Staff / Senior Staff Test Automation Engineer (Clearance Required)

SciTec; Boulder (CO); On-site; USD 96,000 - 156,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) match

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Long-term disability insurance

Discretionary bonus

Parental leave

Generous PTO and holidays

Flexible work hours

Job summary

SciTec seeks a Test Automation Engineer to design, build, and maintain a continuous deployment pipeline (Kubernetes manifests, Helm charts, ArgoCD, Ansible Playbooks) in RHEL factory and test environments. Responsibilities include developing automated tests for program releases and ensuring data flow across diverse sources and processing pipelines. Work locations include Aurora, CO and Boulder, CO.

An active Secret clearance is mandatory, and U.S. citizenship is required for all employees.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of professional experience in test automation or related delivery roles.
• Experience building automated tests with Python and JavaScript.
• Experience with deployment pipelines and CI/CD integration.
• Proficient in Linux environments and GitLab CI.
• Secret Security clearance is mandatory.
• Strong attention to detail and clear communication.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain automated test procedures across infra, platforms, APIs, and data pipelines.
• Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines for releases and feature validation.
• Collaborate with IVT leads, developers, and security engineers to ensure coverage.
• Develop and execute regression, performance, and integration tests.
• Analyze results, troubleshoot failures, and drive fixes with engineers.
• Support automated deployments and regression checks over the coming year.
• Promote best practices for test automation, maintainability, and reliability.

Skills

Test automation

Software engineering

Systems engineering

Verbal communication

Written communication

Education

Bachelors degree in STEM

Tools

Python

JavaScript

GitLab CI

Linux

Docker

Kubernetes

OpenShift

Helm charts

ArgoCD

Ansible Playbooks

Job description

SciTec, a wholly owned subsidiary of Firefly Aerospace, is a dynamic non-traditional defense contractor that delivers advanced technologies in support of U.S. National Security and Defense. For the past forty-five plus years, we have supported Department of Defense customers by developing innovative remote sensing algorithms, tools, and techniques to deliver world-class data exploitation capabilities supporting missile defense; intelligence, surveillance, & reconnaissance; space domain awareness; and aircraft survivability missions.

Important Notice: SciTec exclusively works on U.S. government contracts that require U.S. citizenship for all employees. Applicants that do not meet this requirement will not be considered.

SciTec is seeking a Test Automation Engineer to design, build, and maintain a continuous deployment pipeline (Kubernetes manifests, Helm charts, ArgoCD, Ansible Playbooks) of an integrated infrastructure, platform, and software service stack in RHEL factory and test environments. Additional tasking includes developing automated test cases to validate program releases.

This involves supporting the seamless integration of various data sources, processing pipelines, and infrastructure components to meet complex mission requirements. Duties performed in Aurora, CO and Boulder, CO.

Responsibilities

• Requirements: Understand requirement decomposition as applicable to success criteria for feature releases, and at times support requirement verification events.
• Systems Integration: Collaborate on the integration of various systems, including internal and external tools and data sources, legacy systems, and modernized platforms. Define and help manage data flows, ensuring seamless data exchange.
• Documentation: Incorporate documentation and traceability to test plans & procedures and requirement verification records in daily activities; maintain clear test documentation, reports, metrics.
• Design, Implement, and maintain automated test procedures and test cases as well as traceability to program deliverable artifacts.
• Develop automated tests across multiple layers, including infrastructure and platform services, APIs and microservices, Data pipelines and messaging systems, user-facing applications.
• Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipeline to support continuous integration and deployment to support release builds, checkouts, and new feature validation.
• Collaborate with IVT lead, development leads, and security engineers to ensure test coverage
• Identify gaps in test coverage and propose improvements to increase reliability and reduce risk
• Support regression, performance, and integration testing efforts
• Analyze test results, troubleshoot failures, and work with engineers to resolve issues within process
• Support evolution to automated deployments and regression checkouts of system within a year.
• Promote best practices for test automation, maintainability, and reliability
• Participate in Agile development processes and planning activities.
• Perform other duties as assigned

Requirements

• 3+ years of professional experience in test automation, software engineering, or systems engineering with an emphasis on system delivery and acceptance
• Strong experience developing automated tests using Python, JavaScript
• Strong experience with deployment pipelines and integration with automated tests
• Experience working in Linux environments
• Experience with GitLab CI version control
• Strong understanding of software engineering principles, including testability and modular design
• Knowledgeable in systems engineering and IV&V engineering principles and work products for software programs
• Secret Security clearance is mandatory
• Demonstrated attention to detail
• Good verbal and written communication skills

Candidates who have any of the following skills will be preferred

• Bachelors degree in a STEM or technical related discipline
• Experience supporting infrastructure or platform teams (IaaS, PaaS, SRE, OpenShift)
• Experience testing containerized systems (Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift)
• Familiarity with networking, storage, or system-level testing
• Experience working in DevSecOps environments
• Experience using Helm charts, ArgoCD, Ansible Playbooks

Benefits

• 4% Safe Harbor 401(k) match
• 100% company paid HSA Medical insurance, with a choice of 2 buy-up options
• 80% company paid Dental insurance
• 100% company paid Vision insurance
• 100% company paid Life insurance
• 100% company paid Long-term Disability insurance
• Short-term Disability insurance
• Annual Profit-Sharing Plan
• Discretionary Performance Bonus
• Paid Parental Leave
• Generous Paid Time Off, including Holiday, Vacation, and Sick Pay
• Flexible Work Hours

The pay range for this position is $96,000- $156,000 / year. SciTec considers several factors when extending an offer of employment, including but not limited to the role and associated responsibilities, a candidate's work experience, education/training, and key skills. This is not a guarantee of compensation.

SciTec is proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer. VET/Disabled.