corp is a small defense contracting company that focuses on providing an optimum environment for mission-focused, highly skilled consultants to support the United States of America’s intelligence community and other defense organizations. B4Corp provides a low overhead, highly efficient, high salary environment that allows employees to excel at meeting the client’s needs. B4Corp is looking for information technology professionals that have a high sense of personal responsibility, self‑motivation, and mission drive.

B4Corp’s dedication and care for its employees is reflected in our outstanding compensation and benefits package. B4Corp’s benefits reflect the company’s policy of putting the employees first. B4Corp’s maximum flexibility comp / makeup time policy, along with the company’s cafeteria-style benefit plan that allows employees to maximize their Benefit Dollars, reflects B4Corp’s commitment to its employees.

Compensation

• Outstanding Salaries

Retirement

• Full Vanguard 401k Plan – Featuring a full scope of investment options – 100% employer matched contribution up to 6% of employee’s salary – Ability to max out 401k savings $57k ($63.5k if over 50)
• Employees receive B4Corp phantom stock each year (2-year vesting period)

Insurance

• Medical – United Health Care (UHC) (multiple plan options)
• Dental – United Concordia (UC) Flex Plan
• Vision – Vision Service Plan Insurance Co (VSP) Signature Plans
• Mutual of Omaha short-term disability (60% of salary up to $2,000.00/week)
• Mutual of Omaha long-term disability (60% of salary up to $10,000.00/month)
• Mutual of Omaha life insurance ($200,000.00)

Employee Referral Bonus

• Refer a friend or a coworker and receive $3,000 per year for every year the person works for B4CORP

Paid Time Off (PTO)

• Seven weeks of leave per year (including ten federal holidays)
• Flexible work schedule with comp time (with customer approval)

B4Corp is an EEO and e-Verify employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation or national origin. Please take the time to review and complete these three voluntary identification forms if you choose to do so and email them to [e-mail].