Remote SDET Engineer — AWS GovCloud & Automation

GovCIO; Augusta (ME); Remote; USD 62,000 - 96,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee Assistance Program

Corporate Discounts

Learning & Development platform

Training, Certification Assistance

Referral Bonus Program

Internal Mobility Program

Pet Insurance

Flexible Work Environment

Job summary

GovCIO is hiring a Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) to join cross-functional teams building federal digital services on AWS GovCloud. The role is remote within CONUS, with hands-on automation-first testing across the full test lifecycle.

The SDET will design tests, build automated suites with Cypress/Playwright, and ensure quality from refinement through release, including performance and load testing in a DevOps-enabled CI/CD pipeline.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with 2–5 years of experience or equivalent experience.
• Must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident and CONUS-resident.
• Strong test automation background and experience with Cypress/Playwright.
• Automated REST API testing with Postman; SQL for data validation; Python for scripting.
• Experience testing in AWS environments and CI/CD pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Plan, design, and implement automated tests for stories and sprints.
• Develop and maintain test suites using Cypress/Playwright; integrate with CI/CD in AWS GovCloud.
• Create test data, run functional, regression, API, and end-to-end tests.
• Audit tests and ensure coverage; report defects and metrics.
• Provide daily Jira updates and write own user stories and tasks.

Skills

Clear communication

Ownership & initiative

Test planning

Fast learning

Story/testable criteria

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Cypress

Playwright

Postman

Locust

Jira

Xray

Confluence

Selenium

Job description

GovCIO is hiring a Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) to join cross-functional teams building federal digital services on AWS GovCloud. The role is remote within CONUS, with hands-on automation-first testing across the full test lifecycle.

The SDET will design tests, build automated suites with Cypress/Playwright, and ensure quality from refinement through release, including performance and load testing in a DevOps-enabled CI/CD pipeline.