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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Senior Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) - **Company:** Sparko, Inc. - **Location:** Fort Meade, MD, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $131,300.0 - $237,350.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Testing (Software), Java (Programming Language), Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Agile Methodology, Amazon Web Services, Confluence, JIRA, Automation of Tests, Microsoft Azure, Batch Processing, Big Data, Software Bug Management, Software as a Service, Software Documentation, Information Systems, Continuous Integration, Data Validation, Data Governance, Data Integration, Extract Transform Load (ETL), Data Transformation, Data Sharing, Database Testing, Electronic Data Interchange (EDI), Github, HP Loadrunner, Interoperability, Apache JMeter, Junit, Python (Programming Language), Machine Learning, Scrum Methodology, Regression Testing, Software Reliability Testing, E2e Testing, Requirements Traceability, Selenium, SoapUI, Software Engineering, Software Quality Assurance (SQA), SQL Databases, Software Testing Automation Framework, Test Data, Strategies of Testing, Testng, Data Processing, Data Ingestion, Postman, Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources, Test Scripts, Cypress (Programming Language), Pytest, Data Lakes, Gitlab-ci, Information Technology, Deployment Automation, Playwright, Integration Frameworks, Data Management, Devsecops, Api Management, SDET, Jenkins, Programming Languages - **Published:** September 18, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.careerjet.com/job/us8cfcb2a876a22e13032f809e41e83d7f/eaa ## About the Role * Minimum 7 years of experience supporting software quality assurance, quality engineering, software testing, or test automation. * Minimum 3 years of experience developing and maintaining automated test frameworks. * Experience testing cloud-based applications and data platforms. * Experience with API, integration, system, regression, and end-to-end testing. * Experience validating complex data transformations and data integration pipelines. * Experience working within Agile development environments. * Experience with defect management and requirements traceability tools. * Experience supporting CI/CD and automated testing processes. * Experience producing test plans, test cases, test reports, and testing documentation. * Must be able to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance. * Must have lived in the United States 3 out of the past 5 years. PREFERRED EXPEREINCE: * Experience supporting CMS, HHS, or other Federal healthcare programs. * Experience supporting provider data, healthcare interoperability, enrollment, credentialing, licensing, or healthcare analytics systems. * Experience testing large-scale data acquisition, processing, and quality-management platforms. * Experience supporting AWS-hosted solutions. * Experience validating ETL, ELT, data lake, and analytics environments. * Experience testing FHIR, healthcare APIs, and interoperability services. * Experience supporting DevSecOps environments and automated deployment pipelines. * Experience validating machine learning, confidence scoring, analytics, or data quality models. * Experience supporting quality assessment, verification, correction management, or data governance initiatives. * Experience supporting FedRAMP, FISMA, NIST 800-53, or CMS security compliance activities. * Experience working within SAFe Agile environments. * Test automation frameworks (Selenium, Playwright, Cypress, TestNG, JUnit, PyTest, or equivalent). * API testing tools (Postman, REST Assured, SoapUI, or equivalent). * SQL and database testing. * Python, Java, or similar programming languages. * CI/CD platforms (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps, or equivalent). * AWS cloud services. * Data validation and quality-testing tools. * Jira, Confluence, GitHub, and related Agile toolsets. * Performance-testing tools such as JMeter, LoadRunner, or equivalent. * AWS Certifications * Agile Certification, SAFe preferred, * Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, Information Technology, Data Science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline. ## Description The Senior SDET is responsible for designing, implementing, and executing comprehensive quality engineering and test automation solutions supporting the program. This role develops and maintains automated testing frameworks, validates provider data processing and integration workflows, verifies functional and non-functional requirements, and ensures software, data, and operational deliverables meet established quality standards. The Senior SDET works closely with Agile teams, DevSecOps engineers, data engineers, data scientists, quality personnel, and business stakeholders to embed quality throughout the development lifecycle. * Test Strategy and Quality Engineering: * Develop and maintain the program test strategy, test plans, test cases, and test procedures. * Establish quality engineering practices supporting Agile and DevSecOps delivery. * Define test acceptance criteria aligned with business, technical, and operational requirements. * Participate in backlog refinement, sprint planning, reviews, and demonstrations. * Support Definition of Ready (DoR) and Definition of Done (DoD) quality activities. * Ensure traceability between requirements, test cases, defects, and releases. * Test Automation * Design, develop, execute, and maintain automated test frameworks and regression test suites. * Automate functional, integration, API, data validation, and end-to-end testing activities. * Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines. * Develop reusable testing components and automation utilities. * Improve automation coverage and reduce manual testing effort. * Support automated release validation and deployment verification. * Data Validation and Quality Testing * Validate provider data ingestion, transformation, normalization, aggregation, and delivery processes. * Develop automated data quality testing routines for completeness, accuracy, consistency, timeliness, and integrity. * Verify source-to-target mappings and transformation logic. * Validate metadata, provenance, licensing, and publication-rule implementation. * Test data quality dashboards, reporting capabilities, and analytical outputs. * Support verification of corrections, enrichments, and quality-improvement activities performed teams. * Integration and API Testing * Test system integrations, interfaces, APIs, data exchanges, and interoperability services. * Validate data exchange processes supporting FHIR-enabled and CMS-approved interfaces. * Perform end-to-end workflow testing across acquisition, validation, processing, and delivery components. * Verify secure transmission and exchange of provider information. * Performance and Operational Testing * Develop and execute performance, scalability, load, stress, and reliability testing. * Validate operational readiness for releases and project milestones. * Verify monitoring, alerting, recovery, and failover capabilities. * Support operational validation of data delivery, batch processing, and workflow performance. * Defect Management and Root Cause Analysis * Document, track, prioritize, and validate defect resolution. * Participate in root cause analysis activities. * Verify corrective actions and regression prevention measures. * Monitor quality trends and provide recommendations for improvement. * Support quality audits and QASP performance assessments. * Continuous Improvement * Analyze test results, defect trends, and quality metrics. * Recommend improvements to testing processes, automation frameworks, and quality practices. * Contribute to lessons learned and retrospective activities. * Support continuous improvement initiatives across development, operations, and data quality functions., + $131,300-237,350 per year Description Join a Mission That Matters! 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