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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Automated Test Engineer - **Company:** STEAMPUNK INC. - **Location:** McLean, VA, United States - **Experience:** Experienced - **Salary:** $90,000.0 - $130,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Testing (Software), Agile Methodology, Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Automation of Tests, Microsoft Azure, Cloud Computing, Computer Programming, Data Validation, Data Files, Data Systems, DevOps, Github, Load Testing, Regression Testing, Selenium, SoapUI, Systems Integration, Test Data, Scripting, Postman, Appium, Large Language Models, ReadyAPI, Gitlab, Git, Kubernetes, Information Technology, Bitbucket, Devsecops, Docker, Web Api - **Published:** September 21, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.clearancejobs.com/jobs/9085619/automated-test-engineer ## About the Role * Ability to obtain a U.S. government Security Clearance * Bachelor's Degree in an IT field OR Bachelor's degree in a non-IT field and 2 years related IT experience * 3 years of experience with Git SCM providers such as GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket * 3 years of experience with one or more programming or scripting languages * 3 years of application DevSecOps experience in an Agile environment * Experience utilizing docker containers and utilizing platforms such as Kubernetes * 3 years of experience implementing test automation, using tools such as Selenium, Appium, Soap UI, RestAssured, Postman * Experience integrating test automation including performance, security, and functional tests into CI/CD Pipelines * Experience with performance and load testing * Experience in one or more cloud computing environments (e.g. AWS, Azure, or GCP) * Experience with LLM-specific evaluation frameworks * Familiarity with responsible AI and bias-testing practices * Local to the Washington, DC metro area Preferred: * Certifications: + CAST (Certified Associate in Software Testing) + International Software Testing Qualifications Board (ISTQB) Certification * Excellent written and verbal communication skills, interpersonal and collaborative skills * Experience with documenting an as-is state of the environment, perform a gap analysis, and produce artifacts that articulate options and recommendations ## Description As an Automated Test Engineer, you will work with our growing DevSecOps practice delivering quality assurance services to support application, cloud, and data systems development. We are looking for candidates with experience with quality assurance and test automation practices in an Agile/DevSecOps work environment. Contributions * Understand the needs of stakeholders and convey to developers * Meet with product design team to determine testing parameters * Create test plans, create test cases, test procedures, defects, defect reports and final QA reports for products * Manage test data architecture definition and requests * Ability to perform the following types of testing and analysis: + Data validation testing + Functional testing + Performance and load testing + Usability testing + Accessibility (508) testing + AI model verification * Establish automated testing tools and framework for test automation * Provide validation testing of different system and data sets for cloud migrations * Help to automate and improve development, testing, deployment, and release processes * Validate AI-generated output for accuracy, relevance, consistency, and freedom from hallucination or bias * Test dynamic UI rendering of variable-length, variable-structure AI-generated content, including truncation, overflow, and formatting edge cases * Perform functional, regression, exploratory, and boundary/edge-case testing across the full application stack * Test API endpoints directly to isolate whether defects originate from the model or from the UI layer * Validate latency handling, loading states, timeouts, and error states tied to variable AI response times * Conduct adversarial/red-team style testing to identify unexpected or malicious input handling gaps * Perform regression testing following model updates, fine-tuning, or retraining to catch unintended behavior shifts * Document, track, and prioritize defects in collaboration with engineering and data science teams * Work with software developers and software engineers to ensure that development follows established processes and works as intended * Document as-is state of the environment, perform a gap analysis, and produce artifacts that articulate options and recommendations * Leverage virtualization and containerization to optimize testing software systems * Work with teams to bring continuous improvement to DevSecOps processes and tools * Present regular status updates and provide cross training to other DevOps team members * Act as an individual contributor and mentor more junior team members ## Related Videos - [How a Small Team Shrank a Microsoft Monorepo by 94%](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1236-how-a-small-team-shrank-a-microsoft-monorepo-by-94) - [Docker Compose: Rediscovered](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1978-docker-compose-rediscovered) - [WeAreDevelopers LIVE - Modern DevOps for IoT Devices and More](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1805-wearedevelopers-live-modern-devops-for-iot-devices-and-more) - [Continuous testing - run automated tests for every change!](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/190-continuous-testing-run-automated-tests-for-every-change) - [Enabling automated 1-click customer deployments with built-in quality and security](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/83-enabling-automated-1-click-customer-deployments-with-built-in-quality-and-security) - [Git for Code Reviews](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/429-git-for-code-reviews) ## Related Articles - [The 8 Best Code Testing Tools](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/402-the-8-best-code-testing-tools) - [Dev Digest 121 - AI goes offline](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/456-dev-digest-121-ai-goes-offline) - [Dev Digest 120 - Apple and peers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/455-dev-digest-120-apple-and-peers) - [How We Built a Worry-Free System That Runs for 10+ Years – And What We’d Do Again](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/751-how-we-built-a-worry-free-system-that-runs-for-10-years-and-what-we-d-do-again) - [Is Software Engineering Over-Saturated?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/418-is-software-engineering-over-saturated) - [Dev Digest 119 - ❤️ === ❤️](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/454-dev-digest-119)