
Test Engineer (Senior)
Ashburn, VAFull-time$104–218K/yrSeen 6 days agoSeen in employer's feed 6 days ago
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Job overview
CACI seeks a Senior Test Engineer for the Global Mission Operations Support contract supporting the Department of State. The role leads testing across global IT infrastructure and applications, including disaster recovery, high availability, network upgrades, and cloud migration. It also develops test strategies and CI/CD pipelines, validates compliance and scalability, and provides technical leadership and mentorship. The position requires an active Secret clearance and offers a stated salary range of $103,800–$218,100.
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Job Title: Test Engineer (Senior)
Job Category: Engineering
Time Type: Full time
Minimum Clearance Required to Start: Secret
Employee Type: Regular
Percentage of Travel Required: Up to 10%
Type of Travel: Local
The Opportunity:
CACI is seeking a Senior Test Engineer for the Global Mission Operations Support (GMOS) contract, supporting the Department of State. This role offers a unique opportunity to enhance national security through advanced IT solutions. You will collaborate with experienced professionals in an innovative environment, guiding a high-performing team to deliver excellence. The GMOS contract aims to provide world-class IT support by modernizing and maintaining applications and infrastructure using an integrated IT Service Management approach. Join us to make a meaningful impact on a program of national importance.
Responsibilities:
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Lead development and execution of comprehensive software test plans across global CA IT infrastructure supporting 40,000+ users
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Conduct testing for critical systems ensuring continued operation in the event of loss of physical infrastructure or hosting environments
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Validate infrastructure designs including redundant synchronized standby infrastructure enabling active/active and active/passive operations
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Lead testing for network engineering upgrades supporting interoperability with 42+ external partner agencies and government systems
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Perform comprehensive testing for cloud migration efforts ensuring FedRAMP compliance and data sovereignty requirements
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Conduct regular testing of failover and Disaster Recovery (DR) procedures, validating Recovery Time Objective (RTO) and Recovery Point Objective (RPO) for critical systems
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Validate scalability requirements and future growth projections based on capacity planning data and performance analysis
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Master DevSecOps tooling (e.g., Ansible, Terraform, SonarQube) and construct advanced CI/CD pipelines with extensive experience automating continuous build, test, security validation, and results analysis
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Develop comprehensive test strategies, test frameworks, and quality assurance standards for enterprise infrastructure and application testing
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Function as a technical expert across multiple project assignments, planning and leading major testing initiatives while mentoring junior test engineers and supervising quality assurance teams
Qualifications:
Required:
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Bachelor's degree + 8 years of experience in related fields, such as test engineering, quality assurance, software testing, infrastructure testing, or DevOps engineering; equivalencies considered.
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Active Secret Clearance
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Proven experience leading comprehensive test planning and execution for large-scale, mission-critical infrastructure supporting thousands of users
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Demonstrated expertise in disaster recovery testing, failover validation, high-availability testing, and FedRAMP compliance testing
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Strong proficiency with DevSecOps tools and advanced CI/CD pipeline development, particularly with Ansible, Terraform, and automated testing frameworks
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Excellent leadership abilities with proven experience planning and leading major testing initiatives, functioning as a subject matter expert, and supervising quality assurance teams
Desired:
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Prior experience supporting federal agencies, especially the Department of State
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Professional certifications such as ISTQB Advanced Level, AWS Certified DevOps Engineer Professional, or Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
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Experience with cloud migration testing, FedRAMP compliance validation, and interoperability testing with external partner agencies
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Knowledge of active/active and active/passive architectures, capacity planning validation, and experience testing infrastructure for 300+ geographically distributed facilities
What You Can Expect:
A culture of integrity.
At CACI, we place character and innovation at the center of everything we do. As a valued team member, you’ll be part of a high-performing group dedicated to our customer’s missions and driven by a higher purpose – to ensure the safety of our nation.
An environment of trust.
CACI values the unique contributions that every employee brings to our company and our customers - every day. You’ll have the autonomy to take the time you need through a unique flexible time off benefit and have access to robust learning resources to make your ambitions a reality.
A focus on continuous growth.
Together, we will advance our nation's most critical missions, build on our lengthy track record of business success, and find opportunities to break new ground — in your career and in our legacy.
Pay Range :
There are a host of factors that can influence final salary including, but not limited to, geographic location, Federal Government contract labor categories and contract wage rates, relevant prior work experience, specific skills and competencies, education, and certifications. Our employees value the flexibility at CACI that allows them to balance quality work and their personal lives. We offer competitive compensation, benefits and learning and development opportunities. Our broad and competitive mix of benefits options is designed to support and protect employees and their families. At CACI, you will receive comprehensive benefits such as; healthcare, wellness, financial, retirement, family support, continuing education, and time off benefits.
The proposed salary range for this position is:
$103,800 - $218,100
CACI is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other protected characteristic.
How this job compares
Set against the 3,118 open Test Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$104–218K/yr
- Virginia median$90–145K/yr87 salary ranges
- US median$105–163K/yr2,083 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $161K, is 37% above the Virginia median midpoint ($118K) — in the top quarter of Test Engineer salary ranges in Virginia.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 166 open Test Engineer jobs in Virginia and 3,118 across the US. 3% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 8 years of experience — more than three in four Test Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 2,639 postings).
- Education
- 1,772 of the 3,118 open Test Engineer jobs (57%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 27, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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