Test Engineer - Mission Software (Top Secret/SCI Clearance Required)

North Point Technology•Chantilly, VA

About The Position

North Point Technology is looking to hire a Test Engineer to join a cross-functional Agile Scrum team delivering geospatial intelligence software capabilities in support of critical national security missions. This position requires an active Top Secret/SCI clearance with the ability to successfully pass a Polygraph examination. The role offers the opportunity to work alongside software engineers, product managers, systems engineers, and mission experts to ensure the delivery of reliable, secure, and high-performing software through robust manual and automated testing practices in a DevSecOps environment.

Requirements

Agile software development and Scrum team participation
Creation and execution of manual and automated test plans
Automated testing tools such as Cypress, Playwright, or equivalent
API testing using tools such as Postman or REST Assured
CI/CD tools including Jenkins, GitLab, Azure DevOps, or similar platforms
Defect management using tools such as Jira

Nice To Haves

Experience supporting DoD or Intelligence Community programs
Scripting languages including JavaScript and Python
Containerized applications using Docker and Kubernetes
Performance testing tools such as JMeter or LoadRunner
Cloud technologies including AWS, Azure, or OpenShift
DevSecOps pipelines and automated quality assurance practices
Geospatial applications or GEOINT data

Responsibilities

Lead the planning, design, development, and execution of comprehensive test strategies across multiple Agile sprints, including functional, integration, regression, system, and end-to-end testing.
Design, develop, and maintain automated and manual test cases for new and existing capabilities.
Collaborate with software engineers, product managers, systems engineers, and Scrum Masters to define acceptance criteria.
Validate application performance, reliability, security, and usability.
Identify, document, prioritize, and track software defects through resolution.
Support CI/CD pipelines by integrating automated testing into deployment workflows.
Analyze test results.
Contribute to continuous process improvement initiatives that enhance Agile team effectiveness.