Senior Test Engineer - AI-Driven CI/CD for Microservices

Leidos; Eagan (MN); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Leidos is seeking a Test Engineer to join the Air Traffic Business Area, supporting the Leidos Common Automation Platform (L-CAP). The role operates in a SAFe/Agile framework and requires the ability to obtain a Public Trust.

The position offers a hybrid work arrangement with 3 days onsite and 2 days remote, located in the greater US commutable area or remote for non-local candidates. The ideal candidate will design and implement test automation, build reusable libraries, and integrate tests

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field.
• 8+ years of experience, or Master’s degree with 6+ years (in lieu of degree).
• Strong experience with test automation frameworks (Selenium, JUnit, pytest) and Java/JavaScript.
• Expert integrating automated testing into CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions.
• High experience with performance, integration, and API testing for distributed systems.
• Knowledge of distributed service testing, contract testing, and data‑driven test automation.
• U.S. citizenship and ability to obtain Public Trust.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement test automation frameworks for microservices-based platform components.
• Build and maintain reusable test libraries and utilities for the L-CAP test infrastructure.
• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines ensuring continuous quality gates.
• Conduct performance testing to validate system behavior under load and stress.
• Execute integration testing across platform services, APIs, and external interfaces.
• Develop test plans and strategies aligned with sprint and PI objectives.
• Mentor junior test engineers on automation practices and testing methodologies.
• Design and execute test scenarios based on operational ATC workflows and legacy replication.
• Develop distributed service validation frameworks for inter-service communication and data flow.
• Embrace AI-assisted development tools to improve productivity and code quality.

Skills

Test automation

Java

JavaScript

CI/CD pipelines

Performance testing

API testing

Distributed systems testing

Agile/SAFe testing

AI-assisted tooling

Education

Bachelor's in Computer Science / Software Engineering

Master's degree (preferred)

Tools

Jenkins

GitLab CI

GitHub Actions

JMeter

Gatling

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Leidos is seeking a Test Engineer to join the Air Traffic Business Area, supporting the Leidos Common Automation Platform (L-CAP). The role operates in a SAFe/Agile framework and requires the ability to obtain a Public Trust.

The position offers a hybrid work arrangement with 3 days onsite and 2 days remote, located in the greater US commutable area or remote for non-local candidates. The ideal candidate will design and implement test automation, build reusable libraries, and integrate tests