AI-Driven QA Engineer & SDET — Remote & Cloud CI/CD

Eliassen Group; Providence (RI); Remote; USD 69,000 - 96,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) with company match

Life insurance

Job summary

Eliassen Group seeks a QA Engineer/SDET for a contract engagement. The role focuses on CI/CD‑integrated automated testing of cloud-native Java services, with AI‑driven test-script generation and robust security validation.

Responsibilities include developing automated test scripts, debugging issues, and collaborating with Agile teams across Dev/Test/Ops. Remote work with federal security requirements apply; W2 benefits are provided.

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.
• Familiarity with 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

Test automation

CI/CD testing

AI-assisted testing

Playwright/JUnit/TestNG

Kubernetes testing

Security testing

AWS cloud

On‑prem to AWS

NIST/FISMA compliance

Linux/Java environments

Troubleshooting in cloud/lab

Scaled Agile communication

Tools

GitLab

Tekton

Argo CD

Job description

Eliassen Group seeks a QA Engineer/SDET for a contract engagement. The role focuses on CI/CD‑integrated automated testing of cloud-native Java services, with AI‑driven test-script generation and robust security validation.

Responsibilities include developing automated test scripts, debugging issues, and collaborating with Agile teams across Dev/Test/Ops. Remote work with federal security requirements apply; W2 benefits are provided.