The Role
Designs and maintains automated UI, API, integration, performance, and regression testing frameworks for complex applications and services. Defines test strategies, analyzes results, isolates defects, improves quality standards and testability, and collaborates with engineering and product teams. The role provides technical leadership, mentoring, and framework development while supporting a US Government client. Candidates must be US citizens or permanent residents, able to obtain Public Trust clearance, and meet specified US residency and travel-history requirements.
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Overview
- Tier One Technologies has an immediate need for a Test Automation Engineer to support our US Government client.
- This will be a 100% remote position.
- SELECTED CANDIDATES WITHOUT REQUIRED CLEARANCE WILL BE SUBJECT TO A FEDERAL GOVERNMENT BACKGROUND INVESTIGATION TO RECEIVE IT.
- Design, develop, and maintain automated testing solutions to ensure the quality, reliability, and performance of complex applications and services.
- Define automation test strategy and plans for products, systems, components, and major modifications, aligned with enterprise goals and delivery timelines.
- Design, implement, and maintain robust UI, API, and integration test automation frameworks and suites.
- Create, document, execute, and analyze complex test scenarios, including edge cases and failure-mode coverage, and communicate results to stakeholders.
- Participate in final system integration and validation activities to identify functional, performance, and reliability issues.
- Establish and maintain internal quality control standards, including reliability and regression programs, test data management, and traceability where needed.
- Ensure testing procedures comply with required industry or organizational standards (security, accessibility, performance, SDLC controls, etc., as applicable).
- Identify chronic or systemic issues in test coverage, tooling, environments, or process; propose and implement measurable improvements.
- Provide actionable feedback and recommendations for product and design changes based on test outcomes and defect trends.
- Collaborate across engineering teams to improve testability, observability, and defect prevention (shift-left quality).
- Coordinate as needed with vendors or suppliers to support component-level test approaches, tooling, or test data requirements.
- Provide technical leadership within the quality/testing domain through mentoring, best practices, and contributions to shared frameworks and standards.
- A degree from an accredited College/University in Software Engineering, Computer Science, or related discipline is preferred.
- 8+ years of experience in software quality assurance/control, software development and/or related field.
- Strong experience building automated tests using TypeScript/JavaScript (and/or Java or C#) for modern application stacks.
- Hands-on expertise with front-end frameworks such as React, Next.js, or Angular, including component and UI testing.
- Proficiency with modern testing tools and patterns (for example, Testing Library, UI automation approaches, API testing, contract testing, and reliable test design).
- Experience testing backend services and microservices, including Spring Boot, and managing dependencies and builds using tools such as Maven.
- Experience with container-based integration testing (for example, Test containers) and designing repeatable test environments.
- Ability to design maintainable automation frameworks with sound engineering practices (clean code, modularity, version control, CI/CD integration).
- Strong troubleshooting and defect isolation skills, with the ability to interpret test results and identify root causes across multiple layers (UI, API, data, environment).
- Demonstrated ability to improve quality processes, define standards, and drive adoption across teams.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills, including translating findings into clear recommendations for engineering and product partners.
- Familiarity with AI-assisted development and testing workflows using tools such as OpenCode, Claude Code, and Gemini Vertex AI to accelerate test creation, analysis, and triage while maintaining code quality and security expectations.
- Prior experience with multiple defect tracking tools (e.g. Rational, Mercury) is a PLUS.
- Strong analytical skills for test case design and result interpretation.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Must be a US Citizen or have permanent residence status (Green Card).
- Must be able to obtain Public Trust Clearance.
- Must have lived in the United States for the past 5 years.
- Cannot have more than 6 months travel outside the United States within the last 5 years. Military Service excluded.
Skills Required
- Degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, or a related discipline
- 8 or more years of experience in software quality assurance, software development, or a related field
- Strong experience building automated tests with TypeScript or JavaScript, and/or Java or C#
- Hands-on experience with React, Next.js, or Angular, including component and UI testing
- Proficiency with modern testing tools and patterns, including UI automation, API testing, contract testing, and reliable test design
- Experience testing backend services and microservices, including Spring Boot
- Experience managing dependencies and builds with tools such as Maven
- Experience with container-based integration testing, such as Testcontainers
- Ability to design maintainable automation frameworks using clean code, modularity, version control, and CI/CD integration
- Strong troubleshooting, defect isolation, analytical, and root-cause analysis skills
- Experience improving quality processes, defining standards, and driving adoption across teams
- Strong written, verbal communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills
- Familiarity with AI-assisted development and testing tools such as OpenCode, Claude Code, and Gemini Vertex AI
- Experience with multiple defect tracking tools, such as Rational or Mercury
- Must be a US citizen or permanent resident with a Green Card
- Must be able to obtain Public Trust clearance
- Must have lived in the United States for the past five years
- Cannot have more than six months of travel outside the United States during the past five years, excluding military service
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The Company
What We Do
Tier One Technologies is a national technical consulting, recruiting, and IT contracting firm serving primarily federal, state, and local government clients. It staffs IT professionals and provides software application management and development, business analysis, quality assurance, systems and network engineering, business intelligence, web services, infrastructure and security management, cybersecurity, and related administrative support for mission-critical work across civilian, defense, intelligence, and security sectors.
