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Software Tester

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Stafford, VA Full Time
POSTED ON 4/14/2026 CLOSED ON 5/13/2026

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Job Description

ECS is seeking a Software Tester to work in our Stafford, VA office. Please Note: This position is contingent upon additional funding.

The ECS Team provides focused agile software development and maintenance for a mission-critical application for the government. Today, the application is a client server application developed using Microsoft .NET that supports a database repository of DNA profiles from individuals, unsolved crime scene evidence, and missing persons. The software allows local, state, and national laboratories to compare DNA profiles electronically, thereby linking serial crimes to each other and identifying suspects by matching DNA profiles from crime scenes to individuals' profiles. Additionally, the software is used to assist with the identification of unidentified human remains, missing persons and disaster victims.

The Test Engineer will support the program with hands-on test development and execution experience implementing automated testing and integration into Gitlab pipelines. This tester is primarily responsible for designing, expanding, improving, and maintaining our test automation framework. This tester should be self-starting and proactive; they are expected to serve as a trusted resource on the business logic in place as well as our system architecture. They are expected to work collaboratively, with minimal supervision, on teams including DevOps Engineers and Developers to ensure our application meets users' needs, as well as business requirements and scalability characteristics. Each team member is expected to be cross-functional and take collective ownership to ensure deliverables are met and superb quality is achieved.

Required Skills

  • Secret clearance
  • Minimum 1 years of automation testing experience
  • Experience with test suite development and maintenance
  • Experience with automated testing tools and frameworks such as Selenium, Playwright, Appium, Robot, Cucumber, etc.
  • Experience with performance testing tools such as JMeter, K6, Loadrunner, etc.
  • Experience writing automated tests for web front ends, web services, APIs, and databases
  • Experience with manual testing
  • Experience with integration testing
  • Experience cross-browser/cross-platform testing
  • Experience working as part of an agile team using SAFe, Scrum, XP and/or Kanban
  • Generation and maintenance of controlled test datasets and scenarios
  • Desire to work in a collaborative environment
  • Quality and Detail-orientated
  • Team player who works well with customers and colleagues at all levels.

Desired Skills

  • Experience working with Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipelines
  • Understands software engineering and testing best practices
  • Experience with testing tools such as Xray or TestRail
  • Security testing experience a plus
  • Self-motivated, quick learner with strong analytical and problem-solving skills
  • Familiarity with SPA web applications such as Angular, React, or Blazor
  • Experience with Cloud-native web-based applications hosted in Azure or AWS

ECS is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate or allow discrimination on the basis any characteristic protected by law. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local jurisdiction law.

ECS is a leading mid-sized provider of technology services to the United States Federal Government. We are focused on people, values and purpose. Every day, our 3200 employees focus on providing their technical talent to support the Federal Agencies and Departments of the US Government to serve, protect and defend the American People.

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