Remote QA Automation Engineer – DevSecOps Testing

Peraton; Reston (VA); Remote; USD 80,000 - 128,000; Full time

Job summary

Peraton is seeking a Quality Assurance Automation Engineer to join the BASIS program team. This role emphasizes automation-first QA across the full deployment pipeline, supporting Agile sprints and a Government-managed DevSecOps process.

You will develop, execute, and maintain automated tests, collaborate with senior engineers, and ensure high-quality releases. The position is remote and requires DoD quality standards compliance, security clearances, and experience with test automation

Qualifications

• Foundational understanding of test automation principles and experience writing automated test scripts in at least one automation framework or scripting language.
• Experience in software quality assurance, test automation, or software testing roles.
• Familiarity with Agile/Scrum development methodologies and DevSecOps principles.
• Basic experience with defect tracking tools, preferably JIRA.

Responsibilities

• Develop, implement, and maintain automated test scripts for unit, integration, and end-to-end functional testing in accordance with Agile sprint schedules and program quality standards.
• Ensure all automated test cases are executable by the end of each Agile sprint and delivered for incorporation into the Government-managed DevSecOps pipeline.
• Support the program's Test-Driven Development (TDD) methodology by writing test cases prior to code development in collaboration with software developers.
• Analyze the current state of test automation coverage and contribute to the Test Automation State Assessment Report and automation completion project plan.
• Automate adjacent legacy test cases per Government-approved schedule to expand overall regression test coverage across the DEERS application portfolio.

Skills

Test automation principles

QA automation experience

Agile/Scrum

DevSecOps understanding

Education

Bachelor's degree in a related field

Tools

Selenium

JUnit

TestNG

Python

Java

Job description

Peraton is seeking a Quality Assurance Automation Engineer to join the BASIS program team. This role emphasizes automation-first QA across the full deployment pipeline, supporting Agile sprints and a Government-managed DevSecOps process.

You will develop, execute, and maintain automated tests, collaborate with senior engineers, and ensure high-quality releases. The position is remote and requires DoD quality standards compliance, security clearances, and experience with test automation