Senior Principal Software Automation Engineer (DevSecOps)

Clarity Innovations; Jessup (Lackawanna County); On-site; USD 160,000 - 390,000; Full time

Job summary

Clarity Innovations in Jessup, MD seeks a Software Automation Engineer to design, develop, maintain automated software solutions that boost efficiency, quality, and scalability.

The role emphasizes building automation frameworks, integrating tests into CI/CD and DevSecOps, and collaborating with developers, DevOps, and security teams to meet mission-critical requirements. TS/SCI is required; salary range is $160,000-$390,000.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in software engineering, test automation, QA automation, or related discipline.
• Strong programming experience with Python, Java, JavaScript/TypeScript, C#, or similar.
• Experience developing automated software tests and automation frameworks.
• Experience with API testing and automation.
• Experience working with Git or another source-control management system.
• Experience with CI/CD technologies and automated build/deployment pipelines.
• Strong understanding of software development and testing methodologies.
• Experience troubleshooting automation failures.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable automation frameworks and tools.
• Develop automated functional, regression, integration, API, and end-to-end tests.
• Translate business and technical requirements into automated solutions.
• Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines and DevSecOps processes.
• Identify repetitive or error-prone manual processes and develop automation to improve efficiency.
• Develop reusable automation components, libraries, scripts, and utilities.
• Collaborate with software developers to identify defects and improve application quality.
• Analyze test failures, troubleshoot issues, and determine root causes.
• Maintain automated test environments, configurations, and supporting infrastructure.
• Participate in code reviews and follow established software engineering standards.
• Develop and maintain technical documentation for automation frameworks and processes.
• Monitor automation results and provide meaningful reporting to technical and business stakeholders.
• Support continuous improvement of software development, testing, and deployment processes.
• Work with Agile teams to incorporate automation throughout the software development lifecycle.
• Ensure automation solutions align with organizational security, compliance, and architecture standards.

Skills

Strong programming skills

Collaboration

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

7+ years of experience in software engineering / QA automation

Tools

Git

CI/CD

Selenium

Playwright

Cypress

REST API automation

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

GitLab

Azure DevOps

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Clarity Innovations in Jessup, MD seeks a Software Automation Engineer to design, develop, maintain automated software solutions that boost efficiency, quality, and scalability.

The role emphasizes building automation frameworks, integrating tests into CI/CD and DevSecOps, and collaborating with developers, DevOps, and security teams to meet mission-critical requirements. TS/SCI is required; salary range is $160,000-$390,000.