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Steampunk, Inc. · 5 hours ago

Test Engineer

McLean, VA

Full-time

Onsite

Mid Level

$90K/yr - $130K/yr

3+ years exp

Steampunk, Inc. is a Change Agent in the Federal contracting industry, bringing new thinking to clients in various sectors. As a Test Engineer, you will work within the DevSecOps practice to deliver quality assurance services, focusing on application, cloud, and data systems development.

ConsultingInformation Technology

Growth Opportunities

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Understand stakeholder and business needs and convey requirements clearly to developers, data engineers, and delivery teams

Partner with product design, engineering, and data teams to define testing scope, parameters, and strategies

Write and maintain test plans, test cases, test procedures, defect reports, and final QA artifacts to support traceability and auditability

Manage test data requirements, including test data architecture definitions and requests

Troubleshoot issues, analyze test results, and continuously streamline and improve testing procedures

Test and examine code, data pipelines, and system components written by others and analyze results, including three or more of the following:

Data validation testing

Functional testing

Performance and load testing

Usability testing

Accessibility (Section 508) testing

Support quality assurance for modern data platforms, including data ingestion pipelines, transformation workflows, analytics layers, and data-serving interfaces

Validate data accuracy, completeness, consistency, and business logic across the full data lifecycle (ingest → transform → store → serve)

Develop and execute test cases for ETL/ELT pipelines, batch and streaming workflows, and data integrations across cloud and on-prem environments

Perform data reconciliation and source-to-target validation to ensure expected outcomes and correctness

Participate in testing of analytics, dashboards, and reports to ensure metrics, calculations, and aggregations align with documented definitions

Collaborate with data engineers and architects to understand data models, schemas, transformation logic, and schema evolution, ensuring changes do not introduce regressions or break downstream consumers

Establish, enhance, and maintain automated testing tools, infrastructure, and scripts, including automation for functional, performance, security, and data validation testing

Support automation of data tests, including regression tests, pipeline checks, and validation scripts integrated into CI/CD pipelines

Automate and improve development, testing, deployment, and release processes in collaboration with DevSecOps teams

Support testing of cloud-native platforms and services, including storage, compute, orchestration, containerized environments, and managed platform components

Ensure that systems are safe and secure against cybersecurity threats

Document the current (“as-is”) state of systems, perform gap analyses, and produce artifacts that articulate options and recommendations

Leverage virtualization and containerization technologies to optimize testing of software and data systems

Work with cross-functional teams to continuously improve QA, DevSecOps processes, testing strategies, and tools for complex, data-intensive systems

Provide regular status updates, test reporting, and knowledge sharing, including cross-training with DevOps and delivery team members

Act as an individual contributor while mentoring more junior team members

Qualification

Test automationDevSecOps experienceCloud computingData validationGit SCMProgramming languagesDockerKubernetesPerformance testingETL/ELT workflowsAnalytical skillsCommunication skillsProblem-solving skillsDocumentation skills

Required

Ability to obtain a U.S. government Security Clearance

BS Degree in an IT field OR BS in a non-IT field and 2 years related IT experience

3 Years of Experience with Git SCM providers such as GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket

3 Years of Experience with one or more programming or scripting languages

3 Years of application DevSecOps Experience with actual/active development experience in an Agile environment

Experience utilizing docker containers and utilizing platforms such as Kubernetes

3 Years of Experience implementing test automation, using tools such as Selenium, Appium, Soap UI, RestAssured, Postman

Experience integrating test automation including performance, security, and functional tests into CI/CD Pipelines

Experience with performance and load testing

Experience in one or more cloud computing environments (e.g. AWS, Azure, or GCP)

Experience validating data accuracy, completeness, and consistency across application or data workflows

Experience testing data-intensive systems, integrations, or analytics-driven applications

Ability to design and execute test cases that validate business logic, data transformations, and system outputs

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including the ability to investigate and diagnose data or system issues

Preferred

Certifications: CAST (Certified Associate in Software Testing)

International Software Testing Qualifications Board (ISTQB) Certification

Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with interpersonal and collaborative abilities

Experience with documenting an as-is state of the environment, perform a gap analysis, and produce artifacts that articulate options and recommendations

Experience supporting data platforms, pipelines, or analytics solutions (e.g., ETL/ELT workflows, batch or streaming data systems)

Experience automating data validation or regression testing and integrating data tests into CI/CD workflows

Familiarity with testing in analytics-enabled systems, including validation of inputs, outputs, or downstream impacts

Company

Steampunk, Inc.

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Steampunk is anchored by a startup culture with a customer-centered delivery approach, we put our Federal government clients in the center of everything we design, develop, and deliver to drive high-quality mission impacts and user experiences at speed.

Founded in 2019

Washington, District of Columbia, USA

201-500 employees