Automation Engineer Junior

Job ID: 2512662

Location: ASHBURN, VA, US

Date Posted: 2025-12-30

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: Yes

Description

Position Summary

We are seeking a motivated and energetic QA Automation Engineer (Entry Level) to join our team to begin an exciting and challenging career in Ashburn, VA.

This role involves creating test plans, writing and maintaining automated tests using programming languages like Python and Java, and working with development teams to identify and resolve bugs

Job Responsibilities

• Design and execute tests: Create and implement automated test scripts to verify software functionality, security, and usability.
• Write test plans: Develop detailed test plans and test cases, often using test management tools.
• Report and manage defects: Report bugs and work with developers to troubleshoot issues and ensure fixes meet quality requirements.
• Collaborate with teams: Work closely with development and DevOps teams throughout the software development lifecycle, participating in agile ceremonies like daily stand-ups and sprints.
• Maintain automation frameworks: Maintain and improve automated testing systems and pipelines, sometimes within a CI/CD environment.
• Troubleshoot issues: Investigate and resolve problems with automation software and systems
• Developing SQL or Unix scripts for test data generation or test harness automation
• Implement automated testing during feature development to facilitate integration, regression, functional and system testing of applications and services Verifying results and producing test summaries and defect reports
• Identify functional and performance defects and requirement discrepancies; generate defect Jira tickets and report discrepancies
• Use modern software engineering IDEs including Eclipse, IntelliJ, etc. for design, development, and testing the software
• Work with the project team using an Agile approach to understand and document test cases in JIRA

Qualifications

Required Skills and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field with 1 year of relevant technical experience
• Experience with Java
• Experience with one of the following Test Management Software Tools: TestNG, Selenium, Playwright, Cypress
• Write SQL queries with clear understanding of relational databases.
• Ability to understand data models and write test scripts based on the data model
• Ability to generate test data and perform validation
• Proven ability to develop, execute and maintain automated test suites across multiple environments: backend applications, middleware, desktop, and micro service testing using Soap UI with basic XML knowledge.
• Evaluate test results, report and manage defects
• Strong written/oral communication skills and problem-solving skills; ability to communicate information to a variety of groups at different technical skill levels

Desired Skills and Experience

• Experience with test automation for applications running in the cloud (AWS or equivalent cloud providers)
• Experience in all stages of application testing, especially backend testing , functional, usability, regression, load/stress and performance testing

• Prior software development experience is a plus.
• Experience working in an agile development environment
• Experience with XML a plus.
• Ability to work in a high-pressured, tight-deadline environment.
• Strong collaboration skills.
• Strong initiative: must be able to take a high-level requirement, ask questions/seek clarifications, and get the job done.
• Master's degree in Computer Science or related field

Customer Requirements

• Clearance - Ability to obtain and hold a public trust position and favorable suitability based on a CBP Background Investigation
• Location - Hybrid with on-site (Ashburn, VA) visits 2-3 days per week and if a mission need.