What are the responsibilities and job description for the Test Automation Engineer position at gormat?
Gormat is looking for a Test Automation Engineer to join our team. Are you excited about honing your skills in a fast-paced environment working with a collaborative team? This position is part of a team that supports USCYBERCOM's internal command IT systems, including one-of-a-kind cyberspace operations systems.
What You'll Be Doing:
- Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines and DevOps infrastructure supporting USCYBERCOM mission systems and cyber operations platforms.
- Develop, integrate, and optimize automated testing frameworks and validation pipelines to ensure reliability, security, and performance of mission-critical software systems.
- Support lifecycle management of cyber capabilities by building, deploying, and sustaining scalable infrastructure across development, and test environments.
- Evaluate emerging DevOps tools, containerization technologies, and automation frameworks, providing recommendations for integration into existing mission environments.
- Develop and maintain technical documentation, including system architecture diagrams, test plans, CI/CD workflows, and operational procedures.
- Collaborate with software developers, cybersecurity analysts, and mission stakeholders to translate requirements into testable engineering and deployment solutions.
What Required Skills You'll Bring:
- Active TS/SCI w/Poly
- Typically requires a Bachelor's degree in related discipline
- Minimum 10 years of related experience with large-scale CI/CD infrastructure and common source control frameworks (ex: Gitlab, MinIO, Bitbucket, Jenkins)
- Experience supporting integration, deployment, and validation of software systems in multi-environment (dev/test/ops) pipelines
- Experience using cloud virtualization platforms like vSphere or ARIA
- Experience developing and maintaining automated testing frameworks like Robot framework, Pytest, and GoogleTest
- Experience with scripting languages (Python, Bash, Powershell)
- Experience utilizing Podman/Docker
- Advanced verbal and written communication skills with a focus on the creation of technical documentation for testing
What Desired Skills You'll Bring:
- Development Test experience or Cyber Security Engineering
- Master's Degree from an accredited college or university in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Software Engineering, or related discipline
- Knowledge of cross-compilation and experience building/using them on various architectures (PPC, MIPS, x86, ARM, RISC-V, etc.)
- Experience with management products like Jira and Confluence
- Extensive experience parsing user stories or requirements to create testable objectives and measures of performance that will lead to fully tested software products
- GIAC Cloud Security Automation Certified or equivalent cybersecurity/DevOps certification
TS/SCI with polygraph is required.