Test Automation & Verification Engineer

• Maintain and extend automated test suites using Python or other government-approved languages
• Develop new automated test scripts to achieve high coverage of regression-based deficiencies
• Document software anomalies and track defect resolution in the government’s designated tools (e.g., JIRA)
• Independently validate developer fixes during government-directed product line testing
• Support reporting on test coverage, defect trends, and system readiness
• Maintain the existing automated test suite utilizing Python or other government-approved languages
• Develop new automated test scripts to ensure a minimum of 95% of regression-based deficiencies are identified within the designated testing environments
• Document software anomalies and track defect resolutions to closure within the government’s designated JIRA
• Independently validate developer fixes during government-directed product line test evaluations
• Design and implement automated test frameworks for PIR Enterprise Platform and associated applications
• Develop test automation strategies aligned with DevSecOps and continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines
• Create automated unit tests, integration tests, and end-to-end system tests
• Implement automated regression test suites to ensure system stability across releases
• Develop automated performance and load testing scripts to assess system scalability
• Create automated security testing scripts to identify vulnerabilities and compliance issues
• Implement test data management strategies and automated test data generation
• Design and maintain test automation infrastructure and environments
• Configure and manage automated test execution environments across development, test, and staging systems
• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines for continuous verification
• Implement automated build verification tests (BVTs) to quickly identify build failures
• Develop smoke tests and sanity tests for rapid system health checks
• Create automated acceptance tests based on user stories and acceptance criteria
• Implement behavior-driven development (BDD) or test-driven development (TDD) practices as appropriate
• Develop automated API testing scripts for RESTful and other web services
• Create automated database testing scripts to verify data integrity and consistency
• Implement automated UI testing for web-based and desktop applications
• Develop automated testing for cloud-native applications, microservices, and containerized environments
• Create automated tests for data pipelines, ETL processes, and data workflows
• Implement automated testing for AI/ML model inputs, outputs, and performance
• Execute automated test suites on schedule and on-demand basis
• Monitor automated test execution and analyze test results
• Investigate test failures to determine root cause (test issue vs. system defect)
• Document defects with detailed reproduction steps, expected vs. actual results, and supporting evidence
• Assign appropriate priority and severity levels to identified defects
• Track defects through the complete lifecycle from identification to closure
• Verify defect fixes and conduct re-testing to confirm resolution
• Conduct regression testing after defect fixes to ensure no new issues are introduced
• Maintain defect metrics including defect density, defect discovery rate, and defect resolution time
• Generate test execution reports showing pass/fail rates, coverage metrics, and trends
• Provide test status updates to development teams and government stakeholders
• Create dashboards and visualizations for test automation metrics and key performance indicators
• Identify areas of insufficient test coverage and develop tests to address gaps
• Measure and report on code coverage, functional coverage, and requirements coverage
• Achieve and maintain minimum 95% detection rate for regression-based deficiencies
• Continuously improve test automation coverage, efficiency, and effectiveness
• Refactor and optimize existing automated tests for better maintainability and execution speed
• Implement parallel test execution to reduce overall test cycle time
• Develop reusable test components, libraries, and frameworks to improve productivity
• Establish coding standards and best practices for test automation code
• Conduct peer reviews of test automation code and test cases
• Maintain version control of test scripts, test data, and test configurations
• Document test automation frameworks, tools, and methodologies
• Create and maintain test plan documentation outlining test strategy and approach
• Develop test case specifications with clear preconditions, steps, and expected results
• Maintain requirements traceability matrices linking tests to system requirements
• Support manual testing efforts when automated testing is not feasible or appropriate
• Conduct exploratory testing to identify issues not covered by automated tests

Citizenship: Must be a US citizen Clearance: Eligible for TS/SCI; able to obtain and maintain required clearances. Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field Years of Experience:

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in software testing, test automation, or quality assurance.
• Up to 6 additional years of relevant work experience may be substituted for the degree; or 4 additional years plus an Associate’s degree.
• Proficiency in scripting languages (e.g., Python) and test automation frameworks.
• Familiarity with defect tracking tools such as JIRA.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to interpret requirements into test cases.