Mid-Level Test Engineer - DHS

cFocus Software Incorporated; United States; Remote; USD 95,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

cFocus Software seeks a Mid-Level Test Engineer to join our DHS program. This remote role requires a Public Trust Clearance and focuses on comprehensive testing across geospatial, web, cloud, and data-intensive apps.

You will develop risk-based tests, automate where possible, validate APIs and services, and coordinate with security teams to ensure compliance with DHS requirements. Strong collaboration and technical writing are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or master's degree in IT, CS, Geography or related field.
• 5+ years of software/test experience with emphasis on testing web, enterprise, cloud geospatial apps.
• Experience developing test plans, manuals, automation, traceability, data, and defect reports.
• Functional, integration, end-to-end, regression, system, operational, security, performance, and UAT testing.
• Automation experience using C#, Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, Selenium, Playwright, Cypress, pytest, NUnit, xUnit.
• Experience with Jira, Confluence, Git/GitLab, CI/CD pipelines and Agile/Scrum delivery.
• Ability to validate APIs, REST services, databases, data pipelines, and cloud components.
• Strong analytics, troubleshooting, technical writing and collaboration skills.
• Ability to satisfy DHS suitability and security requirements.
• Experience with ESRI Portal/ArcGIS Suite, dashboards, web maps, geodatabases, geospatial services.
• Experience testing .NET/C#, AWS-hosted systems, REST APIs, data ingestion, and real-time solutions.
• Knowledge of 508/WCAG accessibility testing and DHS security environments.
• Experience with performance/load tools, API-test tools, test-management platforms, security testing.

Responsibilities

• Develop risk-based test strategies, plans, schedules, and criteria for new/modified GCIS capabilities.
• Derive test criteria from business, functional, technical and performance requirements.
• Maintain traceability among requirements, Jira stories, acceptance criteria, tests, defects, and releases.
• Identify test environments, tools, data, interfaces, risks, and stakeholder participation.
• Review requirements and designs for clarity, testability, and measurable acceptance criteria.
• Develop and maintain manual and automated tests for geospatial apps, dashboards, data services, and integrations.
• Create reusable automated regression tests to improve coverage and release confidence.
• Support ESRI APIs/SDKs, ArcGIS JavaScript, Experience Builder, Python, and REST services testing.
• Develop test data covering boundary, negative, security, accessibility and performance conditions.
• Maintain automation code and test assets in GitLab or DHS-approved repos.
• Conduct various tests including functional, integration, end-to-end, regression, smoke, and UAT.
• Verify geospatial functions: map rendering, layers, dashboards, geodatabases, and workflows.
• Validate integrations with enterprise systems, APIs, databases, and identity services.
• Execute tests in development, staging, preproduction, and production-support contexts.

Skills

Test planning

Automation testing

Geospatial testing

API validation

Analytical thinking

Cross-functional collaboration

Security/compliance awareness

Technical writing

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in IT/CS/Geography or related field

