System Automation - Agile Developer (Clearance Required)

Location: Fort Meade, Maryland, United States; on-site. Active TS/SCI clearance with Full Scope Polygraph and a CI Polygraph within the last 7 years must be active before starting.

Salary: $100,000–$150,000 per year.

Company

hirify.global provides risk and financial advisory solutions, combining established expertise with technology-driven services.

What you will do

• Establish, maintain, and execute automated functional and end-to-end test frameworks and suites using Playwright, Cucumber, and Cypress.
• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines and create maintainable, data-driven, reusable test scripts.
• Execute load, performance, functional, end-to-end, and chaos testing across microservices and system interfaces.
• Validate microservice contracts, APIs, integrations, containerized workloads, deployments, and post-deployment health in Kubernetes and Docker environments.
• Identify and triage defects, support root-cause analysis and remediation, and contribute to continuous improvement of quality practices and metrics.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies and collaborate with engineers, product owners, and program stakeholders throughout the software lifecycle.

Requirements

• Active TS/SCI clearance with Full Scope Polygraph and CI Polygraph within the last 7 years; both must be active before starting.
• Bachelor’s degree in a related discipline, or equivalent education and experience: 3 or more years of professional experience, or 1 year with a related master’s degree.
• Hands-on experience establishing and maintaining test frameworks and automated test suites.
• Working knowledge of microservices design and architecture.
• Experience integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines.
• Proficiency with Playwright, Cucumber, and/or Cypress, plus experience with load, performance, chaos, functional, and end-to-end testing.
• Experience working in an Agile delivery environment.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills in a team-oriented software development environment.

Nice to have

• Experience with Playwright, Cucumber/Gherkin, Selenium, or Cypress.
• 508/accessibility testing with JAWS or NVDA.
• Performance testing with JMeter and API testing or documentation with Swagger or similar tools.
• Experience with Java, JavaScript, Python, or Ansible.
• Experience with AWS, Kubernetes, Docker, CI/CD tooling, or pipeline development.

Culture & Benefits

• On-site work in Fort Meade, Maryland, within a cross-functional Agile team.
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage, paid time off, company holidays, and parental and family leave.
• Life insurance, short- and long-term disability coverage, and accident protection.
• 401(k) plans with company matching, performance-based incentives, and merit-based compensation reviews.
• Benefits may vary by region, department, and role.

Hiring process

• Apply formally through careers.hirify.global.com to be considered.