TS/SCI Cleared Test Automation Engineer – On-Site

cFocus Software Incorporated; United States; On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

cFocus Software Incorporated seeks a Software Test Automation Engineer to join our USAF program. The role is on-site in Linthicum Heights, MD and requires an active TS/SCI clearance.

Responsibilities include developing and maintaining automated tests for enterprise applications, integrating tests into CI/CD, and ensuring traceability from requirements to test outcomes within secure environments.

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI clearance
• BS in CS/IT or related field
• Experience developing and maintaining automated tests for enterprise applications or services
• Proficiency in scripting or programming for test automation
• Experience with functional, integration, regression, and API testing and repeatable test execution
• Ability to integrate automated tests with CI/CD pipelines and manage versioned test artifacts
• Ability to interpret requirements, define expected results, and maintain requirements-to-test traceability
• Experience investigating failures, documenting defects, verifying fixes, and evaluating test coverage
• Understanding of secure software delivery, configuration control, authorized test data, and environment management

Responsibilities

• Analyze approved requirements, designs, and acceptance criteria to define test scenarios, expected results, and automation priorities
• Develop and maintain automated functional, integration, regression, and smoke tests for assigned applications and services
• Create reusable test scripts, libraries, and execution workflows using approved tools and languages
• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines and provide results supporting release readiness decisions
• Develop and execute tests for APIs, data-sharing interfaces, and approved cloud/on-premises integrations
• Validate data exchange, error handling, and application behavior under approved interface requirements
• Coordinate repeatable test environments and authorized test data with developers, admins, and cybersecurity teams
• Track test artifacts and configurations in version control and approved repositories; coordinate IaC/CaC support
• Execute tests, investigate failures, document reproducible defects, and coordinate triage with development teams
• Maintain lifecycle traceability among requirements, test cases, results, defects, changes, and releases
• Support automated cybersecurity controls and pipeline guardrails; coordinate vulnerability scanning and remediation verification
• Validate application configurations and deployment changes against approved baselines; support testing before Government review and production deployment
• Prepare test plans, procedures, execution reports, defect summaries, and release evidence for RMF/ATO activities
• Evaluate coverage and automation reliability; improve maintainability and investigate inconsistent results
• Research and test approved opportunities for agentic AI in CI/CD; recommend options and support integration with Government approval
• Support incident investigation and corrective-action validation by supplying test results and logs

Skills

Test automation

Scripting

API testing

CI/CD integration

Traceability

Defect investigation

Security-conscious testing

Education

Bachelor's in CS/IT or related field

Tools

CI/CD pipelines

Version control

Test automation frameworks

Job description

cFocus Software Incorporated seeks a Software Test Automation Engineer to join our USAF program. The role is on-site in Linthicum Heights, MD and requires an active TS/SCI clearance.

Responsibilities include developing and maintaining automated tests for enterprise applications, integrating tests into CI/CD, and ensuring traceability from requirements to test outcomes within secure environments.