Test Engineer

Unissant, Inc. delivers innovative capabilities to the agencies that keep our nation healthy and safe. We apply our domain expertise, data acumen, and technology know-how to achieve breakthrough results for our clients. Working collaboratively, we advance missions and careers through a focus on honesty, integrity, and dependability. We continuously look for talent, excited to join that effort. To learn more about our exciting organization, please visit us at www.unissant.com.

Unissant is seeking a Test Engineer to support a newly awarded program for a federal health agency. Plan and execute automated and manual testing to verify application functionality, integration, performance, accessibility, and release readiness.

The ideal candidate brings practical delivery experience, sound judgment, and a collaborative approach to maintaining Federal business applications while improving technical capability.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Develop test plans, scenarios, cases, and data linked to approved requirements and acceptance criteria.
• Build and maintain repeatable automated regression and integration tests for assigned applications.
• Execute functional, interface, negative-path, and exploratory tests; record reproducible defects and supporting evidence.
• Support performance testing and investigate results with engineers to identify application or environment bottlenecks.
• Evaluate Section 508 accessibility with appropriate automated checks and manual verification.
• Integrate tests into approved CI/CD workflows and track coverage, failures, and readiness risks.
• Prepare test summaries, traceability records, and release recommendations; verify corrections and monitor escaped defects.
• Support transition knowledge transfer and maintain current technical or process documentation for assigned responsibilities.
• Coordinate assigned work with program leadership, Government stakeholders, and related teams; report blockers and dependencies promptly.
• Use Government-approved tools and handle program data within authorized environments. Validate any AI-assisted output before it informs delivery decisions.

Work Experience and Job Skills:

Basic Qualifications:

• 5 years experience testing enterprise applications and documenting clear, reproducible defects.
• Hands-on experience designing and maintaining automated tests as well as conducting manual exploratory testing.
• Ability to derive test cases and data from requirements, interfaces, and business rules.
• Experience validating APIs, database effects, and application integration behavior.
• Familiarity with performance testing, accessibility testing, and secure handling of test data.
• Experience with source control, CI/CD test execution, and requirements-to-test traceability.
• Ability to document work clearly, protect sensitive program information, and collaborate across Government and contractor teams.
• Ability to meet federal suitability and access requirements and provide on-site support in the Bethesda, Maryland area as directed.

Additional Qualifications:

• Experience with Selenium, Cucumber, JMeter, and Jira/Zephyr as applicable to assigned systems.
• Federal Section 508 testing and evidence preparation experience.
• Experience building regression coverage and validating AI-assisted test generation.
• Experience supporting a Federal IT services environment, preferably within a federal health agency or comparable federal IT environment.
• Experience transferring knowledge from an incumbent team and maintaining reliable services during transition.

Education:

• A degree or relevant coursework in computer science, information systems, engineering, or a related discipline is preferred.

Certificates, Licenses and Registrations:

• Relevant software testing, test automation, or accessibility credentials are preferred.

Communication Skills:

• Clear verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to coordinate professionally across Government, prime contractor, and subcontractor teams.
• Ability to explain role-specific findings, document decisions and procedures, and communicate risks and recommended actions to the appropriate audience.

Clearance Requirements:

• Must hold or be eligible for a Public Trust Moderate (Tier 2) background investigation and meet applicable federal suitability, badging, and system-access requirements.

Travel:

• Washington, DC.

Environmental Requirements:

• Mainly a routine office environment.
• May be required to lift up to ten (10) pounds
• Flexible in working extended hours

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by the individual(s) assigned to this position. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities, and skills required. Unissant management reserves the right to modify, add, or remove duties and to assign other duties as necessary. In addition, where applicable and available, reasonable accommodation(s) may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions of this position.

Candidate(s) will be required to go through pre-employment screening.

Unissant, Inc. is a proud Equal Opportunity Employer! (EOE; M/F/Disability/Vets)