System Automation - Agile Developer - Level 1
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Overview
Remote
On-site
Compensation
$60-$68/hour
Job Description
Pay Rate Range: $60 - $67.60/hr. on W2Location: Fort Meade, MD (On-Site) Clearance Required: Active Top Secret/SCI with Full Scope Polygraph (FSP); CI Polygraph within the last 7 years - must be active prior to startPosition Overview:
- The System Automation Agile Developer supports the modernization of a legacy operational system using a microservices-based architecture and cutting-edge automation and test engineering capabilities.
- The contractor works embedded in a cross-functional Agile team, owning test framework design, automated test execution, and quality delivery across the full software lifecycle.
- Strong communication and collaboration with engineers, product owners, and program stakeholders are required daily.
Key Responsibilities:Test Framework and Automation:
- Establish and maintain a test framework and automated test suite using Playwright, Cucumber, and Cypress
- Develop, maintain, and execute automated functional and end-to-end (E2E) tests across microservices
- Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines to enable continuous quality gates
- Author maintainable, data-driven, and reusable test scripts aligned to program coding standards
Performance, Load, and Resilience Testing:
- Execute load and performance testing across microservices and system interfaces using JMeter or similar tooling
- Conduct chaos testing to validate system resilience, failover, and recovery behaviors
- Perform functional and end-to-end testing to validate user workflows and integrations
- Identify, document, and triage defects; partner with developers on root-cause analysis and remediation
Microservices and Modernization Support:
- Support modernization of a legacy operational system into a microservices-based architecture
- Validate microservice contracts, APIs, and integrations across the distributed system
- Test containerized workloads and deployments in Kubernetes and Docker environments
- Verify CI/CD pipeline behavior, deployment health, and post-deployment validation
Agile Delivery and Collaboration:
- Participate in all Agile ceremonies: sprint planning, stand-ups, refinement, reviews, and retrospectives
- Deliver test artifacts and automation on the sprint cadence in coordination with development teams
- Communicate and collaborate with engineers, product owners, and program stakeholders
- Contribute to continuous improvement of team test practices, tooling, and quality metrics
Qualifications:
- Education: Bachelor's degree from an accredited college in a related discipline, or equivalent combined education and experience (3 or more years of professional experience; or 1 year with a related Master's degree).
Must Have (Required):
- Active TS/SCI clearance with Full Scope Polygraph (FSP) - must be active prior to start
- CI Polygraph within the last 7 years - must be active prior to start
- Hands-on experience establishing and maintaining test frameworks and automated test suites
- Working knowledge of Microservices design and architecture
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines and integrating automated tests into them
- Proficiency with test automation frameworks and tooling (Playwright, Cucumber, and/or Cypress)
- Experience executing load and performance testing, chaos testing, functional testing, and end-to-end testing
- Experience working in an Agile delivery environment
- Strong communication and collaboration skills in a team-oriented software development environment
Nice to Have (1 or more of the following):
- Test automation tools: Playwright, Cucumber/Gherkin, Selenium, Cypress
- 508/accessibility testing tools: JAWS or NVDA
- Performance testing: JMeter
- API testing/documentation: Swagger or similar API tool
- Software languages: Java, JavaScript, Python, Ansible
- Cloud: AWS
- Container and orchestration: Kubernetes, Docker
- CI/CD tooling and pipeline development
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