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Backed by Falfurrias Management Partners, the platform brings together deep domain expertise across Army, Navy, and Air Force and Space Force programs, digital engineering, systems integration, and specialized manufacturing capabilities.The combined organization operates as a multi-entity aerospace and defense technology and tech-enabled services and manufacturing enterprise positioned for scalable growth, operational excellence, and long-term value creation\nOVERVIEW Full-time/Permanent Employee \nLocation: Remote\nAether Aerospace is seeking a Test Engineer to support the development, integration, and maturation of complex digital engineering solutions from requirements and conceptual design through prototype development and transition. The Test Engineer will plan, execute, and document verification and validation activities across cloud platforms, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), application functionality and user experience, cybersecurity controls, system integrations, and end-to-end engineering workflows.\n\nThe initial prototype environment may be implemented in Azure Government, with the longer-term objective of supporting cloud-agnostic architectures capable of operating across additional commercial or government cloud environments. The Test Engineer will help ensure testing approaches, automation, and validation methods are adaptable, scalable, and not unnecessarily dependent on a single cloud provider.\n\nThis role will work closely with cloud, software, cybersecurity, systems engineering, Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE), data, and program teams to ensure capabilities meet approved requirements and are ready for iterative reviews, stakeholder showcases, formal demonstrations, and future transition activities.\n\nRESPONSIBILTIES\nDevelop and execute test plans, test cases, test procedures, and test scripts based on approved requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria, and technical design documentation.\n\nPerform functional, integration, regression, system, user acceptance, performance, load, recovery, and end-to-end workflow testing across the prototype environment.\n\nValidate cloud platform services, initially within Microsoft Azure, including networking, identity and access management, role-based access control (RBAC), logging, monitoring, configuration, and environment provisioning.\n\nDevelop testing approaches that support future cloud-agnostic and multi-cloud deployment models.\n\nSupport STIG evidence collection using tools using tools such as Selenium, Robot Framework, or similar tools. \n\nTest Infrastructure as Code deployments using Terraform, Bicep, ARM templates, OpenTofu, Gitlab CI/CD, AKS or similar technologies to confirm repeatability, configuration accuracy, portability, and deployment integrity.\n\nValidate CI/CD-enabled deployments, configuration changes, and rollback activities in coordination with development and platform teams.\n\nTest application functionality, user workflows, usability, accessibility, APIs, interfaces, and system integrations supporting secure digital engineering collaboration.\n\nConduct security-focused testing of authentication, authorization, least-privilege access, audit logging, configuration controls, vulnerability remediation, and other cybersecurity requirements.\n\nSupport verification of capabilities operating in a Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI)-capable environment and provide test evidence needed for program security and assessment activities.\n\nValidate representative data-lifecycle processes, data movement, permissions, traceability, and integration across the Digital Engineering Ecosystem.\n\nPerform functional and integration testing of AI/LLM-enabled services and workflows, including expected behavior, access controls, and interactions with other prototype capabilities.\n\nMaintain requirements-to-test traceability and document objective evidence demonstrating that requirements have been verified and validated.\n\nIdentify, document, prioritize, and track defects through resolution; retest corrective actions and support root-cause analysis as needed.\n\nDevelop and implement automated test cases using the Pester testing framework to validate cloud automation, runbooks, and infrastructure operations.\n\nSupport automated testing where practical and integrate repeatable test execution into DevSecOps pipelines.\n\nAssess capability readiness prior to bi-weekly showcases, formal demonstrations, and prototype acceptance activities.\n\nParticipate in Agile ceremonies, technical reviews, backlog refinement, demonstrations, and cross-functional engineering activities.\n\nEnsure 100% of planned hours are worked and recorded\n\nIdentify and forward to your leadership any opportunities that could lead to growth within your work area\n\nParticipate in growth efforts as requested\n\nEnsure all contractual deliverables are met/exceeded to the customer's satisfaction\n\nComplete personal PDP and attend Company Meetings (with camera on)\n\nWithin your program, build productive and positive professional relationships with clients\n\nExecute all contract requirements as assigned in accordance with the contract-specific LCAT and requirements\n\nPerform other related duties as assigned\n\nKEY QUALIFICATIONS\nClearance:Active Secret clearance\nEducation and Years of Experience:Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering, Systems Engineering, Cybersecurity, or a related technical discipline (or equivalent) with 5+ years of experience in software testing, systems testing, quality assurance, or test engineering, or a Master's with 3+ years of experience. Equivalent relevant experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.\n\nExperience testing applications, services, or infrastructure in Microsoft Azure or another enterprise cloud environment.\n\nExperience developing and executing formal test plans, test cases, test procedures, and test reports.\n\nExperience validating Infrastructure as Code and automated infrastructure deployments.\n\nExperience with functional, integration, regression, system, and end-to-end testing.\n\nExperience testing web applications, APIs, system integrations, and user workflows.\n\nWorking knowledge of cloud security concepts, RBAC, authentication, authorization, logging, configuration management, and vulnerability remediation.\n\nUnderstanding of cloud architecture concepts and the ability to apply testing approaches across different cloud environments.\n\nExperience working in Agile and DevSecOps environments and using tools such as Jira, Azure DevOps, or similar platforms.\n\nStrong analytical, troubleshooting, documentation, and communication skills.\n\nPREFERRED ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS \nExperience supporting Department of War or Federal Government programs.\n\nFamiliarity with RMF, NIST security controls, STIGs, or related DoD cybersecurity requirements.\n\nExperience with Microsoft Azure, with exposure to AWS, Google Cloud, Oracle Cloud, or other enterprise cloud platforms considered a plus.\n\nExperience with cloud-agnostic technologies such as Terraform, containers, Kubernetes, or portable CI/CD pipelines.\n\nExperience with automated testing tools or frameworks such as Playwright, Selenium, Robot Framework, Cypress, Postman/Newman, pytest, Pester, Vitest, or similar tools.\n\nExperience with Azure DevOps or comparable CI/CD platforms and cloud-native testing practices.\n\nExperience with usability, accessibility, or UX testing.\n\nFamiliarity with Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE), digital engineering environments, digital twins, engineering data workflows, or governed AI/LLM services.\n\nExperience supporting formal technical reviews, customer demonstrations, or prototype verification and acceptance activities.\n\nAether Aerospace is an Equal Opportunity Employer. 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