Software Automation Tester

ECS; Stafford (VA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Everforth ECS in Stafford, VA is seeking a Software Tester to join our team. The role focuses on expanding and maintaining automated tests within a GA/SAFe agile environment, integrating tests into GitLab pipelines, and collaborating with DevOps and developers to ensure quality.

The position requires a strong hands-on tester with experience in web, API, and database testing, plus leadership capabilities to mentor junior testers and drive quality across releases.

Qualifications

• Secret clearance
• Minimum 5 years of automation testing experience
• Experience with test suite development and maintenance
• Experience with automated testing tools and frameworks such as Selenium, Playwright, Appium, Robot, Cucumber, etc.
• Experience with performance testing tools such as JMeter, K6, LoadRunner, etc.
• Experience writing automated tests for web front ends, web services, APIs, and databases
• Experience with manual testing
• Experience with integration testing
• Experience cross-browser/cross-platform testing
• Experience working as part of an agile team using SAFe, Scrum, XP and/or Kanban
• Generation and maintenance of controlled test datasets and scenarios
• Desire to work in a collaborative environment
• Quality and Detail-orientated
• Team player who works well with customers and colleagues at all levels.
• Ability to lead and manage a team of testers, providing clear guidance and mentorship
• Experience with Git version control and collaborative development workflows
• Strong troubleshooting and root cause analysis skills for determining automation test failures

Responsibilities

• Assist in expanding, improving, and maintaining the test automation framework
• Support client with expansion of their test automation framework
• Work with DevOps Engineers and Developers to ensure the application meets user needs and business requirements
• Develop hands-on test development and execution, including integration into GitLab pipelines
• Mentor and guide a team of testers while contributing to cross-functional delivery

Skills

Automation testing

Manual testing

Cross-browser testing

Agile/Scrum/SAFe/Kanban

Team collaboration

Mentorship

Testing strategy

Problem solving

Tools

Selenium

Playwright

Appium

Robot Framework

Cucumber

JMeter

K6

LoadRunner

Git

Job description

Job Description

Everforth ECS is seeking a Software Tester to work in our Stafford, VA office. The Everforth ECS Team provides focused agile software development and maintenance for a mission-critical application for the government. Today, the application is a client server application developed using Microsoft .NET that supports a database repository of DNA profiles from individuals, unsolved crime scene evidence, and missing persons. The software allows local, state, and national laboratories to compare DNA profiles electronically, thereby linking serial crimes to each other and identifying suspects by matching DNA profiles from crime scenes to individuals’ profiles. Additionally, the software is used to assist with the identification of unidentified human remains, missing persons and disaster victims. The Software Tester will support the program with hands-on test development and execution experience implementing automated testing and integration into Gitlab pipelines. This tester is responsible for expanding, improving, and maintaining our test automation framework, and supporting our client with expansion of their test automation framework. This tester should be self-starting and proactive; they are expected to serve as a trusted resource on the business logic in place as well as our system architecture. They are expected to work collaboratively, with minimal supervision, on teams including DevOps Engineers and Developers to ensure our application meets users’ needs, as well as business requirements and scalability characteristics. Each team member is expected to be cross-functional and take collective ownership to ensure deliverables are met and superb quality is achieved.

Salary Range: $100,000 - $120,000

General Description Of Benefits

Required Skills

• Secret clearance
• Minimum 5 years of automation testing experience
• Experience with test suite development and maintenance
• Experience with automated testing tools and frameworks such as Selenium, Playwright, Appium, Robot, Cucumber, etc.
• Experience with performance testing tools such as JMeter, K6, Loadrunner, etc.
• Experience writing automated tests for web front ends, web services, APIs, and databases
• Experience with manual testing
• Experience with integration testing
• Experience cross-browser/cross-platform testing
• Experience working as part of an agile team using SAFe, Scrum, XP and/or Kanban
• Generation and maintenance of controlled test datasets and scenarios
• Desire to work in a collaborative environment
• Quality and Detail-orientated
• Team player who works well with customers and colleagues at all levels.
• Ability to lead and manage a team of testers, providing clear guidance and mentorship
• Experience with Git version control and collaborative development workflows
• Strong troubleshooting and root cause analysis skills for determining automation test failures

Desired Skills

• Experience working with Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipelines
• Experience providing technical leadership - understands overall architecture, understands software engineering and testing best practices
• Experience with testing tools such as Xray, TestRail, or Zephyr
• Security testing experience a plus
• Self-motivated, quick learner with strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Familiarity with SPA web applications such as Angular, React, or Blazor
• Experience with Cloud-native web-based applications hosted in Azure or AWS