Test Engineer

Responsibilities and Duties

• Design, develop, execute, and maintain test plans, test cases, test scripts, and test data for enterprise applications and systems.
• Perform functional, integration, system, regression, performance, and user acceptance testing activities.
• Validate software functionality against business, technical, and security requirements.
• Collaborate with developers, business analysts, systems engineers, and stakeholders to identify and resolve software defects and performance issues.
• Support all phases of the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), including requirements analysis, design reviews, testing, deployment, and production support.
• Develop and maintain automated testing frameworks and scripts to improve testing efficiency and coverage.
• Track, document, and manage software defects through resolution and closure.
• Perform root cause analysis to identify recurring issues and recommend corrective actions.
• Support testing and validation activities for cloud-hosted environments, including AWS EC2-based systems and services.
• Verify successful implementation of operating system, application, and security patches through testing and validation procedures.
• Support LDAP server testing activities, including authentication, authorization, user access validation, and directory synchronization testing.
• Validate system integrations between applications, databases, APIs, identity management systems, and enterprise platforms.
• Assist in the creation and maintenance of test environments, test datasets, and configuration baselines.
• Develop testing reports, metrics, dashboards, and status updates for project stakeholders and leadership.
• Support cybersecurity and compliance testing activities to ensure system security requirements are properly implemented.
• Collaborate with DevSecOps teams to integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines.
• Participate in code reviews and design reviews to identify quality and testability concerns early in the development process.
• Develop and maintain technical documentation, testing procedures, validation reports, and quality assurance artifacts.
• Support production deployments and post-release verification activities.
• Contribute to continuous improvement efforts focused on software quality, testing effectiveness, automation, and customer satisfaction.

 Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, Information Systems, or a related discipline.
• Minimum of four (4) years of software development, software testing, quality assurance, or related experience.
• Experience developing and executing test plans, test cases, test scripts, and defect management processes.
• Experience supporting enterprise software applications and system testing activities.
• Knowledge of Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) and Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC) methodologies.
• Experience with manual and automated testing tools and frameworks.
• Familiarity with AWS environments, including EC2 instances and cloud-hosted applications.
• Experience validating operating system, middleware, and application patching activities.
• Experience supporting or testing LDAP directory services, authentication services, and access management solutions.
• Knowledge of web applications, APIs, databases, and software integration testing methodologies.
• Experience using defect tracking and project management tools such as Jira, Azure DevOps, ServiceNow, or equivalent platforms.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively within a cross-functional technical environment.
• U.S. Citizen and ability to get the clearance.

 Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and/or Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) programs.
• Experience testing applications supporting cybersecurity, risk management, compliance, or mission-support operations.
• Experience with automated testing frameworks such as Selenium, Playwright, JUnit, TestNG, Cypress, or equivalent tools.
• Familiarity with CI/CD platforms such as Azure DevOps, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or GitLab CI/CD.
• Experience supporting AWS cloud environments, containerized applications, and infrastructure automation initiatives.
• Knowledge of LDAP, Active Directory, Identity and Access Management (IAM), and Single Sign-On (SSO) technologies.
• Familiarity with Federal cybersecurity standards including FISMA, NIST SP 800-53, RMF, and Zero Trust principles.
• Experience supporting application modernization, digital transformation, or service enablement initiatives.
• Relevant certifications such as ISTQB Certified Tester, AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner, Security+, Certified Agile Tester, or equivalent certifications.