Automated Test Engineer

Overview:

BAI, a defense contractor, is seeking a Automated Test Engineer to support TEALMISSILE, at Annapolis Junction, MD. The ideal candidate is detail-oriented, passionate about software quality, and has a strong background in developing robust automated test suites. This role involves close collaboration with a cross-functional Agile team of software developers, system engineers, and product owners to validate functional enhancements and support the ongoing modernization of authoring and dissemination tools. Opportunities for career advancement, excellent benefits and long-term stability are some of the advantages of our growing, employee-focused company.

Salary

The typical annual salary range for this position is $160,000.00 USD to $200,000.00 USD. Salary will be based on current qualifications, directly related experience, geographic location, and possible contractual requirements which could fall outside of this range.

Responsibilities:

Shall have a minimum of four (4) years’ experience as a Test Engineer in test engineering or integration of modern hardware/software systems

Shall be proficient in the development and implementation of test strategies, plans, traceability matrices, procedures, and reports

Shall have familiarity with automated test methods and automated test tools

Shall have a minimum of two (2) years of requirements analysis experience and in particular must be fully trained or have experience in the testing of systems at the component, integration, system, or end-to-end levels

Shall have experience in writing test cases and writing discrepancy reports

Shall have experience in basic UNIX, DOS, and Windows commands and basic understanding of capturing snapshots

Test Automation Design & Development: Independently design, develop, and maintain high-quality, scalable automated UI and API test scripts utilizing Cypress

Test Execution & Reporting: Execute automated test suites, analyze results, troubleshoot failures, and comprehensively document defects and testing metrics

Integration & Delivery: Partner with DevOps and software engineers to integrate automated testing seamlessly into the CI/CD pipeline (e.g., GitLab CI/CD) to ensure continuous quality and rapid feedback

Collaboration: Participate actively in Agile ceremonies (sprint planning, demos) and work with the team to understand functional requirements and ensure comprehensive test coverage for all new features and bug fixes

Work location is a combination of 135 National Business Parkway, Annapolis Junction, MD and up to 2 days per week of telework as project tasking allows

Qualifications:

Qualifications / Required technical skills include experience with:

Proven experience designing, writing, and maintaining automated tests using Cypress

Proficiency in JavaScript or TypeScript for test script development

Experience testing modern web applications, RESTful microservices, and APIs

Strong understanding of software QA methodologies, tools, and processes

Practical experience with Agile software development methodologies and collaboration tools such as Jira and Confluence

Experience with version control systems (Git)

Desired Experience / technical skills include experience with:

Experience configuring and integrating automated tests within CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitLab CI/CD)

Familiarity with Cloud-based architecture and deployment (Amazon Web Services)

Basic understanding of containerization (Docker) to test applications in consistent environments

Familiarity with domain knowledge surrounding government agency reporting and dissemination policies

Shall have familiarity with two or more of the skills and technologies listed in Table 1

Table 1 – Desired Skills and Technologies

Skills

Front End User Interface (UI) Development, Middle-Tier Development, Back-End Development, Full Stack Development, Agile Software Development Practices, Application Programming Interface (API) principles, Artificial Intelligence, Attribute Based Access Control (ABAC), Automated Testing, Cloud Analytics, Cloud-based System Administration, Containerization, Continuous Integration / Continuous Development (CI/CD), Data Modeling, DevOps, Distributed Web Applications, Firewall Administration, Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Kanban Software Development Practices, Large Language Models, Machine Learning, Microservices, Monitoring and Alerting, Network Engineering, Recommender Services, Relational Databases, Role Based Access Control (RBAC), Scripting, Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), Systems Engineering, Technical Documentation, User Accessibility, Virtual Machines, Web Services

Commercial Technologies

Accumulo, ActiveMQ, Akka, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Angular, Ansible, Apache, Apache NiFi, Apollo, Artemis, ASP.NET, Atlassian, Backbone.js, Bash scripting, Bootstrap, Cassandra, CentOS, CoffeeScript, CSS, Cypress, Docker, Docker Compose, Docker Swarm, Drools, Eclipse, Elasticsearch, ExtJS, Flink, Git, Gitlab, Gradle, Grafana, GWT, Hadoop, HAProxy, Hazelcast, Heron, Hibernate, HTML, IDE, Firebug, Java, JavaScript, JBlocks, Jenkins, Jetty, Jira/Confluence, JMS, jQuery, JSON, Kafka, KeyDB, Kibana, Kubernetes, Linux, Logstash, Maven, MongoDB, MBatis, MySQL, nginx, Node.js, OpenSSL, Oracle, PKI Certificate Administration, Percona, Postgres, Prometheus, Pulsar, Puppet, Python, Rancher, React.js, Redis, RESTful Web Services, SaltStack, Scala, Selenium, SOAP Web Services, Splunk, Spring, Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, Spring MVC/Beans, SQL, Squirrel, Storm, Subversion, Swagger, Sybase, Terraform, Terragrunt, Tomcat, Typescript, Vue.js, Web Security, XML, Zookeeper

EDUCATION

Degree:

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university.

Allowable Substitution:

Four (4) years of additional TE or related experience may be substituted for a Bachelor’s degree

Master’s degree can be substituted for two (2) years’ experience

CLEARANCE

Top secret

We cannot accept CCA candidates for this position, and polygraphs must have been completed within the last seven years

Condition of Employment: Applicant must have an active Top Secret Clearance.

CITIZENSHIP

The applicant must have US citizenship at the time of application.