Automation Test Engineer - Federal Program, Hybrid

Improvix Technologies, Inc.; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Improvix Technologies, Inc. is seeking an Automation Tester in Washington, DC for a federal program. This hands-on role focuses on building and maintaining a robust automation framework, executing tests, and ensuring quality before releases.

You will own test automation, work in a hybrid environment (3 days onsite, 2 remote), and collaborate with government stakeholders. Active Secret clearance is required, with growth within a mission-driven team.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of software testing experience, including automated tests.
• 2+ years writing and maintaining automated tests using Playwright, Cypress or Selenium.
• Experience building or extending an automation framework — Page Object Model, data-driven, or BDD with Cucumber and Gherkin.
• Working knowledge of CI tooling: GitLab or similar tools.
• Experience across the full STLC — test planning, design, execution, defect tracking, and reporting in Agile/Scrum.
• Defect management in Jira with precise reproduction steps.
• Clear communication with developers, business analysts, and government stakeholders.
• U.S. citizenship and an active Secret clearance.
• Ability to work onsite in Washington, DC (Foggy Bottom) three days per week.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain automated test scripts using automation frameworks like Playwright, Cypress, Selenium.
• Extend and maintain the automation framework — POM, data-driven, modular, and BDD with Cucumber/Gherkin.
• Integrate automated suites into the CI/CD pipeline so regression runs on every build.
• Triage failures to distinguish defects from environment issues and flaky locators.
• Review user stories and acceptance criteria to craft traceable test scenarios.
• Execute functional, smoke, integration, system, and regression tests.
• Log defects in Jira with precise reproduction steps and close verification.
• Work onsite at Foggy Bottom three days a week for sprint ceremonies and testing.

Skills

Test automation

Playwright

Cypress

Selenium

CI/CD experience

Jira

BDD with Cucumber & Gherkin

Communication

On-site collaboration

Defect triage

Tools

Playwright

Cypress

Selenium

GitLab CI/CD

Jira

Cucumber & Gherkin

Page Object Model

Job description

Improvix Technologies, Inc. is seeking an Automation Tester in Washington, DC for a federal program. This hands-on role focuses on building and maintaining a robust automation framework, executing tests, and ensuring quality before releases.

You will own test automation, work in a hybrid environment (3 days onsite, 2 remote), and collaborate with government stakeholders. Active Secret clearance is required, with growth within a mission-driven team.