Automated Test Engineer at E&M Technologies, Inc.

Description

 POSITION: Automated Test Engineer 

WORK LOCATION: Chantilly, VA 

JOB CATEGORY: ?Information Technology? 

JOB TYPE: ?Full Time? 

REQUISITION ID: EM?07-052? 

CITIZENSHIP: ?United States Citizen? 

CLEARANCE TYPE: ?Top Secret/SCI? 

TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS: ?Yes, up to 10%? 

E&M Technologies, Inc. is dedicated to recruiting and developing diverse, high-performing talent who are passionate about what they do. Our employees are unified in a shared dedication to our customers’ mission and quest for professional growth. E&M provides an inclusive, engaging environment designed to empower employees and promote work-life success. Fundamental to our culture is an unwavering focus on values, dedication to our communities, and commitment to excellence in everything we do. 

E&M Technologies, Inc. is currently seeking an Automated Test Engineer to join our team in ?Chantilly, VA? in support of ?NGA?. ?The NGA delivers world-class geospatial intelligence that provides a decisive advantage to policymakers, military service members, intelligence professionals, and first responder?. 

Job Responsibilities: 

• Help build, maintain, and evolve our in-house automation framework, ensuring system reliability, performance, and quality.  
• This is a hands-on development role focused on writing, improving, and integrating automated tests while also contributing to the program’s long-term test automation strategy. 
• Develop and maintain automated test frameworks, libraries, and tools in support of program-wide testing needs.  
• Implement automated test cases across UI, API, and back-end layers to ensure system stability and reliability.  
• Support integration of automated tests into the CI/CD pipeline (Jenkins, GitLab).  
• Contribute to the overall testing strategy, including traceability between requirements, test cases, and results.  
• Investigate, troubleshoot, and document issues discovered during automated and manual testing.  
• Monitor the health of the test automation framework and proactively identify opportunities for improvement.  
• Collaborate with development and operations teams to ensure alignment of testing efforts with system requirements.  
• Execute existing manual test procedures where necessary and document findings.  
• Support Agile ceremonies and practices in alignment with SAFe methodologies.  
• Use Atlassian tools (Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket) for documentation, source control, and tracking development activities.  

Requirements

Minimum Qualifications:  

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field with 2–5 years of relevant experience, or Master’s degree with at least 2 years of experience.  
• Ability to pass a Counter-Intelligence Polygraph after start 
• Hands-on experience developing automated tests using Selenium and/or Playwright.  
• Experience with Cucumber (or similar BDD frameworks).  
• Strong understanding of software testing phases including planning, functional, regression, and performance testing.  
• Experience testing web applications across UI, service, and back-end layers.  
• Proficiency in Java with familiarity in additional languages such as JavaScript or Python.  
• Experience with Git/GitLab for source control, pull requests, and code reviews.  
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and tools such as Jenkins and Ansible 
• Ability to work independently, debug complex issues, and deliver high-quality results.  
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.  
• Experience working in Agile development environments.  
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office products (Word, Excel, Visio, PowerPoint).  
• Must be a U.S. Citizen. 
• Must have or be capable of obtaining a U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) security clearance at the required level. 

Preferred Qualifications:  

• Experience with test case traceability tools such as QMetry or Zephyr.  
• Experience validating system/service functionality using SOAPUI, Postman, Mockito, or similar test tools.  
• Familiarity with identity, credential, and access management (ICAM) concepts and standards, including:  
• LDAP or Active Directory  
• PKI 
• OAuth 
• OpenID Connect (OIDC) 
• SAML 
• SCIM  
• Multi-factor Authentication (MFA)  
• Experience in identity management and governance (single sign-on, identity federation, enterprise directory architecture). 
• Experience with web development frameworks such as React or Redux.  
• Security+ Certification (or ability to obtain). 

To Apply for this Position: 

You must have the Minimum Qualifications in your resume to be selected as a candidate.