Automation Test Engineer Full Time NEW

Location: Washington, DC, US

Date Posted: 2026-04-21

Category: Software

Subcategory: SW Testing

Schedule: Full-Time

Shift: Day Job

Travel: No

Minimum Clearance Required: None

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: Public Trust

Potential for Remote Work: ORA_REMOTE

Description

SAIC is looking for an Automation Test Engineer to provide testing support as a member of an integrated agile project development and testing Team. He/she will be working with other Developers and Testers to test custom developed software as required.

Job Responsibilities

• Analyzing complex requirements and design documents to develop detailed step by step manual test cases
• Executing manual test cases; documenting actual results during execution; reviewing the test results and reporting anomalies (if any) into the defect tracking database
• Developing new automation scripts and updating existing scripts to meet the newly added functionalities
• Executing automated test scripts; reporting execution results and identifying unsuccessful execution (if any)
• Executing Load/Performance testing by running the load test scripts and generating the load test execution results reports
• Tracking the defects from creation to closure; documenting detail description of defect and working with developers to reproduce
• Deploying software to test environments and monitoring server logs during testing and identify errors and/or unexpected log entries
• Participating and/or facilitating the test case peer review meetings and providing feedback making sure that developed test cases meet the client requirements and test conditions verifies the requested functionality
• Assisting test lead with release test plan, generating RTM, maintaining regression test database, and creating test reports at the end of each testing phase
• Assisting the test lead on performing an internal quality assurance check on all deliverables to ensure that all deliverables are complete, accurate, and adhere to the client’s standards
• Integrate automated tests into the CI/CD pipeline to enable continuous testing and delivery
• Collaborate with DevOps to ensure seamless automation within the build and deployment processes.
• Ensure comprehensive test coverage through automated test cases.
• Providing assistance to business analyst with business/functional requirements and developers with technical requirements

Qualifications

Required:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field (4 years’ experience in lieu of degree)
• 5 years total IT experience primarily as software test engineer
• 3+ years of experience as Automation test engineer
• Ability to obtain and maintain a MBI Clearance requiring U.S. Citizenship or Status.
• Proven experience as an SDET, QA Engineer, or in a similar role with a focus on test automation.
• Hands-on experience with Playwright automation, TestNG, JUnit, Cucumber, Framework creation, JavaScript coding, and API testing experience
• Strong knowledge of Software Testing Lifecycle/Testing Methodologies
• Ability to analyze complex requirements and design documents to create detailed test cases and scripts
• Expertise in executing test cases and documenting actual results, identifying software defects and creating test reports
• Experience in Quality Center or similar test management tools
• Experience in Unified Functional Testing tool or similar automation scripting tools like Selenium
• Design, develop, and maintain automated test scripts and frameworks for functional, regression, and performance testing.
• Basic Knowledge of Structured Query Language
• Experience with configuration management and version control tools such as Atlassian suite, JIRA and/or Subversion
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to work productively in a dynamic, priority shifting, deadline-driven environment.
• Excellent organizational, presentation, and business analysis skills.
• Knowledge of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)

Desired Qualifications

• Current MBI Clearance
• Basic knowledge of LoadRunner
• Basic knowledge of VB Scripting
• Experience in creating/editing technical documents and User Manuals for new/upgraded software

Target salary range: $80,001 – $120,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.