USAF - Software Test Automation Engineer

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 seeks a Software Test Automation Engineer to join our program supporting the United States Air Force (USAF). This position is on-site in Linthicum Heights, MD. This position requires an Active TS/SCI clearance.

Qualifications

• - Active TS/SCI clearance
• - B.S. Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field
• - Experience developing and maintaining automated tests for enterprise applications or services.
• - Proficiency in scripting or programming applicable to the assigned test automation environment.
• - 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.

Duties

• - Analyze approved requirements, technical 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 Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipelines and provide results supporting release readiness decisions.
• - Develop and execute tests for Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), data-sharing interfaces, and approved cloud/on-premises integrations.
• - Validate data exchange, error handling, and application behavior under approved interface requirements and applicable interagency agreements.
• - Coordinate repeatable test environments and authorized test data with developers, administrators, and cybersecurity teams; maintain alignment with approved configurations.
• - Track test artifacts and configurations in version control and approved repositories; coordinate Infrastructure as Code and Configuration as Code support where applicable.
• - Execute tests, investigate failures, document reproducible defects, and coordinate triage with development teams. Retest fixes and assess regression impacts.
• - 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 with cybersecurity personnel.
• - Validate application configurations and deployment changes against approved baselines; support testing before Government review and authorized production deployment.
• - Prepare test plans, procedures, execution reports, defect summaries, and release evidence. Supply technical records supporting RMF, ATO, and continuous ATO activities.
• - Evaluate coverage and automation reliability; improve maintainability and investigate inconsistent results.
• - Research and test approved opportunities for agentic AI or other AI capabilities in CI/CD; recommend options and support integration following Government approval.
• - Support incident investigation and corrective-action validation by supplying test results, application logs, and reproduction scenarios as directed.