Test Engineer (SME)

Description

The company is hiring a subject matter expert in test engineering for the Global Mission Operations Support (GMOS) contract, which supports the Department of State.

The contract modernizes and maintains applications and infrastructure through an integrated IT service management approach.

You will work with seasoned professionals and guide a capable team in a fresh technical setting that affects national security.

Responsibilities

• Lead test planning and quality assurance across the company's global enterprise CA IT infrastructure, covering both technical and management duties.
• Set test strategies for critical systems so their designs keep running, with data center redundancy and high availability.
• Oversee testing of automated switchover and failover across several hosting environments and geographically spread sites, with little manual intervention.
• Define test protocols for network engineering services, including modernized connectivity for 350+ global facilities.
• Lead validation of enterprise infrastructure modernization that brings in new technologies and industry practice to improve scale and performance.
• Direct recurring failover and disaster recovery tests, and build processes that validate Recovery Time Objective (RTO) and Recovery Point Objective (RPO) for mission-critical systems.
• Set testing standards so every engineering design meets Department of State security policy, FISMA and NIST requirements.
• Use DevSecOps tools such as Ansible, Terraform and SonarQube to design and build advanced CI/CD pipelines that automate build, test, security validation, result collection and pass/fail analysis.
• Create enterprise test frameworks, QA methods and performance benchmarks that fit Department goals and federal compliance rules.
• Lead major assignments by setting strategic goals and plans, and own financial management, method selection and staffing decisions.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree plus 13 years of experience in related areas such as test engineering, quality assurance, software testing, infrastructure testing or DevOps engineering. Equivalent experience is considered.
• Active Secret clearance.
• Proven record of setting strategy for enterprise test engineering and quality assurance on large, mission-critical federal systems.
• Demonstrated skill in building test strategies, failover validation, disaster recovery testing and compliance validation against FISMA and NIST.
• Strong command of DevSecOps tools and advanced CI/CD pipeline design, especially Ansible, Terraform and enterprise test automation frameworks.
• Excellent leadership, with proven experience leading technical teams, managing program budgets and making strategic staffing and resource decisions.
• Desired: experience supporting federal agencies, particularly the Department of State.
• Desired: certifications such as ISTQB Expert Level, AWS Certified DevOps Engineer Professional, CISSP, or similar advanced testing or QA credentials.
• Desired: experience with automated failover testing, FedRAMP compliance validation, and testing infrastructure across 300+ geographically distributed facilities.
• Desired: knowledge of NIST, FISMA, Department of State security policy, and building enterprise test frameworks for complex government systems.

Conditions

Full-time position.

Secret is the minimum clearance needed to start.

Travel of up to 10%, local.

Proposed salary range: $120,800 to $265,800. Final pay depends on factors such as location, federal labor categories and contract wage rates, relevant experience, specific skills, education and certifications.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation, benefits, and learning and development opportunities.
• Comprehensive benefits including healthcare, wellness, financial, retirement, family support, continuing education and time off.
• Flexible time off so you can take the time you need.
• Access to robust learning resources.
• Flexibility to balance quality work with personal life.