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Git/GitLab

CI/CD pipelines

Selenium

Playwright

Cypress

pytest

NUnit

xUnit

ArcGIS API for JavaScript

ArcGIS Enterprise

Esri Experience Builder

AWS

REST APIs

Job description

cFocus Software seeks a Mid-Level Test Engineer to join our program supporting the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). This position is remote. This position requires a Public Trust Clearance.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in IT, Computer Science, Geography or a related field.
• 5+ years of software/system testing or quality-engineering experience, including at least three years testing web, enterprise, cloud, geospatial, data-intensive, or mission-support applications.
• Demonstrated experience developing comprehensive test plans, manual and automated test cases, traceability, test data, execution evidence, defect reports, results, and recommendations.
• Experience performing functional, integration, end-to-end, regression, system, operational, security, performance, and user-acceptance-support testing.
• Experience with test automation using a language or framework such as C#, Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, Selenium, Playwright, Cypress, pytest, NUnit, xUnit, or comparable tools.
• Experience with Jira, Confluence, Git/GitLab, CI/CD pipelines, controlled environments, and Agile/Scrum delivery.
• Ability to validate APIs, REST services, databases, data pipelines, identity/access functions, cloud components, and enterprise integrations.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, technical-writing, organization, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Ability to satisfy DHS suitability, background-investigation, Entry on Duty, security, and system-access requirements for the assigned position
• Experience testing ESRI Portal/ArcGIS Enterprise, ArcGIS Online, Experience Builder, ArcGIS API for JavaScript, dashboards, web maps, geodatabases, or geospatial services.
• Experience testing .NET/C# applications, Python/Notebook automation, AWS-hosted systems, REST APIs, automated data ingestion, or real-time situational‑awareness solutions.
• Knowledge of Section 508/WCAG accessibility testing and tools, secure-software testing, vulnerability validation, DHS 4300A, or federal authorization environments.
• Experience with performance/load tools, API-test tools, test-management platforms, static/dynamic security testing, or automated accessibility testing.
• ISTQB, Certified Software Test Engineer (CSTE), Agile testing, accessibility, cloud, security, or relevant ESRI certification.

Duties:

• Develop risk-based test strategies, test plans, schedules, entry and exit criteria, test scenarios, test cases, test scripts, datasets, and expected results for new and modified GCIS capabilities.
• Derive test criteria from documented business, functional, technical, operational, security, accessibility, interface, and performance requirements and applicable KPP thresholds/objectives.
• Maintain bidirectional traceability among requirements, Jira stories, acceptance criteria, test cases, defects, evidence, results, and release decisions.
• Identify test dependencies, environments, accounts, tools, data, interfaces, risks, constraints, and stakeholder participation needed for successful execution.
• Review requirements and designs for clarity, completeness, testability, consistency, and measurable acceptance criteria; document gaps and recommend corrections before implementation
• Develop new and maintain existing manual and automated test cases for geospatial applications, web maps, dashboards, data services, scripts, integrations, identity/access functions, and operational workflows.
• Create reusable automated regression tests that improve coverage, repeatability, speed, and release confidence while following approved coding and configuration-management practices.
• Support .NET/C#, ESRI APIs/SDKs, ArcGIS JavaScript, Experience Builder, Python, Notebook Server, REST services, and AWS-hosted solution testing using appropriate frameworks and tools.
• Develop representative test data covering common, boundary, negative, error‑handling, security, permission, data-quality, accessibility, and performance conditions.
• Maintain automation code, test assets, configurations, dependencies, and execution instructions in GitLab or other DHS-approved repositories.
• Conduct developmental and operational testing and execute functional, integration, end-to-end, system, regression, smoke, usability, data, interface, and user-acceptance-support tests.
• Verify geospatial functions such as map rendering, layer behavior, symbology, pop‑ups, labeling, spatial analysis, geocoding, data ingestion, publishing, dashboards, and situational‑awareness workflows.
• Validate integrations with enterprise systems, APIs, REST services, databases, identity services, cloud components, data feeds, and other approved interfaces.
• Execute tests in approved development, staging, preproduction, and production‑support contexts while protecting operational services and test data.
• Capture complete, reproducible evidence including actual results, logs, screenshots, timestamps, environment/configuration details, data inputs, and pass/fail determinations
• Develop and execute tests that confirm system integrity, security controls, access behavior, sensitive‑data handling, and compliance with DHS MD 4300A and other applicable requirements.
• Coordinate with the ISSO, developers, administrators, and security teams to validate vulnerability corrections, patches, configuration changes, and security‑relevant release requirements.
• Perform or support Section 508 accessibility testing for delivered information and communications technology and document findings, evidence, remediation needs, and retest results.
• Validate IPv6 and/or dual‑stack IPv6/IPv4 behavior for applicable application designs, interfaces, services, and integrations in accordance with SOW requirements.
• Ensure testing activities, evidence, and reports comply with DHS test‑and‑evaluation, cybersecurity, privacy, records, configuration‑management, and safeguarding requirements