Software Test Engineer - Manual & Automation

SAIC; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

SAIC is seeking a Software Tester to support a highly secured, mission-critical government system. You will join a cross-disciplinary Agile/SAFe team to ensure quality of custom software through manual and automated testing.

The ideal candidate will be self-motivated, detail-oriented, and passionate about quality, with hands-on experience in Selenium, Playwright, Java, and CI/CD workflows. The role involves working in a dynamic environment and coordinating with developers, testers, and business

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field; 4 years of related experience may substitute for a degree.
• 2+ years of IT experience.
• 2+ years as Software Test Engineer or similar role.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust requiring U.S. Citizenship.
• Strong experience in manual and automated testing.
• Knowledge of Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC) and testing methodologies.
• Ability to analyze complex requirements and design detailed test cases and scripts.
• Experience with creating and maintaining automated tests using Selenium and Playwright.
• Experience with Java-based applications and CI/CD workflows (GitHub).
• Experience with GitHub, JIRA, SVN for version control.
• Basic SQL knowledge for data validation and backend testing.
• Excellent communication and ability to work in dynamic environments.
• Strong organizational and analytical skills.

Responsibilities

• Analyze requirements and design documents to create manual test cases and automated scripts.
• Perform manual functional, regression, integration, and system testing; log defects.
• Design and maintain Selenium and Playwright automation suites for UI and API testing.
• Work with Java-based applications to maintain test frameworks and scripts.
• Run automated tests in CI/CD pipelines and analyze results; triage failures.
• Execute load and performance tests and contribute to analysis and reporting.
• Track defects from creation to closure with clear documentation.
• Deploy software to test environments and monitor logs for issues.
• Participate in peer reviews of test cases and scripts; ensure traceability to requirements.
• Assist Test Lead with release test plans, RTM, regression suites, and test summaries.
• Support QA checks to ensure deliverables meet client and SAIC standards.
• Collaborate with business analysts and developers; operate in a SAFe/Agile environment.
• Support testing of integrated solutions involving Pentaho, Liferay, and PowerApps where applicable.

Skills

Manual testing

Automated testing

Selenium

Playwright

Java

GitHub

CI/CD

SQL

STLC

Communications

Agile/SAFe

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

Selenium

Playwright

GitHub

JIRA

SVN

Job description

SAIC is seeking a Software Tester to support a highly secured, mission-critical government system. You will join a cross-disciplinary Agile/SAFe team to ensure quality of custom software through manual and automated testing.

The ideal candidate will be self-motivated, detail-oriented, and passionate about quality, with hands-on experience in Selenium, Playwright, Java, and CI/CD workflows. The role involves working in a dynamic environment and coordinating with developers, testers, and business