Software Test Engineer
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Job Location:
Alexandria, VA - USA
Monthly Salary:
$ 107900 - 195050
Posted on:
13 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Join us in transforming how technology serves those who serve.
At Leidos were not just delivering solutions were pioneering the future of defense and intelligence technology. Our diverse teams of innovators unite around a singular purpose: empowering our customers to succeed in their critical missions. We believe in leading with integrity investing in our communities and building sustainably for tomorrow.
Shape the future of digital defense.
Our Digital Modernization sector is at the forefront of next-generation technology architecting cutting-edge solutions in cyber defense logistics optimization security operations and decision intelligence. Were the minds behind the mission-critical systems that keep our nation secure.
Your opportunity to lead transformation.
Were seeking a Software Test Engineer to pay a key role in our cloud transformation efforts for the United States Coast Guard at C5ISC in Alexandria VA. Youll support migrations and modernization of legacy mission-critical capabilities of the Coast Guard operations to the Coast Guards Mission Cloud.
Ready to architect solutions that matter
As a Software Test Engineer you will have the opportunity to design development testing troubleshooting and debugging of software programs for enhancements and new software-intensive systems and products. Applies appropriate principles standards processes procedures and tools throughout the software development life cycle. Duties include software requirements analysis development of software products and tools used for design development and maintenance of infrastructure and platforms.
Primary Tasks:
- Participate in program Agile initiatives to support innovation and enhancement of infrastructure automation and maintenance through iteration/functionality testing within a cloud environment.
- Collaborate with team members (Scrum Master Cloud Engineer DevSecOps) to develop test approaches with emphasis on automation of recurring/regression test cases through selected toolsets
- Leverage DevOps practices to ensure repeatability and Configuration Management of test cases/scripts are maintained and continuously improved
- Develop and document end-to-end functionality test case narratives using task management system (JIRA/Confluence) and support performance testing/evaluation activities.
Qualifications:
- Proficiency in major cloud providers (AWS Azure Google Cloud Platform)
- Understanding of cloud services architecture networking storage and compute resources
- Experience with cloud-native testing approaches and distributed systems testing
- Hands-on experience with IaC tools like Terraform AWS CloudFormation Azure Resource Manager or Ansible
- Ability to write review and test infrastructure code
- Understanding of version control for infrastructure and GitOps practices
- Automated testing frameworks and tools (Selenium pytest Jest etc.)
- API testing tools (Postman REST Assured SoapUI)
- Performance and load testing (JMeter LoadRunner k6)
- Security testing fundamentals
- Migration testing strategies and validation approaches
- Disaster recovery and backup testing
- Multi-region and cross-availability zone testing
- Cloud cost optimization validation
- Compliance and security testing in cloud environments
EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE: Requires BS degree and 8 12 years of prior relevant experience or Masters with 6 10 years of prior relevant experience. May possess a Doctorate in technical domain.
- BS degree with 8-12 years of testing experience with at least 2 years in cloud environments. Or Masters with 6 10 years of prior relevant experience. May possess a Doctorate in technical domain.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities
- Experience with Agile/Scrum methodologies
- Understanding of monitoring and logging tools (CloudWatch Azure Monitor Prometheus)
- Knowledge of networking concepts (VPC subnets load balancers DNS)
Preferred Qualifications:
- Cloud provider certifications (AWS Certified Solutions Architect Azure Fundamentals GCP Associate)
- Testing certifications (ISTQB CSTE)
- DevOps or automation-focused certifications
If youre looking for comfort keep scrolling. At Leidos we outthink outbuild and outpace the status quo because the mission demands it. Were not hiring followers. Were recruiting the ones who disrupt provoke and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. Were already at step 30 and moving faster than anyone else dares.
Original Posting:
December 15 2025For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.
Pay Range:
Pay Range $107900.00 - $195050.00The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline onlyand not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job education experience knowledge skills and abilities as well as internal equity alignment with market data applicable bargaining agreement (if any) or other law.
Required Experience:
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Key Skills
- Continuous Integration
- APIs
- Jenkins
- Junit
- Quality Assurance
- Agile
- Testng
- Software Testing
- Java
- Test Automation
- Cucumber
- Selenium
About Company
Leidos is an innovation company rapidly addressing the world's most vexing challenges in national security and health. Our 47,000 employees collaborate to create smarter technology solutions for customers in these critical markets.
