Senior Test Engineer & QA — Automation Lead (TS/SCI)

Nightwing; Fort Meade (MD); On-site; USD 77,000 - 163,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Vision, Dental Insurance

401k Plan

PTO & Holidays

Additional insurances

Job summary

Nightwing is seeking a Senior Test Engineer/QA to lead automated testing initiatives and ensure software quality across complex systems. The role expects extensive experience in test automation, performance testing, and secure software development within a regulated environment.

The candidate will design and implement automated testing frameworks, drive CI/CD integration, and supervise defect resolution while ensuring compliance with security testing practices and regulatory requirements.

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years of software testing and QA experience.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field (or equivalent substitution).
• Expert knowledge of test automation frameworks (Robot Framework, Selenium, etc.).
• Strong programming skills for test development (Python, Java, etc.).
• Experience with performance testing tools (JMeter, Gatling, etc.).
• Knowledge of test-driven development and behavior-driven development.
• Experience testing containerized applications and microservices.
• Strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines and DevSecOps.
• Experience with security testing tools (SAST, DAST, SCA).
• Active TS/SCI clearance; Must be U.S. citizen.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement automated testing frameworks.
• Develop and maintain automated test suites (unit, integration, end-to- end).
• Conduct system performance and scalability testing.
• Lead test-driven development (TDD) practices.
• Create and maintain requirements traceability matrix.
• Conduct black box and white box testing.
• Implement continuous testing in CI/CD pipelines.
• Generate and analyze test coverage reports.
• Lead defect tracking and resolution processes.
• Support third-party code review preparations.

Skills

Test automation frameworks

Programming in Python/Java

Performance testing

CI/CD / DevSecOps

Security testing tools

Containerized apps / microservices

TS/SCI clearance

US citizenship

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Robot Framework

Selenium

JMeter

Gatling

Job description

Nightwing is seeking a Senior Test Engineer/QA to lead automated testing initiatives and ensure software quality across complex systems. The role expects extensive experience in test automation, performance testing, and secure software development within a regulated environment.

The candidate will design and implement automated testing frameworks, drive CI/CD integration, and supervise defect resolution while ensuring compliance with security testing practices and regulatory requirements.