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# Software Test Engineer

- **Company:** Booz Allen Hamilton Inc.
- **Location:** McLean, VA, United States
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Salary:** $62,000.0 - $141,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Testing (Software), Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Agile Methodology, JIRA, Continuous Delivery, Continuous Integration, Junit, Selenium, Performance Testing, Postman, Cypress (Programming Language), Information Technology
- **Published:** September 22, 2026
- **Apply:** https://diversityjobs.com/candidate/trackback_apply?vacancyId=[vacid]

## About the Role

* 2+ years of experience performing software testing, systems validation, or verification activities
 * Experience with Jira
 * Experience analyzing and comprehendingsoftware requirements,anddefining test methods
 * Experience developing test plans, test cases, and detailed test procedures
 * Experience conducting functional, integration, regression, or performance testing
 * Experiencein communicating findings to development teams
 * Ability to collaborate with engineering, cybersecurity, and government test organizations
 * TS/SCI clearance with a polygraph
 * HS diploma or GED

Nice If You Have:

 * Experience withSQLscripting
 * Experience with human resources IT systems
 * Experience with automation and API tools such as Selenium, JUnit, Postman, or Cypress
 * Experience with Agile frameworks and Continuous Integration or Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipelines

## Description

As a Software Test Engineer on our team,you'llcollaborate with developers,requirements analysts, and government stakeholders tovalidatesoftwarefor your client.You'llcreate test strategies and detailed procedures, trace requirements to verification methods, and execute tests that span functional, integration, regression, performance, and missionrelevant evaluation. You'lltrack and report bugs,verify fixes, and help guide improvements throughout the development lifecycle.


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