Test Engineer

Leidos•Washington, DC

31d•Hybrid

About The Position

Join Leidos’ Digital Sector as we stand up a brand-new Agile development team at the forefront of federal IT modernization, delivering real digital transformation where it matters most. This is a rare ground-floor opportunity to architect, build, and integrate cutting-edge infrastructure solutions in support of some of our nation’s most sensitive and critical missions. What to expect: Early-stage flexibility with partial telework during initial development phases Full-time on-site presence at secure facility in Washington, DC will be required as the program matures A collaborative, Agile environment where your input shapes the architecture from day one Dev platform based on ServiceNow, Elastic, AWS and RedHat

Requirements

An active TS/SCI clearance (required for consideration)
Willingness to complete and maintain additional customer suitability screenings throughout employment
Current Security+ certification or higher/equivalent
Active TS/SCI clearance.
Ability to work on‑site in Washington, DC.
Ability to pass and maintain additional suitability screenings as required by customer
Bachelor’s degree in a related discipline and 8-12 years of relevant experience (or a Master’s and 6+ years) for Level IV. Additional experience may be considered in lieu of degree.
Bachelor’s degree in a related discipline and 12+ years of relevant experience (or a Master’s and 10+ years) for Level V. Additional experience may be considered in lieu of degree.
Experience with test data management and test automation.
Experience with DevOps, CI tools, and source control.
Experience in Agile development/testing.
Ability to work effectively in a multidisciplinary team.

Nice To Haves

1–2 years of ServiceNow administration/configuration experience.
Experience with ServiceNow ATF and modules such as Discovery, Event Management, Service Mapping, scripting, custom apps, and workflows.
Ability to analyze code and troubleshoot technical issues.
Understanding of ITIL practices; ITIL certification preferred.
AWS cloud certifications a plus.
Familiarity with Agile methodologies, Jira, and Confluence.

Responsibilities

Ensure high‑quality software delivery using Agile/Scrum testing practices.
Analyze requirements and collaborate with leads to ensure testable implementations.
Create automation tests using ServiceNow’s Automation Test Framework (ATF).
Help define testable acceptance criteria for user stories.
Test ServiceNow capabilities developed during each sprint.
Support the test manager with test procedure development and execution.
Participate in sprint reviews and planning sessions.
Translate functional requirements into effective test cases.
Perform regression testing and validate full operational test scenarios.
Prepare test reports summarizing results, anomalies, and configuration changes.
Support software configuration management and understand component interfaces.
Develop test plans, test data, and acceptance criteria.
Support customer demos, data prep, and UAT activities.
Use Jira to document testing progress and defects.
Assist with maintaining validation portions of requirements traceability (RVTM).
Mentor junior testers as needed.