Senior Test Automation and Validation Engineer
for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content. We must not repeat job title. No Job ID etc. Remove boilerplate. Preserve all substantive info.
We need to parse the posting.
Key sections:
- "Why This Role Exists" maybe corresponds to About the role. Could be "About the role". We'll include that.
- "What You Will Do" => Responsibilities.
- "Required What We Are Looking For" => Requirements (maybe also Qualifications). Could combine.
- "Preferred" => maybe Qualifications or Skills? Could be "Preferred Qualifications". But we need to decide.
- "Clearance and Eligibility" => maybe Requirements (clearance). Could be part of Requirements.
- "Location Remote" => maybe Schedule? Actually location is remote, not schedule. Could be a short paragraph under About the role or separate? The instruction: include a section ONLY when posting has real, specific content for it. We have location remote; we could put under a short p maybe not a separate heading. Could embed in About the role.
- "Who We Are" => maybe About the company, not required headings. Could be omitted? It's substantive but not matching headings list. Could be placed under About the role? Might be okay to include as a paragraph under About the role.
- "What We Offer" => Benefits (competitive salary, comprehensive benefits, 401(k), bonus, flexible hours, education reimbursement, generous PTO). So Benefits section.
- Pay: Not specified explicit salary number, just "Competitive salary". That's vague; we should not create Pay section unless posting actually states them. It says "Competitive salary" but no number. The instruction: never emit a heading followed by filler/placeholder text (e.g., "commensurate with experience", "not specified", "N/A", "varies", "TBD") and never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them. "Competitive salary" is vague but still states something? It's not a specific number; could be considered placeholder. Safer to not create Pay section. Benefits we have specific items, so we can create Benefits.
- Schedule: Not mentioned besides flexible hours (under benefits). No explicit schedule. So no Schedule section.
Thus sections: About the role (maybe combine Why This Role Exists + Who We Are), Responsibilities, Requirements (including Required and Preferred and Clearance), Benefits.
We need to use for each section heading. Use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. Use
for prose.
We must preserve all substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to include details from each bullet.
Let's extract.
About the role: combine "Why This Role Exists" paragraph and "Who We Are" paragraph.
Why This Role Exists: "The work we do has real impact, and the people behind it matter just as much. D&G is seeking an experienced Senior Test Automation and Validation Engineer to support the Integrated Data Environment & Global Transportation Network Convergence (IGC) Contract. In this role, you will lead test automation, system validation, performance testing, and quality-engineering activities for mission-critical transportation and logistics applications. This position offers the opportunity to design enterprise test frameworks, validate applications and integrations, integrate automated testing into CI/CD processes, and produce test evidence supporting release readiness, Government validation, and acceptance activities."
Who We Are: paragraph about D&G Solutions: people come first, fastest growing, Best Place to Work, 8(a), Service Disabled Veteran Owned, Women Owned Small Business, give back, supportive environment.
We'll combine into a few paragraphs.
Responsibilities: from "What You Will Do". It's a long list. We'll break into bullet list.
List items:
- Design, develop, maintain, and execute scalable automated test frameworks covering functional, integration, regression, API, database, UI, smoke, and end-to-end testing using tools such as Playwright, Selenium, Cypress, REST Assured, Postman/Newman, JUnit, pytest, or comparable technologies.
- Develop test strategies, release test plans, GVT/GAT plans, test cases, validation procedures, traceability artifacts, and test evidence; lead support for Government Validation Testing and Government Acceptance Testing.
- Validate applications, APIs, microservices, databases, interfaces, and enterprise workflows against requirements, acceptance criteria, business rules, and mission objectives.
- Use SQL and automated validation techniques to verify data integrity, transactions, transformations, and application outputs.
- Plan and execute performance, load, stress, scalability, endurance, reliability, and failover testing; analyze results, identify defects and risks, and verify corrective actions through retesting.
- Integrate automated testing into GitLab CI/CD processes and support testing across development, test, staging, and production-like environments, including cloud and containerized environments.
- Provide test evidence supporting cybersecurity, RMF, STIG, secure-development, and applicable Section 508 requirements while maintaining test documentation, quality metrics, and release assessments.
- Provide technical leadership and mentoring while collaborating with developers, data and database engineers, cloud/DevSecOps and cybersecurity personnel, Product Owners, functional analysts, operations staff, and Government stakeholders.
That's all.
Requirements: from "Required What We Are Looking For" plus "Clearance and Eligibility" plus maybe "Preferred". We'll combine Required and Preferred as part of Requirements? But we have headings: Requirements, Qualifications, Skills. Could separate: Requirements (mandatory), Qualifications (preferred), Skills (technical). However we need to avoid thin sections. Let's think.
