Cyber Software Test Engineer

Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the worlds leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider we deliver trusted highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land sea space air and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day our employees do the cant be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit to learn how were keeping people around the world safe and secure.

Cyber Software Test Engineer

Peratons Space & Intelligence Sector is looking for an experienced Automated Software Test Engineer to design implement and maintain automated testing frameworks that ensure the quality and reliability of our software products. The ideal candidate has a strong background in automated test development continuous integration workflows and modern testing tools.

This role will support ongoing development efforts by creating scalable test solutions improving test coverage and contributing to overall software quality throughout the SDLC. This position is 100% onsite working in our Herndon SCIF.

Responsibilities:

• Develop maintain and enhance automated test scripts for functional regression integration and performance testing.
• Design and implement scalable automated test frameworks and harnesses.
• Collaborate closely with developers to identify testing needs and ensure comprehensive test coverage.
• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines (e.g. Jenkins GitLab CI Azure DevOps).
• Analyze test results troubleshoot failures and document defects with clear and actionable detail.
• Support manual testing when needed and help define overall QA best practices.
• Contribute to requirement reviews design discussions and sprint planning when necessary.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree with 8 years of relevant experience OR a Masters degree with 6 years of relevant experience; An additional 4 years of experience considered in lieu of a degree requirement
• Active TS/SCI clearance with poloygraph
• Extensive experience with automated software testing
• Experience with automated test tools such as Robot Framework Selenium JMeter SoapUI or Junit.
• Experience documenting test plans/procedures.
• Experience maintaining and enhancing existing automated software testing scripts
• Experience in an Agile software development environment utilizing Python
• Strong analytical debugging and problemsolving skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Software development experience in a virtual environment like AWS
• Experience working with developers to ensure test coverage and quality gates.
• Experience with Jenkins and Gitlab

Peraton offers eligible employees a variety of benefits including medical dental vision life health savings account short/long term disability EAP parental leave 401(k) paid time off (PTO) for vacation and company paid holidays. A full listing of available benefits can be viewed at Statements