Senior Integration Test Engineer bei AttainX Inc.

Job Title: Senior Integration Test Engineer

Location: Remote
Clearance: Moderate Public Trust
Citizenship: U.S. Citizenship or Permanent Resident
Exemption Status: Exempt

AttainX is seeking a highly experienced Senior Integration Test Engineer to join our USDA Farm Loan Programs Modernization and Maintenance (FLPMM) initiative. This senior role is responsible for validating complex system interactions across multiple applications, platforms, and services within a Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe 6.0) environment.

The Senior Integration Test Engineer ensures that new capabilities and features integrate seamlessly across the USDA ecosystem, meet defined quality standards, and align with business objectives and the Product Manager’s vision. This role emphasizes built-in quality practices, continuous integration, and end-to-end validation to support large-scale modernization efforts in AWS-native and hybrid environments.

Qualifications and Education Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business, or related discipline.
• 7–10 years of progressive experience in software quality assurance, including at least 3+ years in integration/system-level testing in complex enterprise environments.
• Demonstrated experience in federal IT modernization programs with multiple systems, interfaces, and dependencies.
• Expertise in testing APIs, middleware, data exchanges, and system workflows across legacy and cloud-native applications.
• Proficiency in test automation frameworks (e.g., Selenium, Cucumber, REST Assured, Postman) and CI/CD integration (Jenkins, GitLab CI, AWS pipelines).
• Familiarity with defect tracking and Agile planning tools (e.g., Jira, Xray, TestRail).
• Solid understanding of SAFe 6.0 principles, particularly “Build-in Quality,” “Apply Systems Thinking,” and “Organize Around Value.”
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills; ability to translate technical issues into business impacts.
• Must be a U.S. Citizen or Permanent Resident with ability to obtain/maintain a Public Trust clearance.

Key Competencies:

• Deep understanding of end-to-end system integration in hybrid cloud and legacy environments.
• Grounded in SAFe Lean-Agile principles with a focus on value delivery, early feedback, and quality at scale.
• Ability to balance technical depth with business awareness, ensuring testing outcomes align with USDA mission objectives.
• Proactive problem-solving skills, with the ability to anticipate integration risks and recommend mitigation strategies.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Integration Test Strategy & Execution
  • Develop and execute comprehensive integration test plans to validate interoperability across applications, databases, APIs, and services.
  • Ensure coverage of end-to-end workflows that reflect real business scenarios and user journeys.
  • Establish traceability from Epics → Features → Stories → Test Cases, ensuring full coverage per SAFe 6.0 best practices.
• Built-in Quality & Continuous Improvement
  • Partner with Product Managers, Architects, and DevOps engineers to ensure quality is embedded at every step of the development process.
  • Apply automated regression and integration testing within CI/CD pipelines to detect issues early.
  • Monitor quality metrics (defect leakage, code coverage, system reliability) and ensure compliance with USDA Quality Assurance standards .
• Collaboration & Alignment with Vision
  • Work with Product Managers to understand business goals and validate that integrated solutions meet desired outcomes.
  • Support PI Planning, Iteration Reviews, and System Demos by providing evidence of integration readiness and validation results.
  • Collaborate with development teams, Scrum Masters, and Release Train Engineers to remove blockers and improve delivery flow.
• Defect Management & Reporting
  • Identify, log, and manage integration-related defects through to resolution.
  • Analyze defect trends to provide proactive feedback for architecture and design improvements.
  • Contribute to quarterly reporting by providing objective evidence of quality performance.
• Mentorship & Leadership
  • Serve as a senior member of the QA function, mentoring junior testers on integration best practices.
  • Promote a culture of continuous learning, automation adoption, and quality accountability across ARTs.

Non-Essential Functions: General Duty Requirements. 

Work Location: 

Shall perform all functional and technical tasks remotely, hybrid work environment with occasional travel for client engagement, industry events, contract negotiations or at AttainX facility. 

About Us: 

AttainX Inc. is SBA Certified 8(a), Women Owned Small Business (WOSB), Economically Disadvantaged WOSB (EDWOSB), CMMI Level 3, ISO 9001:2015 certified QMS and Silver Level SaFe Partner. For more than 12 years, AttainX, Inc. has delivered emergent technologies, software products, and high-quality services that meet the needs of our Federal Government customers. 

The last 4 years have shown significant company growth as we have increased our contracts portfolio and hold the “Best in Class” contract vehicles, GSA MAS and OASIS Small Business and 8(a) Pools 1, 2 and 3. In addition, we are prime on several Agency Specific IDIQ’s and BPA’s with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Energy, Navy, Health and Human Service and the Defense Intelligence Agency. 

AttainX is dedicated to quality and best practices for the services we provide. We understand our people are the key ingredient to ensuring our customers Mission and Goals are met with excellence.

Benefits: 

We are proud to offer competitive compensation and benefits packages to include paid vacation, medical, dental, vision, matching 401K plan, tuition/training reimbursement, and Long & Short-Term Disability. 

EEO Commitment: 

AttainX is an equal employment opportunity employer, we are committed to providing a workplace that is free from discrimination based on Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, VEVRAA and Section 503, or other status protected by applicable federal, state, local, or international law. These protections also extend to applicants. 

Accommodation: 

If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable workplace accommodation, please send an email to [email protected]. Indicate the specifics of the assistance needed. 

Physical Demands: 

Sitting and working on a computer for long, continuous periods each day; effective communications by telephone, email, and face-to-face; standing, walking, and sitting; handling and feeling objects or controls; reaching; talking and hearing; lifting and/or moving up to 10 pounds; and specific vision abilities including close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust and focus. 

Work Environment: The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.