AI-Driven QA Engineer & SDET — Remote

Eliassen Group; Trenton (NJ); Remote; USD 69,000 - 96,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits

401k with company match

Life insurance

Job summary

Eliassen Group is seeking a QA Engineer/SDET on a remote contract basis to support government clients. The role emphasizes CI/CD-integrated automated testing, AI-driven test-script generation, and cloud-native Java services with security and compliance validation.

Candidates must have US citizenship with an active Public Trust clearance and be eligible to work on a W-2. The position includes benefits and opportunities to work across Linux, AWS, Kubernetes, and OpenShift environments.

Qualifications

• Test automation at scale with standards, methods, and QA systems.
• CI/CD-integrated automated testing using tools such as GitLab, Tekton, or Argo CD.
• AI-assisted testing for coding, requirements, test creation, debugging, and analysis.
• Hands-on with Playwright, JUnit/TestNG, REST and contract testing, and performance testing.
• Container and Kubernetes test harnesses across Amazon ECS, Amazon EKS, and Red Hat OpenShift.
• Security and compliance testing, including SAST/DAST/SCA/IaC scanning and policy-as-code.
• Experience in AWS, including multi-account/VPC patterns and segmentation.
• On-prem to AWS migration experience for containerized workloads and data tiers.
• FISMA High and FedRAMP High practices, STIGs, and NIST 800-53 controls.
• Linux proficiency and experience with Java-based application environments.
• Strong troubleshooting and debugging in cloud and lab environments.
• Effective communication within Scaled Agile teams.

Responsibilities

• Perform software testing across unit, integration, end-to-end, performance, and security domains.
• Develop test plans and create automated test scripts integrated into CI/CD pipelines.
• Lead AI-driven test-script generation and maintenance using modern AI tooling.
• Debug software issues, analyze failures, and determine root causes.
• Execute feature testing for cloud-native Java services on ECS, EKS, and OpenShift.
• Validate environments across Dev, Test, and Ops and manage lab setups.
• Integrate security and compliance testing, including SAST, DAST, and control validation.
• Collaborate directly with developers within Agile teams.
• Support continuous monitoring and evidence generation for ATO.

Skills

CI/CD testing

Playwright

JUnit/TestNG

REST testing

Performance testing

Kubernetes

AWS experience

FISMA/NIST controls

Linux

Agile communication

AI-assisted testing

Tools

GitLab

Tekton

Argo CD

Playwright

Job description

Eliassen Group is seeking a QA Engineer/SDET on a remote contract basis to support government clients. The role emphasizes CI/CD-integrated automated testing, AI-driven test-script generation, and cloud-native Java services with security and compliance validation.

Candidates must have US citizenship with an active Public Trust clearance and be eligible to work on a W-2. The position includes benefits and opportunities to work across Linux, AWS, Kubernetes, and OpenShift environments.