Quality Assurance Automation Engineer

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🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $80k - $128k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

🤖 QA Automation Engineer

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Peraton

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10,000+ employees

💼 Consulting

🏥 Healthcare

📦 Logistics

Consulting • Healthcare • Logistics

Peraton is a mission-focused enterprise that supports national security initiatives through advanced IT and cyber services. They provide capabilities in areas such as cyber defense, cloud operations, engineering, and intelligence. With a commitment to solving complex challenges, Peraton integrates data-driven technologies to ensure mission success for their military and government clients.

📋 Description

• Develop, implement, and maintain automated unit, integration, and end-to-end functional test scripts • Ensure automated test cases are executable by the end of each Agile sprint for the Government-managed DevSecOps pipeline • Write test cases before code development in support of Test-Driven Development • Analyze test automation coverage and contribute to the Test Automation State Assessment Report and automation completion plan • Automate legacy test cases to expand regression coverage across the DEERS application portfolio • Develop and maintain Requirements Traceability Matrices at the end of each development cycle or sprint • Assist with UAT plans, scenarios, and scripts for Government and external partner acceptance testing • Document test activities, results, and defects in the Government-provided Test Case Management System • Contribute to Testing Reports, Release Notes, and Software Version Descriptions • Participate in mandatory code reviews at 50%, 75%, and 90% development completion • Monitor and enforce quality thresholds • Triage and track defects in JIRA, analyze issues, replicate errors, and escalate to product teams • Support weekly defect escalation reporting to customers and the Government Product Owner • Support security scanning with Fortify, Sonatype, and BURP • Review and document code scan results before production releases and when rule packs or STIGs change • Conduct WCAG 2.0 Level AA accessibility testing • Assist with VPATs, remediation reports, and conformance documentation • Conduct Section 508 compliance testing and report status to the Monthly Status Report • Support stress and load testing in the ProdSim environment • Coordinate Disaster Recovery testing with technical and operations teams • Support Independent Verification & Validation in UAT before production deployment • Participate in Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, backlog grooming, stand-ups, reviews, and retrospectives • Maintain sprint defect tracking, test completion status, and burn-down metrics in JIRA • Adhere to deployment pipeline standards and quality gates • Contribute QA metrics and status to the Monthly Quality Status Report

🎯 Requirements

• 2 years with BS/BA; 0 years with MS/MA; 6 years with HS diploma • Obtain and maintain public trust clearance • IAM/IAT Level II certification: CompTIA Security+, SSCP, CompTIA CySA+, or GIAC Security Essentials (GSEC) • Experience in software quality assurance, test automation, or software testing roles • Foundational understanding of test automation principles • Experience writing automated test scripts in at least one automation framework or scripting language, such as Selenium, JUnit, TestNG, Python, or Java • Familiarity with Agile/Scrum methodologies and DevSecOps principles • Basic experience with defect tracking tools, preferably JIRA • Understanding of unit, integration, regression, and user acceptance testing lifecycles • Strong attention to detail and analytical thinking • Ability to document test results clearly and accurately • Ability to collaborate with developers, leads, and Government stakeholders • Preferred: ISTQB Foundation Level certification or equivalent • Preferred: Familiarity with Test-Driven Development (TDD) • Preferred: Exposure to Fortify, Sonatype, or BURP • Preferred: Section 508 / WCAG 2.0 Level AA accessibility testing experience • Preferred: Familiarity with ServiceNow • Preferred: Understanding of CI/CD pipelines and automated test integration within a DevSecOps environment • Preferred: Exposure to Oracle or PL/SQL database environments • Preferred: Prior DoD or Federal government IT program experience

🏖️ Benefits

• Potential eligibility for overtime • Potential eligibility for shift differential • Potential eligibility for a discretionary bonus