Senior Test Automation Engineer (TS/SCI) - CI/CD Expert

Agile Defense, Inc.; Fort Meade (MD); On-site; USD 200,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Life Insurance

Paid Time Off

Holiday Pay

Short-term Disability

Long-term Disability

Retirement

Learning and Development

Other benefits

Job summary

Agile Defense, Inc. seeks a highly skilled Test Automation Engineer to design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines supporting USCYBERCOM mission systems.

You will develop automated testing frameworks, validate pipelines, and collaborate with developers and cybersecurity analysts to ensure secure, scalable software deployments. This role requires strong scripting skills, cloud virtualization experience, and a TS/SCI with CI poly clearance.

Qualifications

• Typically requires a Bachelor's degree in related discipline.
• Minimum 10+ years of related experience with large-scale CI/CD infrastructure and common source control frameworks (ex: Gitlab, MinIO, Bitbucket, Jenkins).
• Experience supporting integration, deployment, and validation of software systems in multi-environment (dev/test/ops) pipelines.
• Experience using cloud virtualization platforms like vSphere or ARIA.
• Experienced developing and maintaining automated testing frameworks like Robot Framework, Pytest, and GoogleTest.
• Experience with scripting languages (Python, Bash, PowerShell).
• Experience utilizing Podman/Docker.
• Advanced verbal and written communication skills with a focus on the creation of technical documentation for testing.
• Active TS/SCI w/Poly

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines and DevOps infrastructure supporting USCYBERCOM mission systems and cyber operations platforms.
• Develop, integrate, and optimize automated testing frameworks and validation pipelines to ensure reliability, security, and performance of mission-critical software systems.
• Support lifecycle management of cyber capabilities by building, deploying, and sustaining scalable infrastructure across development, and test environments.
• Evaluate emerging DevOps tools, containerization technologies, and automation frameworks, providing recommendations for integration into existing mission environments.
• Develop and maintain technical documentation, including system architecture diagrams, test plans, CI/CD workflows, and operational procedures.
• Collaborate with software developers, cybersecurity analysts, and mission stakeholders to translate requirements into testable engineering and deployment solutions.

Skills

Bachelor's degree

10+ years CI/CD infrastructure

DevOps collaboration

Python

Robot Framework

Pytest

GoogleTest

Podman/Docker

Communication skills

TS/SCI w Poly

Education

Bachelor's degree in related discipline

Tools

GitLab

MinIO

Bitbucket

Jenkins

Robot Framework

Pytest

GoogleTest

Podman

Docker

Jira

Confluence

vSphere

ARIA

Job description

Agile Defense, Inc. seeks a highly skilled Test Automation Engineer to design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines supporting USCYBERCOM mission systems.

You will develop automated testing frameworks, validate pipelines, and collaborate with developers and cybersecurity analysts to ensure secure, scalable software deployments. This role requires strong scripting skills, cloud virtualization experience, and a TS/SCI with CI poly clearance.