Senior Test Engineer (TS/SCI) — Automated QA & CI/CD Expert

Nightwing; Capitol Heights (MD); On-site; USD 77,000 - 163,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Vision insurance

Dental insurance

401k plan

Paid time off

Holidays

Job summary

Nightwing is seeking a Senior Test Engineer/QA to lead testing strategy and ensure software quality across complex systems. Requires minimum 10 years of software testing experience and TS/SCI with CI Polygraph clearance; U.S. citizenship required.

Location options include the National Capital Region or San Antonio, TX. You will design automated testing frameworks, develop unit to end-to-end tests, and drive CI/CD with TDD/BDD practices.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field (or equivalent substitution).
• Expert knowledge of test automation frameworks (Robot Framework, Selenium).
• Strong programming skills for test development (Python, Java).
• Experience with performance testing tools (JMeter, Gatling).
• 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

Python

Java

CI/CD

Security testing

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Robot Framework

Selenium

JMeter

Gatling

CI/CD tooling

Job description

Nightwing is seeking a Senior Test Engineer/QA to lead testing strategy and ensure software quality across complex systems. Requires minimum 10 years of software testing experience and TS/SCI with CI Polygraph clearance; U.S. citizenship required.

Location options include the National Capital Region or San Antonio, TX. You will design automated testing frameworks, develop unit to end-to-end tests, and drive CI/CD with TDD/BDD practices.