(REQ 8874-OL) System Automation Agile Developer Level 1

Job Title: (REQ 8874-OL) System Automation - Agile Developer - Level 1
Location (On-site Remote or Hybrid): Washington DC (Onsite)
Contract Duration: Contract until 05/30/2031

Position Overview
The System Automation Agile Developer supports the modernization of a legacy operational system using a microservices-based architecture and cutting-edge automation and test engineering capabilities. The contractor works embedded in a cross-functional Agile team owning test framework design automated test execution and quality delivery across the full software lifecycle. Strong communication and collaboration with engineers product owners and program stakeholders are required daily.

Key Responsibilities
Test Framework and Automation

• Establish and maintain a test framework and automated test suite using Playwright Cucumber and Cypress
• Develop maintain and execute automated functional and end-to-end (E2E) tests across microservices
• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines to enable continuous quality gates
• Author maintainable data-driven and reusable test scripts aligned to program coding standards

Performance Load and Resilience Testing

• Execute load and performance testing across microservices and system interfaces using JMeter or similar tooling
• Conduct chaos testing to validate system resilience failover and recovery behaviors
• Perform functional and end-to-end testing to validate user workflows and integrations
• Identify document and triage defects; partner with developers on root-cause analysis and remediation

Microservices and Modernization Support

• Support modernization of a legacy operational system into a microservices-based architecture
• Validate microservice contracts APIs and integrations across the distributed system
• Test containerized workloads and deployments in Kubernetes and Docker environments
• Verify CI/CD pipeline behavior deployment health and post-deployment validation

Agile Delivery and Collaboration

• Participate in all Agile ceremonies: sprint planning stand-ups refinement reviews and retrospectives
• Deliver test artifacts and automation on the sprint cadence in coordination with development teams
• Communicate and collaborate with engineers product owners and program stakeholders
• Contribute to continuous improvement of team test practices tooling and quality metrics

Qualifications

Education: Bachelors degree from an accredited college in a related discipline or equivalent combined education and experience (3 or more years of professional experience; or 1 year with a related Masters degree).

Must Have (Required):

• Active TS/SCI clearance with Full Scope Polygraph (FSP) - must be active prior to start
• CI Polygraph within the last 7 years - must be active prior to start
• Hands-on experience establishing and maintaining test frameworks and automated test suites
• Working knowledge of Microservices design and architecture
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and integrating automated tests into them
• Proficiency with test automation frameworks and tooling (Playwright Cucumber and/or Cypress)
• Experience executing load and performance testing chaos testing functional testing and end-to-end testing
• Experience working in an Agile delivery environment
• Strong communication and collaboration skills in a team-oriented software development environment

Nice to Have (1 or more of the following):

• Test automation tools: Playwright Cucumber/Gherkin Selenium Cypress
• 508/accessibility testing tools: JAWS or NVDA
• Performance testing: JMeter
• API testing/documentation: Swagger or similar API tool
• Software languages: Java JavaScript Python Ansible
• Cloud: AWS
• Container and orchestration: Kubernetes Docker
• CI/CD tooling and pipeline development