Test Engineer - Mission Software (Top Secret/SCI with agreement to obtain CI Poly)

Worky; Chantilly (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

North Point Technology is hiring a Test Engineer to support a geospatial intelligence capability development program. This role requires an active Top Secret/SCI clearance and Polygraph readiness, within a cross-functional Agile Scrum team on a DevSecOps workflow.

You will design and execute test strategies, automate and manually test across sprints, and ensure quality in every release while collaborating with cross-disciplinary teams and mission experts.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or related field; or Master's degree in a related field.
• Active Top Secret/SCI clearance with ability to pass a Polygraph examination.
• US citizenship required.
• Certifications such as ISTQB, CASTP, CAST, CSTE, or Security+ preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead the planning, design, development, and execution of comprehensive test strategies across multiple Agile sprints.
• Design and maintain automated and manual test cases for new and existing capabilities.
• Perform functional, integration, regression, system, and end-to-end testing.
• Validate application performance, reliability, security, and usability.
• Collaborate with software engineers, product managers, systems engineers, and Scrum Masters to define acceptance criteria.
• Identify and track software defects through resolution and integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines.
• Analyze test results and contribute to continuous process improvement initiatives.

Skills

Manual automated test planning

Automated testing tooling

API testing

CI/CD tooling

Defect tracking

Agile Scrum practices

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related

Master's degree in related field

Tools

Cypress

Playwright

Postman

REST Assured

Jenkins

GitLab

Azure DevOps

Jira

Docker

Kubernetes

JMeter

OpenShift

Job description

North Point Technology is looking to hire a Test Engineer to join a geospatial intelligence capability development program supporting critical national security missions. This position requires an active Top Secret/SCI clearance with the ability to successfully pass a Polygraph examination. The successful candidate will work alongside software engineers, product managers, systems engineers, and mission experts within a cross-functional Agile Scrum team, driving quality throughout the software development lifecycle in a DevSecOps environment.

Responsibilities:

The Test Engineer will lead the planning, design, development, and execution of comprehensive test strategies across multiple Agile sprints, designing and maintaining both automated and manual test cases for new and existing capabilities. The role involves performing functional, integration, regression, system, and end-to-end testing while validating application performance, reliability, security, and usability. The engineer will collaborate with software engineers, product managers, systems engineers, and Scrum Masters to define acceptance criteria and ensure quality is built into every release, identify and track software defects through resolution, integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines, analyze test results, and contribute to continuous process improvement initiatives.

Required Skills/Experience:

• Manual and automated test plan creation and execution
• Automated testing tools such as Cypress, Playwright, or equivalent
• API testing using tools such as Postman or REST Assured
• CI/CD tools including Jenkins, GitLab, Azure DevOps, or similar platforms
• Defect management tools such as Jira
• Agile software development methodologies and Scrum practices

Preferred Skills/Experience:

• Scripting languages including JavaScript and Python
• Containerized applications using Docker and Kubernetes
• Performance testing tools such as JMeter or LoadRunner
• Cloud technologies including AWS, Azure, or OpenShift
• DevSecOps pipelines and automated quality assurance practices
• Geospatial applications or GEOINT data
• DoD or Intelligence Community program experience

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or related field; or Master's degree in a related field
• Active Top Secret/SCI clearance with ability to successfully pass a Polygraph examination
• US citizenship required
• Certifications such as ISTQB, CASTP, CAST, CSTE, or Security+ preferred

• We value our employees by providing excellent compensation, benefits, and a flexible work-life balance.

For positions requiring a federal security clearance, your clearance level must be clearly identified on your resume.