Senior QA Automation Engineer

Role summary

Senior automation engineer for a federal/public-sector technology environment. The role requires deep QA automation expertise across cloud-native and air-gapped environments, strong Python, API/UI automation, CI/CD integration and comfort operating under federal security and compliance expectations.

Key responsibilities

·         Design, develop and execute automated tests for cloud-native, federal and air-gapped environments.

·         Integrate automated test suites into GitLab CI / Jenkins pipelines and validate builds before deployment.

·         Perform end-to-end testing across frontend UI, backend services, APIs, CLI/logs and containerized microservices.

·         Validate reliability, performance, security and compliance baselines in government-oriented environments.

·         Execute regression and smoke testing during sprint releases and continuous-deployment cycles.

·         Maintain test plans, test cases, automated-run evidence and defect documentation using Jira / Allure or comparable tools.

·         Troubleshoot across Linux and Windows environments and collaborate closely with engineering and DevOps teams.

Core requirements

·         Minimum 10 years of QA and software-automation development experience.

·         Strong Python for automation scripting and framework development.

·         Hands-on manual and automated API testing plus manual and automated UI testing.

·         Deep Linux knowledge; exposure to RHEL, Ubuntu and Amazon Linux is valuable.

·         Git / GitLab plus CI/CD experience using GitLab CI or Jenkins.

·         Experience with modern browser automation such as Playwright.

·         Backend testing, databases / SQL and structured test methodologies.

·         U.S. citizenship is mandatory due to public-sector compliance requirements.

Preferred differentiators

·         AWS GovCloud / EKS or comparable government-cloud exposure.

·         FedRAMP, NIST or similar federal compliance familiarity.

·         AI-assisted testing tools and test-case generation experience.

·         Allure or comparable automated reporting frameworks.

·         Experience with air-gapped or highly restricted environments.