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Software Development Engineer in Test

Comtech

Comtech

51-200 employees

Full-service IT solutions for government contracts

No salary listed

Seattle, WA, USA

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Category
Software Engineering (1)
Required Skills
NoSQL
Software Testing
Apache Kafka
Java
Docker
AWS
DevOps
Cassandra
Requirements
  • Experience developing automated tests for microservices
  • Experience developing integrated tests between components and across domains
  • Experience developing test automation in Java
  • Experience developing automated tests using or executing on Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Docker containers
  • Experience utilizing Cassandra, Akka or Kafka – or any NoSQL Background
  • Experience working in a production DevOps team
Responsibilities
  • Analyze upcoming platform feature and service integrations for needed test coverage.
  • Creating test plans and test cases needed to ensure the quality of these features.
  • Developing automated tests and any test frameworks/extensions needed to support new cases.
  • Ensuring that automated tests are integrated and execute reliably in our CI/CD environments.
  • Analyzing daily test results for failures and filing appropriate defects.
  • Contribute test library and framework code to feature teams wherever applicable.
  • Work between platform feature teams and across integration partners to ensure that defects your tests identified are properly prioritized and driven to resolution.
  • Developing, implementing, and sustaining test automation processes, practices, and controls in support of application and system requirement, development and test activities throughout the software development and sustainment lifecycles.
  • Leads and consults on test automation strategy, requirement, design, implementation and execution.
  • The team you will be joining is building a cloud hosted platform utilizing microservice and reactive design principals.
  • This role is focused on testing the integration and interactions between the components of this new platform as a whole as well as with existing Enterprise services feeding data into it.
  • You will fully own the quality of your platform areas by defining what needs to be tested, developing/extending test frameworks, developing automated tests, and driving issues you identify to the appropriate resolution.
  • Analyze the overall platform architecture and upcoming capabilities roadmap for test automation needs
  • Architect the overall test environment and infrastructure configuration.
  • Determine overall framework requirements and select best starting components.
  • Design E2E test harness to fully support CI/CD, Functional, and Integration testing.
  • Ensure that the platform is prepared to deliver continuous integrated testing.
  • Identify hardware, software, and licenses needed for the QA team.
  • Ensure that QA team members deliver the test plans, framework and automation code on schedule in collaboration with the other engineering team sprints.
  • Ensure that the test automation from all team members is of high-quality and reliably runs as part of the overall team’s CI/CD process.
  • Evaluate team test results daily to ensure that any defects are identified, prioritized, and filed early for the appropriate feature team.
  • Ensure that automated test coverage is continuously increasing and also keeping pace with new services and features being delivered by the other engineering teams.
  • Work between platform feature teams and across integration partners to ensure that defects your tests identified are properly prioritized and driven to resolution

Comtech provides a full range of IT solutions for the Civilian Federal Government, the Department of Defense, and other Agencies, with a focus on the finance and medical sectors to help meet regulatory requirements while reducing costs and boosting agility. It delivers tailored IT services through skilled staff and contract-focused project execution, guided by an ISO 9001:2008 Quality Management System and a dedicated Quality Assurance Manager to ensure consistent, high-quality delivery. The company differentiates itself through its award-winning, customer-oriented approach and a formal QA framework that emphasizes process-driven delivery and compliance for government and regulated contracts. Its goal is to offer reliable, compliant, and cost-efficient IT solutions that improve government operations and strategic flexibility.

Company Size

51-200

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

N/A

Headquarters

Reston, Virginia

Founded

1998

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What believers are saying

  • DoD satellite-terrestrial network integration prioritized with $2.3B FY2026 budget allocation.
  • Healthcare cybersecurity spending increasing 18% annually for HIPAA zero-trust implementations.
  • Financial services AI-driven compliance tools market growing 22% CAGR through 2028.

What critics are saying

  • Federal budget sequestration under Fiscal Responsibility Act directly reduces primary customer base.
  • Healthcare IT consolidation by Optum and CVS Health erodes medical sector margins.
  • SpaceX Starlink and Amazon Kuiper LEO constellations commoditize legacy satellite offerings.

What makes Comtech unique

  • Sole-source Navy SATCOM modem contract awarded November 2024, $50M+ ceiling.
  • ISO 9001:2008 certified quality management system across federal and defense contracts.
  • Vertical expertise in healthcare, finance, and defense IT compliance and modernization.

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Flexible Work Hours

Health Insurance

401(k) Retirement Plan

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Wellness Program

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Conference Attendance Budget

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Family Planning Benefits

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Paid Holidays

Paid Sick Leave

Parental Leave

Adoption Assistance

Employee Discounts

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