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Software Test Engineer

Peraton
Peraton Salary
Herndon, VA Full Time
POSTED ON 11/7/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 12/6/2025
About Peraton

Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world's leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees do the can't be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit peraton.com to learn how we're keeping people around the world safe and secure.

Program Overview

About The Role

Our program supports unclassified and classified software development and integration services. Some of the work we will do is brand new Big Data, data analysis, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML), and advanced analytics, while other work will be refining and improving legacy development, as well as providing operations and maintenance

Automated Software Test Engineer

The selected Software Test Engineer will have a background in maintaining and enhancing automated test scripts and creating and executing test procedures to support development, integration, regression and user acceptance testing.

Candidate will design and write automated test plans and procedures, analyze test results and develop and review code as necessary. In addition, the Test Engineer will document bugs in JIRA and provide test reports.

Qualifications

Minimum of 8 years with BS/BA; Minimum of 6 years with MS/MA; Minimum of 3 years with PhD; an additional 4 years can be considered in lieu of degree

Required Qualifications

  • Extensive knowledge and experience with software testing
  • Experience with automated test tools such as Robot Framework, Selenium, JMeter, SoapUI, and Junit.
  • Experience documenting test plans/procedures.
  • Experience maintaining and enhancing existing automated software testing scripts
  • Experience in an Agile software development environment utilizing Java or Python
  • Bachelor's degree in related field
  • TS/SCI with poly

Preferred Qualifications

  • Software development experience in a virtual environment like AWS
  • Experience with Jira, Jenkins, and Gitlab

SCA / Union / Intern Rate or Range

Details

Target Salary Range: $112,000 - $179,000. This represents the typical salary range for this position. Salary is determined by various factors, including but not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the position, the individual's experience, education, knowledge, skills, and competencies, as well as geographic location and business and contract considerations. Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay.

EEO:Equal opportunity employer, including disability and protected veterans, or other characteristics protected by law.

Salary : $112,000 - $179,000

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