Cyber Software Test Engineer
Peraton· Defense & Federal Services· Oct 27, 2026 · Today
Herndon, Virginia, United States
In office
Full-time
Staff
$112K–$179K
8+ years exp
Job description
Required Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s degree with 8 years of relevant experience OR a Master’s 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 problem‑solving 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
Cyber Software Test Engineer
Peraton’s 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.
Cyber Software Test Engineer
Peraton’s 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:
• Bachelor’s degree with 8 years of relevant experience OR a Master’s 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 problem‑solving 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
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