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Steampunk Senior Test Engineer in McLean, Virginia
Overview
As a Senior Test Engineer , you will work with our growing DevSecOps practice delivering quality assurance services to support application, cloud, and data systems developmentwithin an AI-enabled software development environment.
We are looking for candidates with 5-7 years experience with experience with quality assurance and test automation practices in an Agile/DevSecOps work environment.
Contributions
Responsibilities include:
Understand the needs of stakeholders and conveying this to developers
Meet with product design team to determine testing parameters
Write test plans, create test cases, test procedures, bug reports, final QA reports for products
Manage test data architecture definition and requests
Troubleshoot errors and streamline the test procedures
Test and examine code written by others and analyze results, including three or more of the following:
Data validation testing
Functional testing
Performance and load testing
Usability testing
Accessibility (508) testing
Establish automated testing tools and infrastructure for test automation
Provide validation testing of different system and data sets for cloud migrations
Develop automated testing scripts considering parallelization and idempotency
Automate and improve development, testing, deployment, and release processes
Ensure that systems are safe and secure against cybersecurity threats
Work with software developers and software engineers to ensure that development follows established processes and works as intended
Document as-is state of the environment, perform a gap analysis, and produce artifacts that articulate options and recommendations
Leverage virtualization and containerization to optimize testing software systems
Work with teams to bring continuous improvement to DevSecOps processes and tools
Engineer and implement solutions and provide recommendations for continuous improvement for the services provided
Present regular status updates and provide cross training to other DevOps team members
Act as an individual contributor and mentor more junior team members
Qualifications
Required:
Ability to obtain a U.S. government Security Clearance
Bachelor's Degree and 8+ years total experience
5+ years of experience with Git SCM providers such as GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket
5+ years of experience with one or more programming or scripting languages
5+ years of application DevSecOps experience with development experience in an Agile environment
Experience developing and deploying containerized applications using Docker and orchestration platforms such as Kubernetes
5+ years of experience implementing test automation, using tools such as Selenium, Appium, Soap UI, RestAssured, Postman
3+ years of experience integrating test automation including performance, security, and functional tests into CI/CD pipelines
3+ years of experience with performance and load testing
Preferred:
Certifications:
CAST (Certified Associate in Software Testing)
International Software Testing Qualifications Board (ISTQB) Certification
Certified Manager of Software Testing (CMST)
DHS Trusted Tester Certification (TTv5)
Demonstrated experience using AI-assisted development tools and machine learning–based code generation platforms to accelerate secure software delivery pipelines across cloud-native environments
Proven ability to integrate AI-powered code generation and testing tools into software delivery workflows, mentoring teams on improving productivity and code quality using emerging AI technologies
Experience with documenting an as-is state of the environment, perform a gap analysis, and produce artifacts that articulate options and recommendations
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Strong interpersonal and collaborative skills
About steampunk
Steampunk relies on several factors to determine salary, including but not limited to geographic location, contractual requirements, education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience. The projected compensation range for this position is $110,000 to $160,000. The estimate displayed represents a typical annual salary range for this position. Annual salary is just one aspect of Steampunk’s total compensation package for employees. Learn more about additional Steampunk benefits here.
Identity Statement
As part of the application process, you are expected to be on camera during interviews and assessments. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud.
Steampunk is a Change Agent in the Federal contracting industry, bringing new thinking to clients in the Homeland, Federal Civilian, Health and DoD sectors. Through our Human-Centered delivery methodology , we are fundamentally changing the expectations our Federal clients have for true shared accountability in solving their toughest mission challenges. As an employee owned company , we focus on investing in our employees to enable them to do the greatest work of their careers – and rewarding them for outstanding contributions to our growth. If you want to learn more about our story, visit http://www.steampunk.com .
We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Steampunk participates in the E-Verify program.
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Job Location US-VA-McLean
Posted Date 15 hours ago (4/17/2026 11:43 AM)
Job ID 7664
Clearance Requirement Public Trust