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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Test Automation Architect - **Company:** TQI Solutions - **Location:** Chesapeake, VA, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $95,000.0 - $110,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Testing (Software), Java (Programming Language), Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Automation of Tests, Business Systems, Software Quality, CompTIA Security+, Information Systems, Computer Engineering, Data Integrity, PowerBuilder, Regression Testing, Selenium, Software Engineering, Software Requirements Analysis, Test Data, Web Applications, Performance Testing, Spring-boot, Cypress (Programming Language), Data Strategy, Git, AngularJS, Testcomplete, Information Technology, Playwright, Data Management, Web Technologies, Restful APIs, Software Version Control, Devsecops, Dynamic Application Security Testing - **Published:** August 1, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.clearancejobs.com/jobs/9070742/test-automation-architect ## About the Role * Bachelor's degree in engineering or mathematics (e.g. Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or Information Systems) * Minimum 5 years designing and implementing automated software testing solutions supporting enterprise software development using modern web technologies (Java/Spring Boot/Angular or equivalent). * CompTIA Security+ CE certification or an equivalent required. * Must be a US Citizen due to Federal Contractor requirements. * Experience with the NTCSS suite (OOMA, OIMA, RSupply, RADM, OMMS), PowerBuilder modernization projects, and browser automation frameworks such as Playwright, Selenium, Cypress, or TestComplete is preferred. * Experience supporting Navy logistics, aviation maintenance, or enterprise business systems. * Experience implementing automated testing within DevSecOps CI/CD pipelines. * Ability to implement automated application security testing, dynamic application security testing, dependency scanning, and software composition analysis within DevSecOps environments. * Experience with source code management tools such as Git. * Demonstrated ability managing software defects and supporting release readiness by resolving Critical and High severity defects prior to User Acceptance Testing (UAT). * US Government Granted Security Clearance required. ## Description Our Test Automation Architect serves as the technical lead for the automated software verification program supporting modernization of the Naval Tactical Command Support System (NTCSS) thin-client prototype. The incumbent ensures functional equivalency between the legacy PowerBuilder application and the modernized thin-client solution through automated verification, traceability, and repeatable regression testing while providing objective evidence that software increments satisfy functional, integration, cybersecurity, and performance requirements. Salary Range: $95,000 to $110,000 annually, depending on experience., * Develop automated regression suites using legacy PowerBuilder application behavior as the functional baseline, verifying that the modernized thin-client solution faithfully reproduces operational maintenance workflows while identifying unintended functional changes prior to Government Functional Manager Certification. * Design, implement, and maintain the enterprise automated testing framework, including reusable test libraries, execution orchestration, reporting dashboards, and test data management to support continuous verification throughout the software development lifecycle. * Integrate automated functional, API, regression, security, and performance testing into CI/CD pipelines to provide continuous feedback on software quality and release readiness. * Design, develop, execute, and maintain automated functional, regression, integration, and end-to-end test scripts for web-based and enterprise software applications. * Prepare Software Test and Evaluation Procedures (STEPs), automated test procedures, traceability matrices, expected results, operational scenarios, and objective quality evidence supporting Government review and release readiness. * Create reusable automated test frameworks that improve regression testing efficiency and reduce manual testing effort. * Develop representative production-like test data and data management strategies to support repeatable testing. * Translate system requirements, user stories, interface specifications, and business rules into automated test scenarios and acceptance criteria. * Validate RESTful APIs, message exchanges, authentication, authorization, data integrity, and interface transactions using automated testing frameworks. * Analyze test results, identify software defects, reproduce issues, and document findings using defect tracking systems. * Perform functional, integration, system, regression, smoke, sanity, and user acceptance test support activities. * Maintain full traceability between requirements, user stories, automated test cases, and verification results. * Develop automated interface verification scripts validating data exchanges among OOMA, OIMA, RSupply, and other interfacing maintenance and logistics systems This is a full time, exempt, salaried position located on-site in Chesapeake, VA. 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