Automation Developer/Tester

Description

The company is a technology firm serving the US federal government, with 13,000+ people working for clients in defense, national security, public safety, civilian agencies, and military health.

The company is a technology unit within the global Accenture group.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain automated test scripts that check applications.
• Work with developers, analysts, and product staff to gather test requirements and learn how the system should behave.
• Write detailed test plans, cases, and scenarios that follow business and technical specifications.
• Run automated and manual test cycles where needed for thorough coverage.
• Log and track defects, and work with engineering to resolve them on time.
• Maintain, update, and restructure existing automated regression suites as applications change.
• Add automated tests to CI/CD pipelines so they run reliably in every environment.
• Suggest improvements to test frameworks, tools, and methods.
• Help validate deployments so new features roll out smoothly.
• Analyze test results and give development and product teams clear, practical feedback.

Requirements

• At least 2 years of hands-on automated testing experience.
• Able to design, build, and run automated tests with established frameworks such as Selenium, TestNG, JUnit, or Cucumber.
• Solid grasp of QA methods, testing processes, and good practice.
• Works with defect tracking tools such as Jira or Azure DevOps, and with Git.
• Understands test framework architecture and builds reusable components for scalable automation.
• Has worked in Agile or iterative development.
• Strong analytical, communication, and documentation skills.
• Must be eligible to be cleared up to Top Secret.
• Able to work onsite in Arlington, VA.
• Preferred: an active Top Secret clearance, which is highly desired.
• Preferred: a bachelor's degree, which is strongly desired.
• Preferred: experience with Pega or Pega-specific automation tools, such as PegaUnit.
• Preferred: familiarity with test management tools and CI systems such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or Azure DevOps.
• Preferred: experience integrating automation into continuous deployment pipelines.
• Preferred: background testing enterprise-level or complex distributed applications.
• Preferred: strong troubleshooting skills and experience improving test coverage or automation efficiency.

Conditions

Work is onsite in Arlington, VA.

Base pay for the listed locations (California, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, and the District of Columbia) is $91,700 - $178,700 USD.

Pay varies with office location, role, skill set, and experience.

Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis with no fixed deadline.

The company is committed to equal opportunity and an inclusive workplace for all people.

Benefits

• The company offers a wide variety of benefits, and more details are available from the company.
• Opportunities to grow through hands-on experience, certifications, and industry training.