Mid-Level Test Engineer — CI/CD Automation for GEOINT

Leidos; Alexandria (VA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

Leidos is seeking a Mid-Level Test Engineer to join the Chinook Program supporting an Intelligence Community customer. You will work on geospatial intelligence software within an Agile team, developing robust test strategies and automated tests while ensuring quality across releases.

The role emphasizes collaboration with software engineers, product managers, and mission experts, automating testing, and improving processes in a DevSecOps environment.

Qualifications

• US citizenship is required per contract.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology or related field with 4–8 years of experience, or Master’s with 2–6 years.
• 6+ years of software testing or quality engineering experience.
• Experience supporting Agile software development programs.
• Experience creating and executing manual and automated test plans.
• Experience with Cypress, Playwright, or equivalent automated testing tools.
• Experience with API testing using Postman or REST Assured.
• Familiarity with CI/CD tools including Jenkins, GitLab, Azure DevOps.
• Experience with Jira for defect management.
• Ability to communicate results to technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead planning, design, development, and execution of test strategies across multiple sprints.
• Design, develop, and maintain automated and manual test cases.
• Collaborate daily with engineers, product managers, and Scrum Masters on acceptance criteria.
• Perform functional, integration, regression, system, and end-to-end testing.
• Validate performance, reliability, security, and usability of applications.
• Identify, document, and track defects through resolution.
• Support CI/CD pipelines by integrating automated testing into deployment.
• Analyze results, communicate risks, and offer quality improvement recommendations.
• Contribute to continuous process improvements for Agile teams.

Skills

US citizenship

Agile software

Automated testing

Manual testing

Test planning

Cypress

Playwright

Postman

REST Assured

Jenkins

GitLab

Azure DevOps

Jira

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering/IT or related field

Master’s degree in related field

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Postman

REST Assured

Job description

Leidos is seeking a Mid-Level Test Engineer to join the Chinook Program supporting an Intelligence Community customer. You will work on geospatial intelligence software within an Agile team, developing robust test strategies and automated tests while ensuring quality across releases.

The role emphasizes collaboration with software engineers, product managers, and mission experts, automating testing, and improving processes in a DevSecOps environment.