# Junior Test Engineer (DEA)

hatch I.T. is partnering with Expression to find a Junior TestEngineer. See details below: About The Role: Expression is seeking a Junior Test Engineer to support the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Investigative Case and Data Ecosystem (ICDE) modernization effort. The program is focused on delivering a modern, secure, user-friendly investigative and case management ecosystem supporting DEA's law enforcement, investigative, forensic, and intelligence communities. The Junior Test Engineer will work with developers, business analysts, and experienced QA professionals to support functional testing of Pega applications and related system capabilities. This early-career position will help validate functionality against requirements and user stories, document defects, maintain test artifacts, and contribute to quality throughout the Agile software development lifecycle. Location and Clearance: Clearance: Top Secret clearance required and willingness to pursue SCI. Location: Arlington, VA. The program is primarily onsite at DEA Headquarters. About the Company: Founded in 1997 and headquartered in Washington DC, Expression provides data fusion, data analytics, software engineering, i

- **Id**: 3830934
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/hatch-it-junior-test-engineer-dea>
- **Role**: QA
- **Role family**: QA
- **Seniority**: junior
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Arlington, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-05T14:50:24Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-05
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-07T19:27:22Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 2
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 4740
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Government

## Company

- **Id**: 8997
- **Name**: Hatch IT
- **Domain**: hatchit.io
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/hatch-it>
- **Is staffing agency**: yes
- **Employer type**: agency
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Lever

## Salary

- **Min**: 79000
- **Max**: 80000
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 80000

## Technologies

- **Agile** — Optional: no
- **Azure DevOps** — Optional: no
- **Jira** — Optional: no
- **Kanban** — Optional: no
- **Scrum** — Optional: no
- **Azure** — Optional: yes
- **CI/CD** — Optional: yes
- **Selenium** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 2

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: yes

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Hiring locations

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

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-05T19:30:42Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 54
- **Band**: ok
- **Label**: Likely open
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.542
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 1
- **Expected fill days**: 94
- **Reasons**: conf:2, agency, velocity, win:early, comp:junior
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-07T05:47:08Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 80000
- **Is top pay**: no

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