Senior Functional & Automation Tester

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🏛️ District of Columbia, Washington – Remote

🏛️ District of Columbia – Remote ☕ Washington – Remote

💵 $105k - $119k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🔧 QA Engineer (Quality Assurance)

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M9 Solutions

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51 - 200 employees

Founded 2007

💼 Consulting

🎖️ Defense

📦 Logistics

Consulting • Defense • Logistics

M9 Solutions is a company dedicated to providing IT services and solutions, primarily to federal government clients. The company focuses on mobilizing the appropriate personnel, skills, clearance levels, and technologies to aid organizations in achieving enhanced performance and sustainable change. M9 Solutions offers services in digital transformation, software development, cloud migration, applications and infrastructure management, cybersecurity, data science, and IT talent solutions. The company is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion, aiming to create a positive work environment where every team member's voice matters. M9 Solutions has been involved in notable industry events and continues to play a significant role in shaping the future of digital technology in the defense and government sectors.

📋 Description

• Provide senior functional and automation testing support for a government contract client • Own test strategy and automation for complex, distributed, or cloud-based systems • Lead and execute functional testing and test automation throughout the software development lifecycle • Define and implement regression plans and release-readiness validation • Perform automated unit, API, and user interface testing • Work within CI/CD pipeline environments and DevSecOps/SecDevOps practices • Validate secure coding expectations and security controls • Test Kafka-based message/event-driven workflows and asynchronous processing • Test microservices and serverless applications, including contract validation and integration testing • Troubleshoot failures by analyzing logs, metrics, and traces; support defect triage • Apply performance, reliability, multi-threading, and observability validation practices • Communicate quality risks and recommendations to technical and non-technical stakeholders

🎯 Requirements

• US Citizenship is required • Active Public Trust level clearance is required • Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college/university in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field is preferred, or equivalent practical experience • 5–10 years of experience in software testing, quality engineering, or software development with significant testing/automation responsibilities • Experience owning test strategy and automation for complex, distributed, or cloud-based systems • Experience leading and executing functional testing and test automation across the software development lifecycle • Ability to define and implement test strategies for distributed/cloud applications, including regression planning and release readiness • Experience with automated unit, API, and user interface testing • Familiarity with TDD concepts and automation-first approaches • Experience with CI/CD pipelines, source code management, and build/deployment tooling such as GitLab and Jenkins • Working knowledge of secure coding and secure engineering expectations • Experience validating message/event-driven systems, including Kafka-based workflows and asynchronous processing • Experience testing API-centric architectures such as microservices and serverless applications • Familiarity with cloud and data pipeline technologies including Dataflow, Pub/Sub, or Redis • Strong troubleshooting skills involving logs, metrics, traces, failure isolation, and defect triage • Technical fluency in one or more automation/validation languages such as Java, Python, SQL, or JavaScript • Knowledge of performance tuning, multi-threading, reliability, and observability concepts • Strong communication and stakeholder management skills

🏖️ Benefits

• Competitive compensation package • M9 Benefits (benefits details provided via employer benefits link) • Equal opportunity and affirmative action compliance • Support for veterans, transitioning service members, military spouses, and dependents