Peraton
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This role requires excellent interpersonal and collaboration skills with the ability to work effectively within a large, diverse program.
Peraton Overview
Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world’s leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees do the can’t be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit peraton.com to learn how we’re keeping people around the world safe and secure.
Peraton is seeking a Test Engineer to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. This position is located in Herndon, VA. The qualified applicant will become part of Peraton's Department of State (DOS) Consular Systems Modernization (CSM) Program, for the Diplomatic Technology (DT). This initiative is intended to modernize and consolidate the operational environment under a common technology framework to better support the services provided to CA’s customers.
This role requires excellent interpersonal and collaboration skills with the ability to work effectively within a large, diverse program. As part of your responsibilities, you will build and execute manual test steps, automated test scripts, contribute to Agile development efforts and help ensure high-quality software delivery. This position is ideal for early career engineers who are eager to learn, grow, and make an impact.
Work Location: This is a hybrid position with a requirement to work on-site three days per week in Herndon, VA
Using acceptance criteria, create and execute test steps and conduct manual testing on software applications
Work within an Agile Team to plan and develop automated test scripts to support the integration testing requirements of the teams you support.
Create, execute, and maintain automated tests using modern frameworks such as Selenium, Playwright, Cypress, or similar tools.
Collaborate with developers and testers to validate APIs, web services, and system integrations.
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Bachelor’s Degree and 2 years of experience, or a Masters Degree and 0 years of experience.
Good knowledge of functional, environmental, operational, and performance testing.
Problem-solving skills to isolate and document issues and defects.
Ability to program in text-based languages and object-oriented languages (e.g., Java, Python, JavaScript).
Experience in an agile testing environment including Test-Driven Development (TDD).
Exposure to software engineering principles and basic test automation concepts.
U.S. Citizenship required with the ability to obtain and maintain a Secret clearance.
Active Secret Clearance (or higher). Interim clearances acceptable.
Automation Test experience.
Familiarity with using AI-assisted development or testing tools.
Experience with Selenium WebDriver and Gauge a plus.
Experience writing SQL scripts for Oracle, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, etc.
Basic understanding of CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, Jenkins).
Target Salary Range $51,000 - $82,000. This represents the typical salary range for this position. Salary is determined by various factors, including but not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the position, the individual’s experience, education, knowledge, skills, and competencies, as well as geographic location and business and contract considerations. Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay.
Peraton offers eligible employees a variety of benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, health savings account, short/long term disability, EAP, parental leave, 401(k), paid time off (PTO) for vacation, and company paid holidays. A full listing of available benefits can be viewed at https://www.careers.peraton.com/benefits.
Application Statements The application period for the job is estimated to be 30 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates. By applying to this job, you are expressing interest in the role and the Company. During the review of your application, you may be required to participate in an on-camera interview, as well as participate in a process to verify your identity. Use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools of any kind during Peraton interviews is strictly prohibited unless the candidate has obtained prior written authorization. All interview responses must be the candidate’s own.
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