Test Engineer

Our Client is seeking a
Test Engineer
to pay a key role in our cloud transformation efforts for the
United States Coast Guard at C5ISC in Alexandria, VA
. You'll support migrations and modernization of legacy mission-critical capabilities of the Coast Guard operations to the Coast Guard's Mission Cloud.

Job Description

As a Test Engineer you will have the opportunity to design, develop, and execute automated tests to ensure the quality and reliability of cloud migrations and services using a Continuous Integration / Continuous Delivery Pipeline. You will play a crucial role in the development of Infrastructure as Code, aiming to streamline testing processes, reduce defects, and accelerate cloud migration.

Primary Responsibilities:

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• Participate in program Agile initiatives to support innovation and enhancement of infrastructure automation and maintenance through iteration/functionality testing within a cloud environment.

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• 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

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• Leverage DevOps practices to ensure repeatability and Configuration Management of test cases/scripts are maintained and continuously improved

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• Develop and document end-to-end functionality test case narratives using task management system (JIRA/Confluence) and support performance testing/evaluation activities.

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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

Experience:

• BS degree with 3-5+ years of testing experience with at least 2 years in cloud environments

• 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