SDET: Test & Automation Engineer (Remote)

State of Washington; Olympia (WA); Remote; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

The State of Washington, Employment Security Department ITSD division, is seeking a Software Development Engineer in Test to support enterprise testing across applications. The role emphasizes telework with occasional in-office meetings or events, and collaboration with cross-functional teams to ensure reliable systems for agency staff and partners.

Ideal candidates will have experience in QA, test planning, relational databases, and automation scripting or development of automated tests, with a

Qualifications

• Experience analyzing requirements and creating and executing test plans.
• Experience documenting results and identifying risks before production.
• Experience querying relational databases.
• Experience scripting or building applications for automated testing.
• Experience planning, designing, and executing manual and automated tests.

Responsibilities

• Develop Enterprise Application test plans from product comprehension.
• Set up test environments and build tests with required resources.
• Create and organize test cases under test plans; run manual and automated tests.
• Report software defects and test results; identify risks and issues.

Skills

QA testing

test plan analysis

Agile methods

SQL querying

Education

Associate’s degree in IT

Bachelor’s degree in IT

Six years IT QA experience

Tools

Microsoft 365

Azure Cloud

Azure DevOps

Power Platform

Job description

The State of Washington, Employment Security Department ITSD division, is seeking a Software Development Engineer in Test to support enterprise testing across applications. The role emphasizes telework with occasional in-office meetings or events, and collaboration with cross-functional teams to ensure reliable systems for agency staff and partners.

Ideal candidates will have experience in QA, test planning, relational databases, and automation scripting or development of automated tests, with a