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# Test Automation Engineer (SDET)

- **Company:** Peoplentech Llc
- **Location:** Santa Clara, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Testing (Software), Java (Programming Language), JavaScript (Programming Language), Applications Architecture, Application Portfolio Management, Automation of Tests, Code Coverage, Python (Programming Language), Load Testing, OpenShift, Cadence Virtuoso, Selenium, Software Engineering, Virtual Machines, Scripting, Performance Testing, Appium, Cypress (Programming Language), Kubernetes, Information Technology, Playwright, SDET
- **Published:** November 2, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerbuilder.com/job-details/test-automation-engineer-sdet-santa-clara-ca--98257538-06c4-43e2-b9b4-324a56d2835d

## About the Role

Test Automation, Software Design for Test (SDET), Automation Engineering, Software Design for Test (SDET), Test Automation, Automation Engineering, Virtual Machine (VM), Cadence, Software Engineering, Construction Safety, Experience Required: 5 - 8 years of relevant software test engineering / test automation experience, * Hands-on test automation experience with at least two of: Selenium, Playwright, Appium, Cypress, Karate.

 * Experience building E2E test suites for containerized and/or VM-based applications.
 * Experience with resilience, performance, or load testing tooling.
 * Scripting/programming ability in Python, Java, or JavaScript for test framework development.
 * Experience integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines.

Good-to-Have / Preferred Qualifications

 * Experience testing in ephemeral or on-demand environments.
 * Familiarity with OpenShift/Kubernetes or VM-based application architectures.
 * Experience building test dashboards, scorecards, or gamified adoption/quality metrics.
 * Exposure to drift detection or configuration-compliance testing., * Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent hands-on experience.
 * 5-8 years of software test engineering experience, including at least 2-3 years building automated E2E test suites at production scale.
 * ISTQB or equivalent test automation certification is a plus but not required.

## Description

Every repave, every onboarding wave, every COTS/MOTS migration in the Evergreen Platforms roadmap depends on one thing: knowing an application still works after we touch its infrastructure. As a Test Automation Engineer (SDET), you will build and own the automated testing rubric and E2E/resilience/performance validation suites that gate container and VM lifecycle changes across the entire application portfolio.
This role sits inside the same Evergreen Platforms workstream as the Container & VM Software Engineers, but the craft is different: you are building the safety net that lets repave-on-a-cadence be a confident, automated decision rather than a manual leap of faith., * Build and maintain the App Automated Testing Rubric used to certify applications before and after container/VM repave.

 * Test framework breadth: design E2E test automation suites using Selenium, Playwright, Appium, Cypress, and Karate across pilot and firm-wide application onboarding waves.
 * Build resilience and performance testing harnesses that validate repaved containers/VMs prior to production cutover.
 * Extend test automation to ephemeral environments, enabling on-demand validation without persistent test infrastructure.
 * Build leaderboard and scoring features that track and surface onboarding test-pass rates across application teams.
 * Partner with Container & VM Software Engineers to gate COTS/MOTS repave and Category-1/2/3 onboarding waves on automated test rubric pass rates.
 * Integrate test results into CI/CD pipelines and operational dashboards to give application teams real-time onboarding visibility.
 * Contribute test coverage that validates drift-detection remediation confirming that fixing drift doesn't reintroduce functional defects.