Test Engineer - Mission Software (Top Secret/SCI with agreement to obtain CI Poly)

North Point Technology•Herndon, VA

About The Position

North Point Technology is looking to hire a Test Engineer to join a cross-functional Agile Scrum team supporting an Intelligence Community program. This role requires an active Top Secret/SCI clearance with the ability to successfully pass a Polygraph examination. In this position, you will play a central role in ensuring the delivery of reliable, secure, and high-performing software solutions, developing and executing comprehensive test strategies that support rapid, iterative delivery while maintaining exceptional quality standards.

Requirements

Planning, developing, executing, and documenting test strategies for complex software systems
Functional, integration, system, regression, and end-to-end testing
Developing and executing automated test solutions using modern frameworks such as Cypress, Playwright, or equivalent
Testing distributed, cloud-based, or enterprise applications
Creating and executing manual and automated test plans
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
Participating in Agile Scrum ceremonies including sprint planning, backlog refinement, and retrospectives

Nice To Haves

Supporting DoD or Intelligence Community programs
Scripting in JavaScript or Python
Containerized applications using Docker and Kubernetes
Performance testing using 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, development, execution, and documentation of comprehensive test strategies for complex software systems, including functional, integration, system, regression, and end-to-end testing activities.
Design and maintain automated test frameworks and scripts to improve efficiency and coverage, and integrate automated testing into CI/CD deployment workflows.
Collaborate with software engineers, product managers, systems engineers, and Scrum Masters to define acceptance criteria and ensure quality is built into every release.
Analyze system requirements and technical documentation to create detailed test plans and test cases.
Identify, document, prioritize, and track software defects through resolution.
Participate in sprint planning, backlog refinement, daily stand-ups, and retrospectives.
Validate system performance, reliability, security, and scalability against mission requirements.
Generate test metrics, status reports, and quality assessments for program leadership and customer stakeholders.
Mentor junior test engineers and promote quality engineering best practices across the program.