[Remote] Junior Test Engineer
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Altus Engineering is a Maryland-based small business providing professional engineering services to the Department of Defense and industry customers. They are seeking a qualified Junior Test Engineer to perform in the position of Product T&E Representative Support, focusing on testability and acceptance clarity for user stories, as well as developing and maintaining test cases.
Responsibilities
- Participate fully in Agile ceremonies (daily scrum, planning, refinement, review, retrospectives) and SAFe PI Planning to ensure testability and acceptance clarity for user stories
- Develop and maintain manual and automated test cases aligned to acceptance criteria; execute acceptance testing to validate delivered functionality
- Assess and improve test coverage across the team's scope; identify gaps and recommend corrective actions
- Coordinate defect identification, documentation, prioritization, and tracking in Jira; report defect trends and quality risks to stakeholders
- Support integration of test execution into CI/CD pipelines, including pipeline gate thresholds and automated regression validation
- Support UAT readiness activities including test planning, execution support, and reporting
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in a STEM discipline or closely related field
- 1+ years (2+ years test automation preferred)
- Must have an active Secret Clearance with the ability to be cleared for Top Secret and possibly Top Secret/SCI
- Security+ certification
- CESA certification
- SAFe Practitioner (SP) or CSM/PSM I certification
- 2+ years test automation experience
- Tricentis Tosca experience
Benefits
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Health savings account
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
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