Principal Test Engineer – SDET

Navy Federal Credit Union

Principal Test Engineer developing test automation for Navy Federal systems ensuring compliance with business practices. Collaboration with DevOps, developers, and cloud engineers in testing and automation efforts.

Posted 5/12/2026full-timeVienna • Virginia • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $110,500 - $141,600 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AzureCloudJavaJenkinsJUnitMavenSeleniumSOAP

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Collaborate with DevOps engineers, developers, and cloud engineers to plan, design, and develop test automation in support of DevOps and Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery (CICD) pipelines.
Develop test automation for integration, regression, and functional testing for systems to ensure compliance with system requirements and Navy Federal business practices and policies.
Assist in the analysis of functional and technical requirements.
Develop and maintain working knowledge of evolving SDET engineering technologies, concepts, and trends.
May be responsible for testing web application User Interfaces, APIs, and participating in the development of test automation frameworks.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Experience implementing cloud native test automation tools and defining frameworks and methods that increase efficiency and reduce Data Center footprint
Design and implement robust and scalable test automation solutions within an Azure DevOps and CI/CD environment to improve the quality of functional, regression, and system tests
Works collaboratively with cross-functional teams in agile settings to understand business requirements to develop test automation that supports DevOps and CI/CD
Strong experience with agile methodologies
Experience in streamlining continuous test processes that improve product delivery
Strong development skills in core Java concepts and Selenium Test Automation Framework development
Experience with Selenium WebDriver, TestNG, Junit, Cucumber, Gherkin, and XPath
Experience developing scripts to perform comprehensive automated testing on multiple platforms including web based, client server, and mainframe
Experience developing test automation for SOA Services and SOAP/REST APIs
Experience with Azure Repos, GitHub, Bitbucket or other software repositories
Experience with CI/CD pipeline tools such as Azure Pipelines, Jenkins, or Bamboo
Strong understanding of dependency management and build tools such as Maven
Proficient in keyword, data driven, and behavior-driven test automation development
Experience with test management tools such as Azure Test Plans, Jira, Micro Focus ALM/Octane
Develop and maintain reusable components, functions, methods, and libraries to reduce maintenance and increase efficiency and scalability
Ability to adhere to Software Engineering disciplines
Advanced verbal and written communication skills
Advanced skill building effective relationships through rapport, trust, diplomacy, and tact
Advanced organizational, planning and time management skills
Skill in exercising initiative and using good judgment to make sound decisions
Advanced analytical/quantitative, reconciliation, deductive reasoning, and problem-solving skills
Skill in mentoring and training less experienced staff
A Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, a related field, or equivalent experience

Benefits

Comp & perks

Generous benefits and perks
Competitive pay
Professional development opportunities

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Hard Skills & Tools

test automationCICDagile methodologiesJavaSeleniumTestNGJunitCucumberSOAPREST

Soft Skills

communicationrelationship buildingorganizational skillstime managementinitiativejudgmentanalytical skillsproblem-solvingmentoringtraining