Senior Test Engineer - Federal (Hybrid, TS/SCI)

Piper Companies; Maryland; Hybrid; USD 170,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k)

PTO

Sick leave

Federal holidays

Job summary

Zachary Piper Solutions seeks a Senior Software Test Engineer to support the modernization of a mission-critical government information system. The role blends advanced software testing, UI validation, backend troubleshooting, automation, and compliance verification to ensure enterprise applications meet performance, usability, and security requirements.

The ideal candidate has extensive experience testing web applications in secure environments and can collaborate with development,

Qualifications

• 15+ years in software testing or related disciplines.
• Experience testing enterprise web apps (functional, integration, regression).
• UI testing, accessibility validation, cross-browser testing expertise.
• Strong SQL for database validation and testing.
• Experience in secure government environments.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute test plans, test cases, regression tests, and acceptance tests.
• Perform UI validation, cross-browser testing, accessibility testing, and UX verification.
• Review logs to identify and troubleshoot defects.
• Execute API testing and database validation using SQL.
• Support installation, configuration, integration, and environment builds.
• Manage defects and coordinate resolution throughout testing lifecycle.
• Validate compliance with federal cybersecurity requirements and Section 508/WCAG.
• Develop and maintain automated UI testing frameworks.
• Integrate automated tests into GitLab CI/CD pipelines.
• Collaborate with developers, analysts, infrastructure, and security teams.
• Prepare testing documentation, reports, and leadership recommendations.

Skills

Software testing

UI testing

SQL

Test automation

CI/CD

Secure gov environments

Troubleshooting

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

GitLab CI/CD

Tomcat

Oracle 19c

Apache Solr

SAP BI

Job description

Zachary Piper Solutions seeks a Senior Software Test Engineer to support the modernization of a mission-critical government information system. The role blends advanced software testing, UI validation, backend troubleshooting, automation, and compliance verification to ensure enterprise applications meet performance, usability, and security requirements.

The ideal candidate has extensive experience testing web applications in secure environments and can collaborate with development,