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Automated Test Engineer (TSSCI with Polygraph)
Job Location:
Job Location:
Howard County, MD - USA
Monthly Salary:
$ 140000 - 190000
Monthly Salary:
Posted:
30 July 2026 (30+ days ago)
Posted:
Application Deadline:
27 October 2026
Application Deadline:
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Vacancies:
Job Summary
Description
A day in the life:
We are seeking an Automated Test Engineer to join our this role you will support testing activities as part of a collaborative test development and deployment team. You will help defend against emerging cybersecurity threats by developing and tailoring capabilities with the shared goal of preventing and eradicating threats to critical U.S. systems.
Responsibilities will include but not be limited to:
- Work to develop and execute automated test and evaluation plans for custom software as a part of a multidisciplinary engineering team.
- Coordinate and integrate Evaluation and Testing tasks and products.
- Drive innovation and responsiveness to program changes and evolving test and evaluation (T&E) status to help manage program risk: develop alternative courses of action work arounds and fallback positions with a recommended course of action for each risk and monitor and re-evaluate risks at appropriate milestones.
What you bring to the table:
- Bachelors Degree in Systems Engineering Computer Science Cybersecurity Information Systems or related field equivalent experience may be considered.
- 7 years experience creating and executing automated test plans scripts and integrating them into development.
- 5 years of experience applying techniques to create automated solutions in support of dynamic evolving mission requirements.
- Experience designing developing and maintaining scalable automated test scripts to validate new features custom applications configuration changes and system upgrades.
- Experience managing regression testing including comprehensive coverage of all software/system patches upgrades releases.
- Experience writing/maintaining high-quality documentation for test plans automation standards and execution procedures.
- Experience working within cloud infrastructure in classified AWS environment.
- Ability to work version control systems (e.g. SVN GIT) and experience with JIRA ticketing tool and understanding of basic CM principles.
- Strong written and verbal communications with experience working as part of an Agile Development Team.
- Active TS/SCI security clearance with polygraph
Bonus Skills:
- Scripting experience/Python
The total package:
Our total compensation package was strategically designed with our members in mindwith the intention to: reward our members for their hard work and commitment to our customers missions; allow members to share in Red Alphas success as wecontinue to grow and expand our footprint; provide long-term career opportunities through stability and internal mobility; and provide the resources our members need to support themselvesandtheir dependents in the form of a robust benefits package. Our total compensation package includes a competitive base salary andbenefits such as health life/disability 401k paid time offprofessional development and generous bonus programs. Please visit ourbenefitstab for additional information.
Salary Range:
- Disclosed pay ranges are a general guideline and are not a guarantee of a final salary or compensation. Our approach in determining final salaries takes into consideration a number of factors such as education certifications total years of relevant professional experienceactual level of expertise and the responsibilities of the role itself.
- Based on the outlined roles responsibilities and requirements the projected pay range for this position is: $140000 - $190000.
Some of our additional perks and benefits include:
- Retire soonerthan planned: Get closer to retirement with up to 10% in 401k contributions immediately vested.
- Have a career AND a life:Enjoy up to 5 weeks of leave (25 days of personal time off) and 11 paid floating holidays.
- Stay at your best: As a member well pay 100% of your premiums for comprehensive health dental and vision insurance. Well also pay the majority of the premiums for your family. Lets not forget free access to a fully equipped state of the art gym!
- Keep current on new technologies and technological advancements: $5250 per year towards ongoing education trainings certifications and maintaining professional memberships.
- Dress in style: Spend up to $300 per year on company branded merchandise featuring top quality brands such as Under Armour Nike Carhartt YETI etc.
- Enjoy the culture: Attend fun company events throughout the year such as our Oktoberfest summer picnic and annual holiday party! These are all in additon to your team events which may include happy hours baseball games snowboarding RenFest and more!
Every day our elite customers are pushing through the grind to defeat the enemy even putting their lives on the line for our freedom. Rise to the occasion with us to deliver engineering excellence to match their dedication to this nation. Join us as webring digital transformation to the fight!
Required Experience:
IC
About Company
Red Alpha is a U.S. based Software Technology and Consulting firm serving both the Defense and Commercial sectors specializing in software development, prototyping and innovation.
