Test Engineer with Secret Clearance — CI/CD & Automation

GRVTY; Sterling (VA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 187,000; Full time

Job summary

Northstrat, a GRVTY company, seeks a skilled Test Engineer to join an Agile team balancing manual and automated testing across software and systems. You will collaborate across teams to ensure seamless integration in a fast-paced environment.

Key requirements include active US government secret clearance, 5–8 years’ experience, and proficiency with Playwright, Selenium, Cypress, PowerShell, Bash, and CI/CD tools. This role demands rigorous testing across Linux/Windows environments.

Qualifications

• Active US government secret clearance required.
• 5–8 years’ relevant experience (bachelor’s degree may be substituted for 2 years direct experience).
• Experience with CI/CD platforms such as Gitlab, GitHub Actions, and Atlassian Bamboo is required.
• Must have experience with end to end (e2e) testing frameworks like Playwright, Selinium, and Cypress
• Experience with PowerShell and Bash scripting is required.
• Knowledge of package tests into suites for smoke/regression test execution
• Experience setting up Linux and Windows test environments, executing test cases, and tracking defects
• Must have working experience with component, application, integration, and performance testing procedures and criteria
• Working experience in defining acceptance criteria and coordinating and executing acceptance testing
• Working experience in requirements traceability
• Working experience with creating and executing test plans and procedures and documenting the expected and actual results

Responsibilities

• Execute unit/component test procedures and create and execute integration, regression, UAT, and performance tests.
• Conduct component integration testing including performance, throughput, fault tolerance, interface compliance, and functional completeness.
• Support production break/fix and enhancements through requirements review, test formulation, and test execution.
• Document and analyze test results, produce status reports, and assist with defect management.
• Create test plans, cases, and reports from requirements analysis and work independently.
• Assist with RVTM, Use Cases, and UI Specifications artifacts.
• Collect and report testing results to the architecture team and stakeholders regularly.
• Monitor defects to ensure timely progress and retesting after fixes.
• Identify potential testing or work product improvements.
• Provide informal demonstrations to staff and customers as needed.
• Document and track defects and change requests; participate in Engineering Change Control processes and report defect metrics.

Skills

CI/CD platforms

Manual & automated testing

Cross-functional collaboration

Scripting (PowerShell, Bash)

End-to-end testing frameworks

Defect tracking & reporting

Requirements traceability

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience

Tools

GitLab

GitHub Actions

Atlassian Bamboo

Playwright

Selenium

Cypress

PowerShell

Bash

Job description

Northstrat, a GRVTY company, seeks a skilled Test Engineer to join an Agile team balancing manual and automated testing across software and systems. You will collaborate across teams to ensure seamless integration in a fast-paced environment.

Key requirements include active US government secret clearance, 5–8 years’ experience, and proficiency with Playwright, Selenium, Cypress, PowerShell, Bash, and CI/CD tools. This role demands rigorous testing across Linux/Windows environments.