Information Technology & Services, Government Contracting, Cybersecurity

Test Engineer (Top Secret Clearance Required)

St. Louis, MOOnsiteFull TimePosted 1 month agoVisa sponsorship available

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Required skills

Top Secret clearance
CI Polygraph
High Performance Computing
mission software
cloud-based environments
test automation assets
configuration control
traceability
repeatability
regression testing

Nice to have

code check-ins
service-oriented environment
SOA
Web Services
virtualization environment
unit testing

Role summary

North Point Technology seeks a Test Engineer to provide Agile DevOps support for mission-critical systems requiring a Top Secret clearance. The role involves designing, developing, and executing comprehensive test strategies in cloud environments, utilizing SAFe Agile practices. Responsibilities include test automation, defect identification, release validation, and ensuring system code coverage. Key skills include DevOps, test automation, SAFe Agile, Python scripting, CI/CD pipeline execution, performance testing, and cloud platform experience (AWS, OpenShift). Preferred skills involve SQL, code review, and service-oriented architecture experience. A Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience and DoD 8570 IAT Level 2/3 certification are required.

North Point Technology is looking to hire a Test Engineer to provide Agile DevOps support to mission-critical systems requiring a Top Secret clearance with the ability to obtain a CI Polygraph. This role offers the opportunity to work within a High Performance Computing and mission software program, contributing to the design, development, and execution of comprehensive test strategies across cloud-based environments.

Responsibilities:

In this role you will collaborate with Product Owners, Development Teams, Architects, and QA Managers to design, develop, execute, and maintain comprehensive test strategies that support mission objectives and product requirements. You will practice a SAFe Agile workflow by participating in daily standups, backlog refinement, sprint reviews, and retrospectives. You will review and implement test requirements, support test case execution, and contribute to release validation activities. Applying testing methodologies and troubleshooting experience, you will identify defects, maintain test automation frameworks, participate in test plan reviews, and document test results and quality metrics. You will also help ensure overall system code coverage remains above 80% while supporting software quality, performance, and continuous improvement through rigorous testing practices.

Required Skills/Experience:

DevOps practices applied to develop, maintain, and continuously improve test automation assets, including configuration control, traceability, and repeatability

Jira and Confluence used to manage requirements, tasks, test artifacts, and project documentation

Software development, testing, and integration activities within cloud development environments

SAFe Agile participation including daily standups, sprint reviews, and functional testing

Collaboration with Product Owners, Software Developers, and QA Teams to develop test approaches with emphasis on automation of regression testing

Creation, maintenance, and evaluation of automated test suites to validate application functionality and improve test coverage

Execution and documentation of testing activities for Jira-tracked development efforts

Analysis of testing results with actionable feedback provided to development teams

Testing within commercial cloud platforms (e.g., AWS) and OpenShift with DevOps tooling

Testing of both back-end and front-end application processes

Scripting with Python or similar languages to automate tasks

CI Pipeline test execution including JEST, Cypress, and/or Playwright

Software performance testing practices

Creation, authoring, execution, and documentation of test cases and result sets in an Agile cadence

Preferred Skills/Experience:

Tracking test failures back to code changes that introduced defects

Reviewing code check-ins to assess the impact of changes on system functionality and potential bugs

Software development or integration experience in a service-oriented environment (Cloud, SOA, Web Services) or virtualization environment

Unit testing, continuous integration tools, and Git version control

SQL queries and database analysis techniques to validate application data, investigate defects, and ensure data integrity

DoD Aeronautical Datasets

AWS CloudFormation templates

Active Top Secret/SCI with Polygraph

Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree with relevant experience, or Master's degree with relevant experience, or equivalent experience in lieu of degree

DoD 8570 IAT Level 2 or Level 3 certification compliance (e.g., Security+)

Top Secret clearance with ability to obtain SCI and CI Polygraph

North Point Technology is THE BEST place to work for curious-minded engineers motivated to support our country’s most crucial missions! We focus on long term projects, leveraging the latest technology in support of innovative solutions to solve our customer’s most difficult problems.

At North Point Technology, EMPLOYEES come first! We value our employees by providing excellent compensation, benefits, and a flexible work-life balance. We strive for a close-knit and open atmosphere where the owners are always directly available to our team members.

Come join us! Apply with North Point Technology today!

For positions requiring a federal security clearance, your clearance level must be clearly identified on your resume.

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