Senior QA Automation Engineer, Public Sector

About the role

As a Senior QA Automation Engineer for Claroty’s Public Sector team, you will ensure our cyber-physical security solutions meet the highest standards of reliability, performance, and security across federal and government environments.

Location: Remote (US-Based) | EST Preferred | Travel: Minimal (<10%)

Your impact

• Design, develop, and execute automated tests using modern automation frameworks tailored for cloud-native (EKS/AWS GovCloud) and air-gapped/federal environments.
• Integrate test suites into CI/CD pipelines (GitLab CI/Jenkins) to validate builds prior to deployment across staging and production environments.
• Perform full E2E testing across both frontend UI and backend services (CLI, logs, containerized microservices) in mixed Linux and Windows environments.
• Validate compliance and security baselines to ensure releases conform to strict Federal compliance standards (e.g., FedRAMP, NIST guidelines).
• Execute regression testing and smoke tests to ensure continuous deployment stability during sprint releases.
• Maintain comprehensive test documentation, including test plans, test cases, automated runs, and defect reports in Jira/Allure.
• Play a key role in safeguarding critical infrastructure across US Government and public sector agency environments.

What you need to succeed

• US Citizenship Required (due to US Federal and GovCloud compliance requirements).
• Remote within the United States (EST time zone preferred).
• A minimum of 10 years of experience in QA and software automation development.
• Strong proficiency in Python for automation script development — Must.
• Proven experience in API testing (both manual and automated) — Must.
• Hands-on experience with manual and automated UI testing — Must.
• Practical experience leveraging AI tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT, or AI-driven testing frameworks) to accelerate test case generation, automate script creation, and optimize QA workflows — Must.
• Deep experience in Linux environments (RHEL, Ubuntu, Amazon Linux) and command-line diagnostics (CLI, logs, system metrics) — Must.
• Solid experience with version control systems (Git / GitLab).
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipeline integration (GitLab CI, Jenkins) and automated test reporting tools (Allure or similar).
• Web Application testing using Playwright and BE tools.
• Excellent teamwork skills, adaptability, and the ability to operate independently in a fast-paced environment.

Preferred / Advantage Qualifications

• Experience testing applications deployed on Kubernetes / EKS or containerized environments (Docker).
• Familiarity with AWS / AWS GovCloud services and architecture.
• Experience with database query execution and SQL.
• Understanding of FedRAMP, NIST 800-53, or DoD compliance and security frameworks.
• Experience testing virtual machines, air-gapped infrastructure, or collector/edge devices.