# Software Test Engineer - GIGATEC Engineering

Perks and Benefits 100% Paid Healthcare 10% 401k in every paycheck 100% Fully Vested!!! NOTE - Our positions require a Top Secret clearance, as well as having favorably completed a polygraph. Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor an employment Visa. What You’ll Be Doing (We don’t love the bullet points, but we love the work!) We are seeking a skilled Software Test Engineer who thrives on solving complex technical challenges including planning, developing, executing, and automating testing activities for software applications, middleware, and infrastructure deployed in High-Performance Computing (HPC) environments to validate system requirements. This position ensures the reliability, scalability, performance, security, and operational readiness of HPC systems. This is an excellent opportunity for an engineer who enjoys technical ownership, tackling unique operational challenges, and making a meaningful impact on systems that directly support critical missions. Required Experience Experience using Linux CLI and Linux tools Proficient using Bash/Python scripting for task automation Strong understanding of Linux system administration fundamentals

- **Id**: 3829841
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/gigatec-engineering-software-test-engineer-gigatec-engineering>
- **Role**: QA
- **Role family**: QA
- **Seniority**: middle
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: explicit
- **Locations**: Annapolis Junction, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 3
- **Visa sponsorship**: yes
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-05T19:11:55Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-05
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-07T03:01:39Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 1
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 2254
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: 401k plan
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Engineering Services, High-Performance Computing

## Company

- **Id**: 3912981
- **Name**: GIGATEC Engineering
- **Domain**: gigatec.net
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/gigatec-engineering>
- **Size band**: 11-50
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: JazzHR

## Technologies

- **Bash** — Optional: no
- **CI/CD** — Optional: no
- **Docker** — Optional: no
- **Git** — Optional: no
- **GitLab CI** — Optional: no
- **HPC** — Optional: no
- **Linux** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no
- **Rest API** — Optional: no
- **Agile** — Optional: yes
- **Ansible** — Optional: yes
- **Confluence** — Optional: yes
- **Splunk** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 1

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 3
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: yes

## Hiring locations

- **United States** — Iso: US; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-05T19:11:55Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 90
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.903
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 29
- **Reasons**: conf:5, velocity, win:early
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-06T05:58:05Z

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