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# Senior Software Test Engineer

- **Company:** Shield Consulting Solutions
- **Location:** Annapolis Junction, MD, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $240,000.0 - $250,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Testing (Software), HTML, Java (Programming Language), JavaScript (Programming Language), Automation of Tests, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Databases, Python (Programming Language), Selenium, SQL Databases, Test Data, Web Applications, Web Technologies, Cucumber (Software), Programming Languages
- **Published:** July 3, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.clearancejobs.com/jobs/9010746/senior-software-test-engineer

## About the Role

* 20 years experience as a system engineer
 * Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline
 + 5 additional years of experience as a system engineer may be substituted for a degree, o Knowledge of test automation tools or willingness to learn (e.g., Cucumber, Selenium)
o Experience writing tests in programming languages or willingness to learn (e.g., Python, Java)
o Understanding of web technologies or willingness to learn (HTML, CSS, JavaScript)
o Experience working with databases (e.g., SQL)
o Experience designing and implementing automated systems to perform software testing
o Experience identifying and replicating errors in automation scripts
o Experience planning, executing, and analyzing test data to verify the performance and efficiency of system

## Description

* Software Test Engineer will design and implement automated tests for web applications.
 * Ideal candidate will have experience with automated and manual testing.


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