Remote SDET: Automate Testing for Federal Cloud

GovCIO; Helena (MT); Remote; USD 62,000 - 96,000; Full time

Job summary

GovCIO is seeking a Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) to join cross-functional teams delivering federal digital services on AWS GovCloud. The role is remote within the Continental United States (CONUS) and requires automation-first testing across the software lifecycle.

You will design, implement, and maintain automated tests for frontend and API services, building test strategies for stories, sprints, and releases while collaborating with DevOps and QA teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• U.S. citizen or permanent resident.
• 2–5 years of related SDET/test automation experience.
• Experience with Cypress or Playwright and API testing.
• Experience AWS environments (S3, CloudWatch).
• Strong Scrum/Agile testing experience.
• Ability to write and execute test plans and cases.

Responsibilities

• Designs, develops, and implements testing methods and equipment to ensure that the product will perform to specifications.
• Plans and arranges the labor, schedules, and equipment required for testing and evaluating the product.
• Designs test cases for test plans and creates test scenarios in which tests are carried out.
• Automates test processes and reports test results and metrics.
• Participates in sprint planning and ensures acceptance criteria are testable.

Skills

Test automation

Automated REST API testing

SQL for data validation

Python scripting

AWS experience

Agile / Scrum

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Cypress

Playwright

Postman

Locust

Amazon S3

CloudWatch

Jira

Xray

Confluence

Job description

GovCIO is seeking a Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) to join cross-functional teams delivering federal digital services on AWS GovCloud. The role is remote within the Continental United States (CONUS) and requires automation-first testing across the software lifecycle.

You will design, implement, and maintain automated tests for frontend and API services, building test strategies for stories, sprints, and releases while collaborating with DevOps and QA teams.