Test Engineer

Leidos LLC; Washington; On-site; USD 92,000 - 167,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Health and Wellness programs

Income Protection

Paid Leave and Retirement

Job summary

Leidos is standing up a new Agile development team in Washington, DC to modernize federal IT. The Test Engineer will verify and validate changes in a fast-paced Agile environment, supporting ServiceNow deployments and automated testing within ITIL processes and workflows.

Role requires TS/SCI clearance, on-site work in DC, and experience with ATF, DevOps, and test automation. You’ll contribute to sprint planning, test case design, and regression testing while mentoring junior testers.

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI clearance.
• Ability to work on-site in Washington, DC.
• Pass and maintain additional suitability screenings as required by customer.
• Education and experience per Level IV/V: Bachelor’s + 8–12 years or Master’s + 6–10 years; may be substituted with experience.
• Experience with test data management and test automation.
• Experience with DevOps, CI tools, and source control.
• Experience in Agile development/testing.
• Ability to work effectively in a multidisciplinary team.

Responsibilities

• Ensure high-quality software delivery using Agile/Scrum testing practices.
• Analyze requirements and collaborate with leads to ensure testable implementations.
• Create automation tests using ServiceNow ATF.
• Define testable acceptance criteria for user stories.
• Test ServiceNow capabilities developed during each sprint.
• Support test manager with test procedure development and execution.
• Participate in sprint reviews and planning sessions.
• Translate functional requirements into test cases.
• Perform regression testing and validate full operational test scenarios.
• Prepare test reports summarizing results and changes.
• Support configuration management and understand interfaces.
• Develop test plans, data, and acceptance criteria.
• Support customer demos, data prep, and UAT activities.
• Use Jira to document testing progress and defects.
• Mentor junior testers as needed.

Skills

Agile testing

Test automation

ServiceNow ATF

Jira

CI tools

DevOps

Scripting

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a related discipline

Master’s degree

Tools

ServiceNow

ATF

Jira

Confluence

AWS

Elastic

RedHat

Source control

Job description

Join Leidos’ Digital Sector as we stand up a brand-new Agile development team at the forefront of federal IT modernization, delivering real digital transformation where it matters most. This is a rare ground-floor opportunity to architect, build, and integrate cutting‑edge infrastructure solutions in support of some of our nation’s most sensitive and critical missions.

What to expect:

• Early‑stage flexibility with partial telework during initial development phases
• Full‑time on‑site presence at secure facility in Washington, DC will be required as the program matures
• A collaborative, Agile environment where your input shapes the architecture from day one
• Dev platform based on ServiceNow, Elastic, AWS and RedHat

What you’ll need:

• An active TS/SCI clearance (required for consideration)
• Willingness to complete and maintain additional customer suitability screenings throughout employment
• Current Security+ certification or higher/equivalent

The Test Engineer works in a fast‑paced Agile environment to verify and validate system changes and advance modern testing techniques. This role supports testing, configuration validation, and ongoing development of the ServiceNow platform, ensuring successful delivery of digital transformation capabilities across ITIL processes and automated workflows.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Ensure high‑quality software delivery using Agile/Scrum testing practices.
• Analyze requirements and collaborate with leads to ensure testable implementations.
• Create automation tests using ServiceNow’s Automation Test Framework (ATF).
• Help define testable acceptance criteria for user stories.
• Test ServiceNow capabilities developed during each sprint.
• Support the test manager with test procedure development and execution.
• Participate in sprint reviews and planning sessions.
• Translate functional requirements into effective test cases.
• Perform regression testing and validate full operational test scenarios.
• Prepare test reports summarizing results, anomalies, and configuration changes.
• Support software configuration management and understand component interfaces.
• Develop test plans, test data, and acceptance criteria.
• Support customer demos, data prep, and UAT activities.
• Use Jira to document testing progress and defects.
• Assist with maintaining validation portions of requirements traceability (RVTM).
• Mentor junior testers as needed.

Basic Qualifications:

• Active TS/SCI clearance.
• Ability to work on‑site in Washington, DC.
• Ability to pass and maintain additional suitability screenings as required by customer.
• Education and experience depending on job level: Level IV: Bachelor’s degree in a related discipline and 8-12 years of relevant experience (or a Master’s and 6+ years). Additional experience may be considered in lieu of degree.
• Level V: Bachelor’s degree in a related discipline and 12+ years of relevant experience (or a Master’s and 10+ years). Additional experience may be considered in lieu of degree.
• Experience with test data management and test automation.
• Experience with DevOps, CI tools, and source control.
• Experience in Agile development/testing.
• Ability to work effectively in a multidisciplinary team.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 1–2 years of ServiceNow administration/configuration experience.
• Experience with ServiceNow ATF and modules such as Discovery, Event Management, Service Mapping, scripting, custom apps, and workflows.
• Ability to analyze code and troubleshoot technical issues.
• Understanding of ITIL practices; ITIL certification preferred.
• AWS cloud certifications a plus.
• Familiarity with Agile methodologies, Jira, and Confluence.

If you’re looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo — because the mission demands it. We’re not hiring followers. We’re recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We’re already at step 30 — and moving faster than anyone else dares.

Original Posting: September 16, 2026
For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

Pay Range

Pay Range $92,300.00 - $166,850.00
The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

Pay and Benefits

Pay and benefits are fundamental to any career decision. That’s why we craft compensation packages that reflect the importance of the work we do for our customers.

• competitive compensation
• Health and Wellness programs
• Income Protection
• Paid Leave and Retirement

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Commitment and Diversity

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, family structure, marital status, ancestry, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law. Leidos will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with relevant laws.