Hybrid Software QA Engineer — CI/CD, Kubernetes, Automation

Sealing Technologies, a Parsons Company; Columbia (MD); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, and vision insurance

Retirement contributions

Continuing education budgets

Tuition reimbursement

Flexible schedules

Generous vacation policies

Snack and catered lunches

Company retreats and gatherings

Pet friendly offices

Quarterly merit bonuses

Job summary

Sealing Technologies, a Parsons Company, seeks an experienced Software Quality Control Engineer to own software quality across the delivery pipeline in Columbia, MD. You will build and maintain automation, testing, and release validation, integrating quality controls into build and deployment processes within containerized infrastructure.

Responsibilities include designing automated test coverage in CI/CD, deploying on Kubernetes clusters, writing Ansible playbooks, and leading root cause

Qualifications

• U.S. Citizenship.
• 8 years of software quality engineering, test automation, DevOps, or platform engineering.
• Experience with Kubernetes, including cluster setup and workload deployment.
• Experience writing and maintaining Ansible playbooks and roles.
• Experience building CI/CD pipelines with GitLab CI and/or GitHub Actions.
• Containerizing applications using Docker or similar tooling.
• Proficiency in Python or Bash scripting.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain automated test coverage integrated into CI/CD pipelines.
• Build and manage CI/CD pipelines using GitLab CI and/or GitHub Actions.
• Deploy, validate, and troubleshoot workloads across Kubernetes clusters.
• Write and maintain Ansible playbooks and roles for automation and deployment.
• Establish and enforce quality standards, test strategy, and release criteria.
• Execute functional, integration, regression, and performance testing across environments.
• Identify, document, and track defects; lead root cause analysis and corrective actions.
• Develop and maintain quality metrics, test coverage reporting, and release readiness.
• Mentor engineers on testing practices, automation standards, and QA methodology.

Skills

Python

Bash

Root cause analysis

Defect tracking

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or related field

Tools

Kubernetes

Ansible

GitLab CI

GitHub Actions

Docker

pytest

Selenium

Playwright

Robot Framework

Jira

Confluence

Job description

Sealing Technologies, a Parsons Company, seeks an experienced Software Quality Control Engineer to own software quality across the delivery pipeline in Columbia, MD. You will build and maintain automation, testing, and release validation, integrating quality controls into build and deployment processes within containerized infrastructure.

Responsibilities include designing automated test coverage in CI/CD, deploying on Kubernetes clusters, writing Ansible playbooks, and leading root cause