Test Engineer (Top Secret Clearance Required)

North Point Technology•St. Louis, MO

About The Position

North Point Technology is looking to hire a Test Engineer to provide Agile DevOps support to mission-critical systems requiring a Top Secret clearance with the ability to obtain a CI Polygraph. This role offers the opportunity to work within a High Performance Computing and mission software program, contributing to the design, development, and execution of comprehensive test strategies across cloud-based environments.

Requirements

DevOps practices applied to develop, maintain, and continuously improve test automation assets, including configuration control, traceability, and repeatability
Jira and Confluence used to manage requirements, tasks, test artifacts, and project documentation
Software development, testing, and integration activities within cloud development environments
SAFe Agile participation including daily standups, sprint reviews, and functional testing
Collaboration with Product Owners, Software Developers, and QA Teams to develop test approaches with emphasis on automation of regression testing
Creation, maintenance, and evaluation of automated test suites to validate application functionality and improve test coverage
Execution and documentation of testing activities for Jira-tracked development efforts
Analysis of testing results with actionable feedback provided to development teams
Testing within commercial cloud platforms (e.g., AWS) and OpenShift with DevOps tooling
Testing of both back-end and front-end application processes
Scripting with Python or similar languages to automate tasks
CI Pipeline test execution including JEST, Cypress, and/or Playwright
Software performance testing practices
Creation, authoring, execution, and documentation of test cases and result sets in an Agile cadence
Bachelor's degree with relevant experience, or Master's degree with relevant experience, or equivalent experience in lieu of degree
DoD 8570 IAT Level 2 or Level 3 certification compliance (e.g., Security+)
Top Secret clearance with ability to obtain SCI and CI Polygraph

Nice To Haves

Tracking test failures back to code changes that introduced defects
Reviewing code check-ins to assess the impact of changes on system functionality and potential bugs
Software development or integration experience in a service-oriented environment (Cloud, SOA, Web Services) or virtualization environment
Unit testing, continuous integration tools, and Git version control
SQL queries and database analysis techniques to validate application data, investigate defects, and ensure data integrity
DoD Aeronautical Datasets
AWS CloudFormation templates
Active Top Secret/SCI with Polygraph

Responsibilities

Collaborate with Product Owners, Development Teams, Architects, and QA Managers to design, develop, execute, and maintain comprehensive test strategies that support mission objectives and product requirements.
Practice a SAFe Agile workflow by participating in daily standups, backlog refinement, sprint reviews, and retrospectives.
Review and implement test requirements, support test case execution, and contribute to release validation activities.
Apply testing methodologies and troubleshooting experience to identify defects, maintain test automation frameworks, participate in test plan reviews, and document test results and quality metrics.
Ensure overall system code coverage remains above 80% while supporting software quality, performance, and continuous improvement through rigorous testing practices.