Automated Test Engineer

Full-time

Description

POSITION: Automated Test Engineer

WORK LOCATION: Chantilly, VA

JOB CATEGORY: ?Information Technology?

JOB TYPE: ?Full Time?

REQUISITION ID: EM?07-052?

CITIZENSHIP: ?United States Citizen?

CLEARANCE TYPE: ?Top Secret/SCI?

TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS: ?Yes, up to 10%?

E&M Technologies, Inc. is dedicated to recruiting and developing diverse, high-performing talent who are passionate about what they do. Our employees are unified in a shared dedication to our customers’ mission and quest for professional growth. E&M provides an inclusive, engaging environment designed to empower employees and promote work-life success. Fundamental to our culture is an unwavering focus on values, dedication to our communities, and commitment to excellence in everything we do.

E&M Technologies, Inc. is currently seeking an Automated Test Engineer to join our team in ?Chantilly, VA ? in support of ?NGA?. ?The NGA delivers world-class geospatial intelligence that provides a decisive advantage to policymakers, military service members, intelligence professionals, and first responder?.

Job Responsibilities:

• Help build, maintain, and evolve our in-house automation framework, ensuring system reliability, performance, and quality.
• This is a hands-on development role focused on writing, improving, and integrating automated tests while also contributing to the program’s long-term test automation strategy.
• Develop and maintain automated test frameworks, libraries, and tools in support of program-wide testing needs.
• Implement automated test cases across UI, API, and back-end layers to ensure system stability and reliability.
• Support integration of automated tests into the CI/CD pipeline (Jenkins, GitLab).
• Contribute to the overall testing strategy, including traceability between requirements, test cases, and results.
• Investigate, troubleshoot, and document issues discovered during automated and manual testing.
• Monitor the health of the test automation framework and proactively identify opportunities for improvement.
• Collaborate with development and operations teams to ensure alignment of testing efforts with system requirements.
• Execute existing manual test procedures where necessary and document findings.
• Support Agile ceremonies and practices in alignment with SAFe methodologies.
• Use Atlassian tools (Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket) for documentation, source control, and tracking development activities.

Requirements

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field with 2–5 years of relevant experience, or Master’s degree with at least 2 years of experience.
• Ability to pass a Counter-Intelligence Polygraph after start
• Hands-on experience developing automated tests using Selenium and/or Playwright.
• Experience with Cucumber (or similar BDD frameworks).
• Strong understanding of software testing phases including planning, functional, regression, and performance testing.
• Experience testing web applications across UI, service, and back-end layers.
• Proficiency in Java with familiarity in additional languages such as JavaScript or Python.
• Experience with Git/GitLab for source control, pull requests, and code reviews.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and tools such as Jenkins and Ansible
• Ability to work independently, debug complex issues, and deliver high-quality results.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience working in Agile development environments.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office products (Word, Excel, Visio, PowerPoint).
• Must be a U.S. Citizen.
• Must have or be capable of obtaining a U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) security clearance at the required level.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with test case traceability tools such as QMetry or Zephyr.
• Experience validating system/service functionality using SOAPUI, Postman, Mockito, or similar test tools.
• Familiarity with identity, credential, and access management (ICAM) concepts and standards, including:
• LDAP or Active Directory
• PKI
• OAuth
• OpenID Connect (OIDC)
• SAML
• SCIM
• Multi-factor Authentication (MFA)
• Experience in identity management and governance (single sign-on, identity federation, enterprise directory architecture).
• Experience with web development frameworks such as React or Redux.
• Security+ Certification (or ability to obtain).

To Apply for this Position:

You must have the Minimum Qualifications in your resume to be selected as a candidate.

Salary Description

Up to $150K USD