The Role
Develop, expand, and maintain automated test suites and integrate them into GitLab pipelines. Write automated tests for web UIs, web services/APIs, and databases; perform integration, cross-browser, and performance testing. Collaborate with DevOps and developers on a SAFe/agile team, troubleshoot failures, manage test datasets, and mentor/lead testers to ensure quality and scalability of a mission-critical .NET application.
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Job Summary & Responsibilities Preferred Qualifications
Everforth ECS is seeking a Software Tester to work in our Stafford, VA office.
The Everforth ECS Team provides focused agile software development and maintenance for a mission-critical application for the government. Today, the application is a client server application developed using Microsoft .NET that supports a database repository of DNA profiles from individuals, unsolved crime scene evidence, and missing persons. The software allows local, state, and national laboratories to compare DNA profiles electronically, thereby linking serial crimes to each other and identifying suspects by matching DNA profiles from crime scenes to individuals’ profiles. Additionally, the software is used to assist with the identification of unidentified human remains, missing persons and disaster victims.
The Software Tester will support the program with hands-on test development and execution experience implementing automated testing and integration into Gitlab pipelines. This tester is responsible for expanding, improving, and maintaining our test automation framework, and supporting our client with expansion of their test automation framework. This tester should be self-starting and proactive; they are expected to serve as a trusted resource on the business logic in place as well as our system architecture. They are expected to work collaboratively, with minimal supervision, on teams including DevOps Engineers and Developers to ensure our application meets users’ needs, as well as business requirements and scalability characteristics. Each team member is expected to be cross-functional and take collective ownership to ensure deliverables are met and superb quality is achieved.
Salary Range: $100,000 - $120,000
General Description of Benefits
- Secret clearance
- Minimum 5 years of automation testing experience
- Experience with test suite development and maintenance
- Experience with automated testing tools and frameworks such as Selenium, Playwright, Appium, Robot, Cucumber, etc.
- Experience with performance testing tools such as JMeter, K6, Loadrunner, etc.
- Experience writing automated tests for web front ends, web services, APIs, and databases
- Experience with manual testing
- Experience with integration testing
- Experience cross-browser/cross-platform testing
- Experience working as part of an agile team using SAFe, Scrum, XP and/or Kanban
- Generation and maintenance of controlled test datasets and scenarios
- Desire to work in a collaborative environment
- Quality and Detail-orientated
- Team player who works well with customers and colleagues at all levels.
- Ability to lead and manage a team of testers, providing clear guidance and mentorship
- Experience with Git version control and collaborative development workflows
- Strong troubleshooting and root cause analysis skills for determining automation test failures
Skills Required
- Secret clearance
- Minimum 5 years of automation testing experience
- Experience with test suite development and maintenance
- Experience with automated testing tools/frameworks (Selenium, Playwright, Appium, Robot, Cucumber)
- Experience with performance testing tools (JMeter, k6, LoadRunner)
- Experience writing automated tests for web front ends, web services/APIs, and databases
- Experience with manual testing
- Experience with integration testing
- Experience with cross-browser/cross-platform testing
- Experience working on agile teams (SAFe, Scrum, XP, Kanban)
- Generation and maintenance of controlled test datasets and scenarios
- Ability to lead and manage a team of testers, provide guidance and mentorship
- Experience with Git version control and collaborative development workflows
- Strong troubleshooting and root cause analysis skills for automation test failures
- Detail-oriented and collaborative team player
ECS Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about ECS and has not been reviewed or approved by ECS.
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Healthcare Strength — ECS advertises multiple national-network medical plan options with HSA eligibility alongside dental and vision coverage. Coverage generally begins quickly and is paired with company-paid short- and long-term disability, adding stability to the health package.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) with Safe Harbor and immediate vesting on employer contributions is emphasized, with an employer match available. Access to an employee stock purchase plan via the parent company provides an additional savings avenue.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave up to 30 days, adoption assistance, and other family-oriented leaves are highlighted. Feedback suggests these offerings add meaningful value beyond base pay for many roles.
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The Company
What We Do
ECS, a segment of ASGN (NYSE: ASGN), delivers advanced solutions and services in cloud, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), application and IT modernization, and science and engineering. The company solves critical, complex challenges for customers across the U.S. public sector, defense, intelligence and commercial industries. ECS maintains partnerships with leading cloud, cybersecurity, and AI/ML providers and holds specialized certifications in their technologies. Headquartered in Fairfax, Virginia, ECS has more than 3,400 employees throughout the U.S. and has been recognized as a Top Workplace by The Washington Post for the last five years.
