CareerPlan

Automation Test Engineer

Arlington, VAFull-time$81k–$134k2026-10-29 → 2026-11-10
No visa sponsorship

Core

Designing and executing automated test frameworks for AWS-based microservices environments to ensure quality across UI, API, database, and cloud layers.

Role type

Senior IC Automation Test Engineer (Cloud/AWS)

Builds

Automated test scripts and frameworks for federal government client missions

Domain

Cloud infrastructure (AWS) and Software Testing

Required skills

AWS services (EC2, S3, Lambda, CloudWatch, EMR, Batch), Test Automation (Playwright, Postman, RestAssured), Scripting (Python, Java, Bash), CI/CD (GitLab, Docker), Microservices testing, Performance testing, Test framework design

Preferred skills

API contract testing, Database validation, Authentication/Authorization testing, Test data management

Technologies

AWS, Playwright, Postman, RestAssured, Python, Java, Bash, GitLab, Docker

Responsibilities

Develop automated test scripts and build automation frameworks from scratch, Perform end-to-end testing across UI, API, database, and cloud layers, Conduct performance testing in cloud environments, Execute regression, smoke, sanity, integration, and end-to-end tests, Support test case design, execution, and maintenance, Manage test environment setup and test data

Seniority

Mid-to-Senior, hands-on IC