Test Automation Engineer

Req #: 1972

Job Title: Test Automation Engineer

Location: Fort Meade, MD

Clearance Level: TS/SCI with CI Poly

Summary

Agile Defense is looking for a Test Automation Engineer to join our team. Are you excited about honing your skills in a fast-paced environment working with a collaborative team? This position is part of a team that supports USCYBERCOM's internal command IT systems, including one-of-a-kind cyberspace operations systems.

What You'll Be Doing:

• Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines and DevOps infrastructure supporting USCYBERCOM mission systems and cyber operations platforms.
• Develop, integrate, and optimize automated testing frameworks and validation pipelines to ensure reliability, security, and performance of mission-critical software systems.
• Support lifecycle management of cyber capabilities by building, deploying, and sustaining scalable infrastructure across development, and test environments.
• Evaluate emerging DevOps tools, containerization technologies, and automation frameworks, providing recommendations for integration into existing mission environments.
• Develop and maintain technical documentation, including system architecture diagrams, test plans, CI/CD workflows, and operational procedures.
• Collaborate with software developers, cybersecurity analysts, and mission stakeholders to translate requirements into testable engineering and deployment solutions.

What Required Skills You'll Bring:

• Typically requires a Bachelor's degree in related discipline
• Minimum 10+ years of related experience with large-scale CI/CD infrastructure and common source control frameworks (ex: Gitlab, MinIO, Bitbucket, Jenkins)
• Experience supporting integration, deployment, and validation of software systems in multi-environment (dev/test/ops) pipelines
• Experience using cloud virtualization platforms like vSphere or ARIA
• Experience developing and maintaining automated testing frameworks like Robot framework, Pytest, and GoogleTest
• Experience with scripting languages (Python, Bash, Powershell)
• Experience utilizing Podman/Docker
• Advanced verbal and written communication skills with a focus on the creation of technical documentation for testing
• Active TS/SCI w/Poly

What Desired Skills You'll Bring:

• Development Test experience or Cyber Security Engineering
• Master’s Degree from an accredited college or university in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Software Engineering, or related discipline
• Knowledge of cross-compilation and experience building/using them on various architectures (PPC, MIPS, x86, ARM, RISC-V, etc.)
• Experience with management products like Jira and Confluence
• Extensive experience parsing user stories or requirements to create testable objectives and measures of performance that will lead to fully tested software products
• GIAC Cloud Security Automation Certified or equivalent cybersecurity/DevOps certification