Senior QA & Automation Engineer - Lead Testing & CI/CD

US132 Guidehouse Digital, LLC; Tysons (VA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 216,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

401(k) Plan

Paid Holidays

Job summary

Guidehouse is seeking an experienced Senior QA/Automation Test Engineer to lead quality engineering initiatives within a fast-paced Agile and DevSecOps environment. You will define testing strategy, advance automation maturity, and oversee enterprise-scale software releases.

This role requires strong leadership, collaboration with software engineers, product owners, and DevOps, and a focus on risk management, automation optimization, and security-focused testing.

Qualifications

• U.S. Citizenship required.
• 7+ years in Software Quality Assurance, Test Automation, or Quality Engineering.
• 5+ years designing and implementing automated testing frameworks and solutions.
• Experience leading testing efforts on large-scale enterprise applications.
• Experience operating within Agile, Scrum, SAFe, or comparable delivery frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Lead quality engineering for assigned applications and initiatives.
• Architect, develop, and maintain enterprise-scale automated testing frameworks.
• Develop and maintain test plans, cases, and scenarios; ensure traceability to requirements.
• Lead defect triage, root-cause analysis, and preventive actions.
• Collaborate with DevOps to improve CI/CD and secure software delivery.
• Mentor junior QA engineers and promote best practices.
• Drive continuous improvement in testing methodologies and tools.
• Ensure release-readiness and reduce production defects.

Skills

Quality Engineering Leadership

Test Automation

CI/CD

Agile/Scrum

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Software Engineering/IT

Tools

Selenium

Katalon Studio

Jenkins

TestNG

JUnit

Postman

REST Assured

SonarQube

Git

Azure DevOps

GitHub Actions

JMeter

Dynatrace

Splunk

Job description

Guidehouse is seeking an experienced Senior QA/Automation Test Engineer to lead quality engineering initiatives within a fast-paced Agile and DevSecOps environment. You will define testing strategy, advance automation maturity, and oversee enterprise-scale software releases.

This role requires strong leadership, collaboration with software engineers, product owners, and DevOps, and a focus on risk management, automation optimization, and security-focused testing.