Sr. Test Engineer

Ideal Innovations, Inc.; Bethesda (AR); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Ideal Innovations, Inc. seeks a Sr. Test Engineer to design, develop, and execute automated tests within a commercial cloud CI/CD environment.

You will drive automation across functional, regression, and performance testing for custom applications in a SAFe Agile setting. Responsibilities include collaborating with Scrum teams, estimating testing complexity, and ensuring test coverage aligns with acceptance criteria while integrating with Jenkins, GitHub, and DevOps workflows.

Qualifications

• Experience in software quality assurance with a focus on automation testing.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and execute automated tests in a cloud-based CI/CD environment.
• Guide functional, regression, end-to-end, and performance testing for custom applications.
• Collaborate with Scrum teams to shape test approaches and validate acceptance criteria.
• Develop automated test cases using Selenium or Katalon Studio.
• Leverage DevOps practices to ensure repeatability and configuration management of tests.

Job description

Highlights:

• Design, develop, and execute automated tests that strengthen software quality, reliability, and release velocity in a cloud-based CI/CD environment.
• Apply senior-level quality assurance experience to automation frameworks, scalable test scripts, and software performance testing.
• Use Selenium or Katalon Studio with Java or Python while integrating automated tests with Jenkins, GitHub, and DevOps workflows.
• Guide functional, regression, end-to-end, and performance testing for custom applications developed in a SAFe Agile environment.
• Collaborate across Scrum teams to shape test approaches, estimate testing complexity, and validate functionality against acceptance criteria.

Typical Day:

As a Sr. Test Engineer on this program, you will have the opportunity to design, develop, and execute automated tests to ensure the quality and reliability of software applications and services in a Continuous Integration / Continuous Delivery Pipeline within a commercial cloud environment. You will play a crucial role in the software development lifecycle, aiming to streamline testing processes, reduce defects, and accelerate software releases.

Tasks:

• Participate in program Agile software development initiatives (standup, planning, increment planning) to support innovation and enhancement of custom applications through iteration/functionality testing within a commercial cloud environment.
• Participate and collaborate with team members to assess StoryPoint/complexity efforts (using best practices) to ensure proper testing and delivery of functionality per User Story Acceptance Criteria.
• Collaborate with team members (Scrum Master, Product Owner, Software Developers) to develop test approaches with emphasis on automation of recurring/regression test cases through selected toolsets.
• Develop automated test cases using knowledge of custom Applications through designated GUI/COTS products (ex: Selenium and Katalon Studio).
• Leverage DevOps practices to ensure repeatability and Configuration Management of test cases/scripts are maintained and continuously improved.
• Develop and document end-to-end functionality test case narratives using task management system (JIRA/Confluence) and support performance testing/evaluation activities using tools such as Jmeter.

Required Qualifications:

To be considered, must have an active TS/SCI with at least a CI-poly.

• Education: BS degree with 8 or more years of prior relevant experience or Master’s with 6 or more years of prior relevant experience. Will consider experience in lieu of a degree.
• Experience in software quality assurance with a focus on automation testing.
• Experience with creation, authoring, execution and documentation of test cases/result sets for software products in an agile cadence.
• Experience using automation frameworks and tools like Selenium or Katalon Studio.
• Familiarity in writing efficient and scalable test scripts.
• Direct experience with software performance testing practices.
• Experience working/testing within Commercial Cloud Platforms (ex: AWS) and DevOps tools, and working in a SAFe Agile and DevOps development environment.
• Demonstrated ability to work within a collaborative environment to execute test cases complementary to development efforts.

Desired Qualifications:

• Hands-on experience with Katalon Studio and Katalon Runtime Engine
• Programming skills in languages such as Java or Python enabling the ability to write efficient and scalable test scripts.
• Experience with CI/CD tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitHub) and their integration with automated tests.
• Direct experience with AWS environments

Position Type Shift Information:

• Mon-Fri, 40 hr work week

Citizenship & Clearance: US Citizenship and TS/SCI with a Full-Scope Polygraph (FSP) Required

Location: Onsite- Bethesda, MD

Ideal Innovations, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer:

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or veteran status.

Ideal Innovations, Inc. is a VEVRAA Federal Contractor.