Mid-Level Test Engineer – CI/CD Automation & QA

Leidos Inc; Tucson (AZ); On-site; USD 87,100 - 157,450; Full time

Job summary

Leidos is seeking a Mid-Level Test Engineer to support the Chinook Program for an Intelligence Community customer. You will design and execute test strategies within an Agile Scrum team, integrating automated and manual tests to deliver reliable, secure software for national security missions.

The role emphasizes DevSecOps practices, cross-functional collaboration with software engineers and product managers, and continuous improvement of testing processes across CI/CD pipelines.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Lead planning, design, development, and execution of comprehensive test strategies across multiple Agile sprints.
• Design, develop, and maintain automated and manual test cases for new and existing capabilities.
• Collaborate daily with software engineers, product managers, system engineers, and Scrum Masters to define acceptance criteria and ensure quality is built into every release.
• Perform functional, integration, regression, system, and end-to-end testing.
• Validate application performance, reliability, security, and usability.
• Identify, document, prioritize, and track software defects through resolution.
• Support CI/CD pipelines by integrating automated testing into deployment workflows.
• Analyze test results, communicate risks, and provide recommendations that improve software quality.
• Contribute to continuous process improvement initiatives that enhance Agile team effectiveness.

Skills

Automation testing

Agile/Scrum

Communication

Problem solving

Education

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

Master's degree (optional) in related field

Tools

Cypress

Playwright

Postman

REST Assured

Jenkins

GitLab

Azure DevOps

Jira

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Leidos is seeking a Mid-Level Test Engineer to support the Chinook Program for an Intelligence Community customer. You will design and execute test strategies within an Agile Scrum team, integrating automated and manual tests to deliver reliable, secure software for national security missions.

The role emphasizes DevSecOps practices, cross-functional collaboration with software engineers and product managers, and continuous improvement of testing processes across CI/CD pipelines.