Senior Test Engineer/Quality Assurance (TS/SCI with Polygraph)

GetHired, Inc.; Corridor North (MD); On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Yellow Duck Technologies is seeking a cleared Senior Test Engineer/Quality Assurance professional to lead testing strategy implementation and ensure software quality through comprehensive test automation and quality assurance practices.

This role develops and maintains automated test frameworks, conducts system performance and scalability testing, and ensures all software meets the Definition of Done criteria before deployment.

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph required.
• 10+ years of software testing and QA experience.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field (4 years substitutable).
• Expert knowledge of test automation frameworks (Robot Framework, Selenium).
• Strong programming skills in Python and Java for test development.
• Experience with performance testing tools (JMeter, Gatling).
• Knowledge of TDD/BDD, CI/CD pipelines, and DevSecOps.
• Experience testing containerized applications and microservices.

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 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

CI/CD

TDD/BDD

Performance testing

DevSecOps

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or related field

Tools

Robot Framework

Selenium

JMeter/Gatling

Job description

Yellow Duck Technologies is seeking a cleared Senior Test Engineer/Quality Assurance professional to lead testing strategy implementation and ensures software quality through comprehensive test automation and quality assurance practices. This position develops and maintains automated test frameworks, conducts system performance testing, and ensures all software meets the Definition of Done criteria before deployment.

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.

Requirements:

• Must have an active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field. An additional 4 years of experience may substitute for a Bachelor’s degree.
• 10+ years of software testing and QA experience.
• 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)

Yellow Duck Technologies provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, national origin, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic or class.