Test Automation Engineer

Company Overview:

Over the past 15 years, eTel has delivered essential solutions for the federal government by securing and managing data, providing scalable identity access, modernizing legacy systems, and building high-performance platforms. By integrating new technologies and ensuring reliable operations we help agencies stay prepared for future challenges As a premier technology solutions and services company to the US federal government, eTel possesses longstanding relationships across the federal civilian marketplace. Other customers include the broader Treasury Department, Commerce Department, and State Department.

eTel offers integrated CMMI Level 3 processes, tools, and techniques with innovative, cost-efficient, and secure solutions to address complex challenges. eTel also holds ISO 9001:2015, ISO/IEC 27001:2013, and ISO/IEC 20000-1:2018 certifications, and offers dedicated subject matter experts (SMEs) and thought leaders that possess a deep understanding of customers’ environments and challenges.

Place of Performance: Hybrid – Washington, DC Metro Area (IRS facilities and approved remote work locations)

Citizenship: U.S. Citizenship required

Security Clearance: Must be able to obtain and maintain an IRS Moderate Background Investigation (MBI)/Public Trust.

About the role:

You will build the automated tests that show each migrated API works exactly like the original, and that new APIs are ready for production. The migration target is at least 98% of APIs passing validation on the first try, and your tests are how we get there.

What you will do:

• Write automated API tests for REST and SOAP services, covering status codes, headers, payloads and authentication.
• Build functional equivalency tests that send identical requests to the webMethods and Kong versions of an API and flag any difference.
• Add tests to CI/CD pipelines so every API change and migration wave is checked before release.
• Test security behavior, including mTLS, OAuth2 and JWT handling, ACLs and rate limits.
• Run smoke tests after production changes and migration cutovers.
• Keep test data, test cases and results organized and traceable to each API.
• Report defects clearly and confirm fixes.

What you bring:

• 1 to 2 years in software testing, QA automation, or API development.
• Experience testing REST APIs with a tool such as Postman, REST Assured, Karate, pytest or SoapUI.
• Scripting or programming in Python, Java or JavaScript.
• Basic understanding of HTTP, JSON, XML and API authentication.
• Familiarity with Git and running tests in a CI pipeline.
• Bachelor's degree in a technical field, or equivalent experience.
• Ability to obtain and keep an IRS Moderate Background Investigation (MBI); you must meet IRS suitability and residency requirements.

Nice to have:

• API gateway or migration testing experience.
• Basic performance testing with JMeter or k6.
• An ISTQB or similar testing certification.
• An active IRS MBI or prior IRS work.

Commitment to Diversity -
eTelligent Group provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, nations origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, status as a covered veteran, and any other characteristic provided in accordance with applicable, federal, state and local laws.