Mid-Level Test Engineer

Leidos

Mid-Level Test Engineer supporting an Intelligence Community customer at Leidos. Ensuring high-quality software delivery through Agile testing and collaboration.

Posted 7/21/2026full-timeGaithersburg • Arizona, Colorado, Maryland, Montana, Virginia • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $87,100 - $157,450 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in leading comprehensive test strategies and executing both manual and automated testing within Agile environments. Proficient in utilizing testing tools and CI/CD practices to enhance software quality and team effectiveness.

Highest-signal resume keywords

Automated TestingAgile Software DevelopmentTest Plan ExecutionAPI TestingDefect Management

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Hard Skills

Software TestingQuality EngineeringTest Case DevelopmentFunctional TestingIntegration TestingRegression TestingEnd-to-End TestingPerformance ValidationSecurity TestingUsability Testing

Soft Skills

CollaborationCommunication

Tools & Technologies

CypressPlaywrightPostmanREST AssuredJenkinsGitLabAzure DevOpsJira

Industry Keywords

Continuous IntegrationContinuous DeliveryAgile SprintsProcess Improvement

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AzureCypressJenkins

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead planning, design, development, and execution of comprehensive test strategies across multiple Agile sprints.
Design, develop, and maintain automated and manual test cases for new and existing capabilities.
Collaborate daily with software engineers, product managers, system engineers, and Scrum Masters to define acceptance criteria and ensure quality is built into every release.
Perform functional, integration, regression, system, and end-to-end testing.
Validate application performance, reliability, security, and usability.
Identify, document, prioritize, and track software defects through resolution.
Support Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipelines by integrating automated testing into deployment workflows.
Analyze test results, communicate risks, and provide recommendations that improve software quality.
Contribute to continuous process improvement initiatives that enhance Agile team effectiveness.

Requirements

What you’ll need

US citizenship is required per contract.
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology or related field and 4-8 years of prior relevant experience or Master’s with 2-6 years of prior relevant experience.
6+ years of software testing or quality engineering experience.
Experience supporting Agile software development programs.
Demonstrated experience creating and executing manual and automated test plans.
Experience with automated testing tools such as Cypress, Playwright, or equivalent.
Experience with API testing using tools such as Postman or REST Assured.
Familiarity with CI/CD tools including Jenkins, GitLab, Azure DevOps, or similar platforms.
Experience with defect management tools such as Jira.
Ability to communicate results and issues to technical and non-technical customer stakeholders.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health and Wellness programs
Income Protection
Paid Leave
Retirement