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From the employer's careers site First seen 26 Oct 2026

Application Tester

Leidos senior full-time

Salary

$116,350 - $210,325 per year

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Description

Leidos is seeking an Application Tester for a technical development program of 200+ FTE supporting the Sponsor's Attribute/Entitlement Services within the IDAM/ICAM space. The Test Engineer will support the test of access control systems for a government customer. The successful candidate will support continuity of our customer's mission by helping ensure secure, reliable, and uninterrupted availability of IT systems.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Design, develop, and maintain test plans for web, mobile, and API testing.
  • Execute manual tests to identify defects and report them to the development team.
  • Collaborate with developers and QA peers to identify test scenarios and automation opportunities.
  • Contribute to test planning, case design, and documentation.
  • Support the team with User acceptance teams to include roles, test scripts, reporting results and scheduling testing meetings with the UAT users.
  • Familiar with agile methodology and continuous feature testing.
  • Stay updated with emerging test automation tools and techniques.

Required Qualifications

  • BA/BS degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field 12+ years of experience.
  • Software professional experience in QA with a focus on automation.
  • Strong knowledge of automation frameworks/tools (e.g., Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, Katalon).
  • Proficiency in at least one programming/scripting language (Java, Python, JavaScript, or C#).
  • Experience in API testing (Postman, REST Assured).
  • Familiarity with CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, or Azure DevOps).
  • Understanding of software testing methodologies, SDLC, and Agile/Scrum.
  • Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.

Desired Qualifications

  • Automation Testing - Katalon experience.
  • Good knowledge of SQL for database testing.
  • Experience with version control (Git).
  • Knowledge of performance testing tools (JMeter, Locust).
  • Knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP).

Pay Range: $116,350.00 - $210,325.00

Skills

Required

  • automation frameworks/tools
  • programming/scripting languages
  • API testing
  • CI/CD tools
  • software testing methodologies

Nice to have

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You apply with the employer directly. Their original posting is here: https://leidos.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/External/job/Chantilly-VA/Automated-Test-Engineer-Expert_R-00191278

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