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Senior Tester

Steampunk

McLean, VAJob$110–160K/yrPosted 2 days agoSeen in employer's feed 1 day ago

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At a glance

Compensation
$110–160K/yr
Location
McLean, VA
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Public Trust clearance

Job overview

Steampunk is seeking a Test Engineer to deliver quality assurance services for application, cloud, and data systems development within its DevSecOps practice. The role covers test planning and execution, test automation, cloud migration validation, and continuous improvement of development and release processes. The engineer will collaborate with developers and stakeholders, document system environments and recommendations, and mentor junior team members.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Git SCMProgramming LanguagesScripting LanguagesDevSecOpsAgile DevelopmentDockerKubernetesTest AutomationSeleniumAppiumSoapUIRestAssuredPostmanCI/CD PipelinesPerformance TestingLoad TestingSecurity TestingFunctional TestingWritten CommunicationVerbal CommunicationInterpersonal SkillsCollaborationGap Analysis

Qualifications

Ability to Obtain Security ClearanceBS in IT or BS and 2 Years Related IT ExperienceMS DegreeCAST CertificationISTQB CertificationCMST CertificationDHS Trusted Tester Certification

Full job description

Overview

Steampunkis looking for you to join our team as a Test Engineer . You will work with our growingDevSecOpspracticedelivering quality assurance services to support application,cloudand data systems development.

Contributions

  • Understanding the needs of stakeholders and conveying this to developers

  • Meet with product design team todeterminetesting parameters

  • Write test plans, create test cases, test procedures, bug reports, final QA reports for products

  • Manage test data architecture definition and requests

  • Troubleshoot errors and streamline the test procedures

  • Testing and examining code written by others and analyzing results, including three or more of the following:

  • Data validation testing

  • Functional testing

  • Performance and load testing

  • Usability testing

  • Accessibility (508) testing

  • Establishing automated testing tools and infrastructure for test automation

  • Providevalidation testing of different system and data sets for cloud migrations

  • Develop automated testing scripts considering parallelization and idempotency

  • Automate and improve development, testing, deployment, and release processes

  • Ensuring that systems are safe and secure against cybersecurity threats

  • Working with software developers and software engineers to ensure that development follows established processes and works as intended

  • Document as-is state of the environment, perform a gap analysis, and produce artifacts that articulate options and recommendations

  • Leverage virtualization and containerization tooptimizetesting software systems

  • Work with teams to bring continuous improvement toDevSecOpsprocesses and tools.

  • Engineer and implement solutions andproviderecommendations for continuous improvement for the servicesprovided

  • Present regular status updates andprovidecross training to other DevOps team members.

  • Act as an individual contributor and mentor more junior team members

Qualifications

  • Ability to obtain a U.S. government Security Clearance

  • BS Degree in an IT field OR BS in a non-IT field and 2 years related IT experience

  • Experience with Git SCM providers such as GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket

  • Experience with one or more programming or scripting languages

  • ApplicationDevSecOpsexperience with actual/active development experience in an Agile environment

  • Experience utilizing docker containers andutilizingplatforms such as Kubernetes

  • Experience implementing test automation, using tools such asSelenium, Appium, Soap UI,RestAssured, Postman

  • Experience integrating test automation including performance, security, and functional tests into CI/CD Pipelines

  • Experience with performance and load testing

Preferred:

  • MSDegree

  • Certifications:

  • CAST (CertifiedAssociate in SoftwareTesting)

  • International Software Testing Qualifications Board (ISTQB) Certification

  • Certified Manager of Software Testing (CMST)

  • DHS Trusted Tester Certification (TTv5)

  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, interpersonal and collaborative skills

  • Experience with documenting an as-is state of the environment, perform a gap analysis, and produce artifacts that articulate options and recommendations preferred

About steampunk

Steampunk relies on several factors to determine salary, including but not limited to geographic location, contractual requirements, education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience. The projected compensation range for this position is $110,000 to $160,000. The estimate displayed represents a typical annual salary range for this position. Annual salary is just one aspect of Steampunk’s total compensation package for employees. Learn more about additional Steampunk benefits here.

Identity Statement

As part of the application process, you are expected to be on camera during interviews and assessments. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud.

Steampunk is a Change Agent in the Federal contracting industry, bringing new thinking to clients in the Homeland, Federal Civilian, Health and DoD sectors. Through our Human-Centered delivery methodology , we are fundamentally changing the expectations our Federal clients have for true shared accountability in solving their toughest mission challenges. If you want to learn more about our story, visit http://www.steampunk.com .

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Steampunk participates in the E-Verify program.

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Job Location US-VA-McLean

Posted Date (11/1/2026 10:36 AM)

Job ID 6149

Clearance Requirement Public Trust

How this job compares

Set against the 3,086 open Test Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 3, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$110–160K/yr
  • Virginia median$90–144K/yr95 salary ranges
  • US median$104–162K/yr2,056 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $135K, is 15% above the Virginia median midpoint ($117K) — in the middle half of Test Engineer salary ranges in Virginia.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 180 open Test Engineer jobs in Virginia and 3,086 across the US. 2% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Virginia
Experience
Test Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 2 to 5 years (2,595 postings).
Education
1,681 of the 3,086 open Test Engineer jobs (54%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 3, 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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