Automation Test Engineer - Agile, Selenium & CI/CD

Peraton; Herndon (VA); On-site; USD 80,000 - 128,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

Life Insurance

HSA

Disability (short/long)

EAP

Parental Leave

401(k)

PTO

Job summary

Peraton is seeking an Automation Test Engineer to join our team in Herndon, VA. You will work within an Agile team to design, develop, and execute automated tests using modern frameworks (Selenium, Playwright, Cypress or similar).

You will validate APIs, web services, and system integrations while maintaining test scripts and engineering artifacts. The role requires strong collaboration and problem-solving skills, experience in TDD and CI/CD pipelines, and a secret clearance eligibility.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required and 5+ years of experience.
• Experience in functional and performance testing.
• Ability to program in Java, Python, or JavaScript.
• Familiar with CI/CD pipelines (GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, Jenkins).
• Experience with agile testing including TDD.

Responsibilities

• Plan and develop automated test scripts in an Agile Team.
• Create, execute, and maintain automated tests with Selenium, Playwright, Cypress or similar.
• Generate engineering artifacts using established standards and tools.
• Maintain a Kanban board and report status in standups.
• Collaborate with developers and testers to validate APIs, web services and integrations.

Skills

Automation testing

Agile testing

Problem solving

APIs testing

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Selenium

Playwright

Cypress

GitLab CI

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

SQL

Job description

Peraton is seeking an Automation Test Engineer to join our team in Herndon, VA. You will work within an Agile team to design, develop, and execute automated tests using modern frameworks (Selenium, Playwright, Cypress or similar).

You will validate APIs, web services, and system integrations while maintaining test scripts and engineering artifacts. The role requires strong collaboration and problem-solving skills, experience in TDD and CI/CD pipelines, and a secret clearance eligibility.