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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Software Automation Tester - **Company:** ECS Corporate Services, LLC - **Location:** Fairfax, VA, United States (Remote available) - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $100,000.0 - $120,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Testing (Software), .NET Framework, Test Suite, Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Agile Methodology, Business Logic, Automation of Tests, Browser Compatibility, Client Server Models, Databases, DevOps, HP Loadrunner, Apache JMeter, Scrum Methodology, Selenium, Systems Architecture, Web Services, Performance Testing, Appium, Software Troubleshooting, Gitlab, Git, Integration Tests, Playwright, Extreme Programming, Cucumber (Software) - **Published:** August 1, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.disabledperson.com/jobs/73948914-software-automation-tester ## About the Role Minimum 5 years of automation testing experience * Experience with test suite development and maintenance * Experience with automated testing tools and frameworks such as Selenium, Playwright, Appium, Robot, Cucumber, etc. * Experience with performance testing tools such as JMeter, K6, Loadrunner, etc. * Experience writing automated tests for web front ends, web services, APIs, and databases * Experience with manual testing * Experience with integration testing * Experience cross-browser/cross-platform testing * Experience working as part of an agile team using SAFe, Scrum, XP and/or Kanban * Generation and maintenance of controlled test datasets and scenarios * Desire to work in a collaborative environment * Quality and Detail-orientated * Team player who works well with customers and colleagues at all levels. * Ability to lead and manage a team of testers, providing clear guidance and mentorship * Experience with Git version control and collaborative development workflows * Strong troubleshooting and root cause analysis skills for determining automation test failures ## Description Everforth ECS is seeking a Software Tester to work remotely. The Everforth ECS Team provides focused agile software development and maintenance for a mission-critical application for the government. Today, the application is a client server application developed using Microsoft .NET that supports a database repository of DNA profiles from individuals, unsolved crime scene evidence, and missing persons. The software allows local, state, and national laboratories to compare DNA profiles electronically, thereby linking serial crimes to each other and identifying suspects by matching DNA profiles from crime scenes to individuals' profiles. Additionally, the software is used to assist with the identification of unidentified human remains, missing persons and disaster victims. The Software Tester will support the program with hands-on test development and execution experience implementing automated testing and integration into Gitlab pipelines. This tester is responsible for expanding, improving, and maintaining our test automation framework, and supporting our client with expansion of their test automation framework. This tester should be self-starting and proactive; they are expected to serve as a trusted resource on the business logic in place as well as our system architecture. They are expected to work collaboratively, with minimal supervision, on teams including DevOps Engineers and Developers to ensure our application meets users' needs, as well as business requirements and scalability characteristics. Each team member is expected to be cross-functional and take collective ownership to ensure deliverables are met and superb quality is achieved. 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