Automated Test Engineer

Brandes Associates, Inc.; California (MD); Hybrid; USD 160,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Brandes Associates, Inc. is looking for an Automated Test Engineer to support the TEALMISSILE program in Annapolis Junction, MD. The role requires strong skills in developing automated test suites, collaboration with Agile teams, and ensuring software quality.

The ideal candidate should have extensive experience in automation, JavaScript, and understanding of CI/CD pipelines. This position offers potential remote work options and requires an active Top Secret Clearance.

Qualifications

• 4+ years' experience as a Test Engineer.
• Experience designing and maintaining automated tests.
• Familiarity with automated testing tools.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain automated UI and API test scripts.
• Execute automated test suites and analyze results.
• Collaborate with the Agile team for test coverage.

Skills

Cypress

JavaScript

RESTful APIs

Agile methodologies

Education

Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university

Tools

Git

Jira

Confluence

Job description

Automated Test Engineer

Job Locations: US-MD

Overview

BAI, a defense contractor, is seeking an Automated Test Engineer to support TEALMISSILE in Annapolis Junction, MD. The ideal candidate is detail-oriented, passionate about software quality, and has a strong background in developing robust automated test suites. This role involves close collaboration with a cross‑functional Agile team of software developers, system engineers, and product owners to validate functional enhancements and support the ongoing modernization of authoring and dissemination tools.

Salary

The typical annual salary range for this position is $160,000 USD to $200,000 USD. Salary will be based on current qualifications, directly related experience, geographic location, and possible contractual requirements which could fall outside of this range.

Responsibilities

• Shall have a minimum of four (4) years' experience as a Test Engineer in test engineering or integration of modern hardware/software systems
• Shall be proficient in the development and implementation of test strategies, plans, traceability matrices, procedures, and reports
• Shall have familiarity with automated test methods and automated test tools
• Shall have a minimum of two (2) years of requirements analysis experience and must be fully trained or have experience in testing of systems at the component, integration, system, or end‑to‑end levels
• Shall have experience in writing test cases and writing discrepancy reports
• Shall have experience in basic UNIX, DOS, and Windows commands and basic understanding of capturing snapshots
• Test Automation Design & Development: Independently design, develop, and maintain high‑quality, scalable automated UI and API test scripts utilizing Cypress
• Test Execution & Reporting: Execute automated test suites, analyze results, troubleshoot failures, and comprehensively document defects and testing metrics
• Integration & Delivery: Partner with DevOps and software engineers to integrate automated testing seamlessly into the CI/CD pipeline (e.g., GitLab CI/CD) to ensure continuous quality and rapid feedback
• Collaboration: Participate actively in Agile ceremonies (sprint planning, demos) and work with the team to understand functional requirements and ensure comprehensive test coverage for all new features and bug fixes
• Work location is a combination of 135 National Business Parkway, Annapolis Junction, MD and up to 2 days per week of telework as project tasking allows

Qualifications

Required Technical Skills

• Proven experience designing, writing, and maintaining automated tests using Cypress
• Proficiency in JavaScript or TypeScript for test script development
• Experience testing modern web applications, RESTful microservices, and APIs
• Strong understanding of software QA methodologies, tools, and processes
• Practical experience with Agile software development methodologies and collaboration tools such as Jira and Confluence
• Experience with version control systems (Git)

Desired Technical Skills

• Experience configuring and integrating automated tests within CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitLab CI/CD)
• Familiarity with Cloud‑based architecture and deployment (Amazon Web Services)
• Basic understanding of containerization (Docker) to test applications in consistent environments
• Familiarity with domain knowledge surrounding government agency reporting and dissemination policies
• Shall have familiarity with two or more of the skills and technologies listed in Table 1

Table 1 - Desired Skills and Technologies

Skills: Front End UI Development, Middle‑Tier Development, Back‑End Development, Full Stack Development, Agile Software Development Practices, API Principles, Artificial Intelligence, ABAC, Automated Testing, Cloud Analytics, Cloud‑based System Administration, Containerization, CI/CD, Data Modeling, DevOps, Distributed Web Applications, Firewall Administration, IaaS, Kanban, LLM, Machine Learning, Microservices, Monitoring and Alerting, Network Engineering, Recommender Services, Relational Databases, RBAC, Scripting, SOA, Systems Engineering, Technical Documentation, User Accessibility, Virtual Machines, Web Services.

Commercial Technologies: Accumulo, ActiveMQ, Akka, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Angular, Ansible, Apache, Apache NiFi, Apollo, Artemis, ASP.NET, Backbone.js, Bash, Bootstrap, Cassandra, CentOS, CoffeeScript, CSS, Cypress, Docker, Docker Compose, Docker Swarm, Drools, Eclipse, Elasticsearch, ExtJS, Flink, Git, GitLab, Gradle, Grafana, GWT, Hadoop, HAProxy, Hazelcast, Heron, Hibernate, HTML, IDE, Firebug, Java, JavaScript, JBlocks, Jenkins, Jetty, Jira/Confluence, JMS, jQuery, JSON, Kafka, KeyDB, Kibana, Kubernetes, Linux, Logstash, Maven, MongoDB, MySQL, nginx, Node.js, OpenSSL, Oracle, PKI Certificate Administration, Percona, Postgres, Prometheus, Pulsar, Puppet, Python, Rancher, React.js, Redis, RESTful Web Services, SaltStack, Scala, Selenium, SOAP Web Services, Splunk, Spring, Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, Spring MVC, SQL, Squirrel, Storm, Subversion, Swagger, Sybase, Terraform, Terragrunt, Tomcat, Typescript, Vue.js, Web Security, XML, Zookeeper.

Education

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university.

Allowable Substitution

• Four (4) years of additional TE or related experience may be substituted for a Bachelor's degree
• Master's degree can be substituted for two (2) years' experience

Clearance

• Top secret
• We cannot accept CCA candidates for this position, and polygraphs must have been completed within the last seven years

Condition of Employment

Applicant must have an active Top Secret Clearance.

Citizenship

The applicant must have US citizenship at the time of application.

BAI is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other non‑merit based factors made unlawful by federal, state or local laws.