Req ID: RQ231935
Type of Requisition: Regular
Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: Top Secret SCI + Polygraph
Public Trust/Other Required: None
Job Family: Professional Engineering
Skills:
Agile Methodology,Agile Scrum Development,Automated Testing
Experience:
7 + years of related experience
US Citizenship Required:
Yes
Job Description:
Up to 2 Days a Week Telework
Transform technology into opportunity as a Test Engineer at GDIT. Shape what's next for mission-critical government projects while shaping what's next for your engineering career.
MEANINGFUL WORK AND PERSONAL IMPACT
As a Test Engineer Sr Principal, the work you'll do at GDIT will be impactful to the mission of a mission critical customer. You will play a crucial role in ensuring the quality, reliability, and performance of a mission critical system. 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.
Responsibilities:
Test Automation Design & Development: Independently design, develop, and maintain high-quality, scalable automated UI and API test scripts utilizing Playwright.
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.
WHAT YOU'LL NEED TO SUCCEED
Bring your engineering expertise along with a drive for innovation to GDIT. The Test Engineer shall have:
● Education: Bachelors Degree
● Experience: 10+ years of related experience
● Security clearance level: Top Secret//SCI W/ Poly
● US citizenship required
Required Technical Skills:
Proven experience designing, writing, and maintaining automated tests using Playwright.
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 Technical Skills:
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.
GDIT IS YOUR PLACE
At GDIT, the mission is our purpose, and our people are at the center of everything we do.
● Growth: AI-powered career tool that identifies career steps and learning opportunities
● Support: An internal mobility team focused on helping you achieve your career goals
● Rewards: Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages, 401K with company match, and competitive pay and paid time off
● Flexibility: Full-flex work week to own your priorities at work and at home
● Community: Award-winning culture of innovation and a military-friendly workplace
OWN YOUR OPPORTUNITY
Explore a career at GDIT and you'll find endless opportunities to grow alongside colleagues who share your ambition to deliver your best work.
The likely salary range for this position is $170,000 - $230,000. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.
Total Rewards at GDIT:
Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available. We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.
Our Identity Verification Process:
As part of the hiring process, we will ask you to complete an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence to ensure authenticity and protect against identity fraud. You are expected to be on camera during virtual interviews. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud. By proceeding, you authorize the collection, processing, and use of your biometric data for identity verification and security purposes.
About Our Work:
We are GDIT. A global technology and professional services company that delivers technology solutions and mission services to every major agency across the U.S. government, defense and intelligence community. Our 26,000 experts extract the power of technology to create immediate value and deliver solutions at the edge of innovation. We operate across 50+ countries worldwide, offering leading mission-ready capabilities in AI, cloud, cyber and software development.
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