Test Engineer with Security Clearance

Tailored Access, LLC
Sterling, Virginia 20163 United States  View Map
Posted: Jun 08, 2026
  • Full Time
  • Federal Government
  • Summary

    Are you a skilled and experienced test engineer who loves to ensure the quality and reliability of software products? What You'll Be Owning: * As a test engineer, you will be responsible for: Creating test plans, test cases, and test scripts based on the software requirements and specifications. * Performing functional, non-functional, integration, regression, performance, and security testing. * Reporting, tracking, and resolving software defects and issues using bug tracking tools such as Jira and GitLab. * Supporting multiple development teams and tools. What You Must Have: * Active TS/SCI with an ability to obtain a polygraph * A bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, or a related field. * At least 3 years of functional/system-level software testing, working in Linux environments. * Strong Linux command line proficiency. Including but not limited to ensuring software stability, performance, requirements validation, and forensics characterization. * Experience in creation and administration of virtual machines and docker containers * Analytical trouble shooting skills. * Work directly with the development team to understand software requirements and define test plans and test cases from the ground up. * Desire to work in a dynamic small team environment supporting multiple and disparate development efforts at the same time. What Would Be Nice to Have: * A strong knowledge of software testing methodologies, tools, frameworks, and best practices. * Scripting with Bash, Python * Computer networking knowledge - wireshark, tcpdump * Linux-based software build systems - make, cmake, gcc * Debugging tools in Linux - gdb, valgrind, gprof, strace #LI-PS1
  • Job Description

    Are you a skilled and experienced test engineer who loves to ensure the quality and reliability of software products? What You'll Be Owning: * As a test engineer, you will be responsible for: Creating test plans, test cases, and test scripts based on the software requirements and specifications. * Performing functional, non-functional, integration, regression, performance, and security testing. * Reporting, tracking, and resolving software defects and issues using bug tracking tools such as Jira and GitLab. * Supporting multiple development teams and tools. What You Must Have: * Active TS/SCI with an ability to obtain a polygraph * A bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, or a related field. * At least 3 years of functional/system-level software testing, working in Linux environments. * Strong Linux command line proficiency. Including but not limited to ensuring software stability, performance, requirements validation, and forensics characterization. * Experience in creation and administration of virtual machines and docker containers * Analytical trouble shooting skills. * Work directly with the development team to understand software requirements and define test plans and test cases from the ground up. * Desire to work in a dynamic small team environment supporting multiple and disparate development efforts at the same time. What Would Be Nice to Have: * A strong knowledge of software testing methodologies, tools, frameworks, and best practices. * Scripting with Bash, Python * Computer networking knowledge - wireshark, tcpdump * Linux-based software build systems - make, cmake, gcc * Debugging tools in Linux - gdb, valgrind, gprof, strace #LI-PS1
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