We have Required: eight+ years experience, strong hands-on experience with automated testing, API/integration testing, SQL/database validation, requirements traceability, defect management, risk-based testing, release validation; proficiency in at least one programming language; experience integrating automated tests into CI/CD and maintaining automation assets in Git-based repos; experience testing applications in AWS or another enterprise cloud environment, familiarity with containerized deployments; experience using Jira, GitLab, Confluence, or comparable ALM, source-control, test-management, defect-tracking tools; strong technical leadership, analytical, troubleshooting, documentation, mentoring, stakeholder-communication skills.
Preferred: experience leading GVT, GAT, formal release validation, or comparable Government acceptance testing in DoD/federal; experience with cloud migrations, application modernization, database migrations, complex system integrations, enterprise performance testing; experience with Apache Superset or another enterprise BI and data-visualization platform; familiarity with AWS services, managed databases, container platforms, centralized monitoring, infrastructure-as-code, automated deployment processes; knowledge of DoD software-assurance, RMF, STIG, secure-development, Section 508 validation practices; experience supporting USTRANSCOM, DoD logistics, or another mission-critical federal system.
Clearance and Eligibility: Active Secret security clearance or ability to obtain and maintain one; restricted to U.S. person(s) (U.S. citizens, permanent residents, and other protected individuals under 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)).
We could have sections: Requirements (mandatory), Preferred Qualifications, Clearance. Or combine Preferred into Requirements? But we have headings list includes Qualifications and Skills. Could use Qualifications for Preferred, Skills for technical skills (languages, tools). However we need to avoid filler.
Better: Use Requirements for mandatory experience and skills; Use Qualifications for preferred experience; Use Skills for technical proficiencies (languages, tools). But we already have many details.
Let's decide:
- Requirements (
Requirements
): list mandatory items: 8+ years experience, strong hands-on experience with automated testing, API/integration testing, SQL/database validation, requirements traceability, defect management, risk-based testing, release validation; proficiency in at least one programming language (Java, Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, C#, Bash); experience integrating automated tests into CI/CD and maintaining automation assets in Git-based repos; experience testing applications in AWS or another enterprise cloud environment, familiarity with containerized deployments; experience using Jira, GitLab, Confluence, or comparable ALM, source-control, test-management, defect-tracking tools; strong technical leadership, analytical, troubleshooting, documentation, mentoring, stakeholder-communication skills.
- Qualifications (Qualifications
): list preferred items: experience leading GVT, GAT, formal release validation, or comparable Government acceptance testing in DoD/federal; experience with cloud migrations, application modernization, database migrations, complex system integrations, enterprise performance testing; experience with Apache Superset or another enterprise BI and data-visualization platform; familiarity with AWS services, managed databases, container platforms, centralized monitoring, infrastructure-as-code, automated deployment processes; knowledge of DoD software-assurance, RMF, STIG, secure-development, Section 508 validation practices; experience supporting USTRANSCOM, DoD logistics, or another mission-critical federal system.
- Skills (Skills
): maybe list programming languages, tools, etc. But we already covered languages in Requirements. Could combine. However to avoid thin sections, maybe we skip Skills and put technical skills under Requirements. But we have to follow instruction: prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. So maybe we combine Required and Preferred into a single Requirements section, and have Benefits separate. But we also have Clearance which is a requirement; could be part of Requirements.
Thus we could have sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements (including mandatory, preferred, clearance), Benefits.
That's four sections.
Let's craft.
We need to preserve all substantive information. So we must include all details from Required, Preferred, Clearance.
We'll create a list for Requirements with each bullet capturing a point. Might be long but okay.
We need to avoid repeating info. Ensure we include all.
Let's draft Requirements bullets:
- Eight or more years of professional experience in software testing, test automation, systems validation, quality engineering, software development, or a related technical field, including experience designing and maintaining enterprise-level automated test frameworks.
- Strong hands-on experience with automated testing, API and integration testing, SQL/database validation, requirements traceability, defect management, risk-based testing, and release validation.
- Proficiency in at least one programming or scripting language such as Java, Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, C#, or Bash.
- Experience integrating automated tests into CI/CD processes and maintaining automation assets in Git-based repositories.
- Experience testing applications in AWS or another enterprise cloud environment, with familiarity with containerized deployments.
- Experience using Jira, GitLab, Confluence, or comparable ALM, source-control, test-management, and defect-tracking tools.
- Strong technical leadership, analytical, troubleshooting, documentation, mentoring, and stakeholder-communication skills.
- Preferred: Experience leading GVT, GAT, formal release validation, or comparable Government acceptance testing in a Department of Defense or federal environment.
- Preferred: Experience with cloud migrations, application modernization, database migrations, complex system integrations, and enterprise performance testing.
- Preferred: Experience with Apache Superset or another enterprise business-intelligence and data-visualization platform.
- Preferred: Familiarity with AWS services, managed databases, container platforms, centralized monitoring, infrastructure-as-code, and automated deployment processes.
- Preferred: Knowledge of DoD software-assurance, RMF, STIG, secure-development, and Section 508 validation practices.
- Preferred: Experience supporting USTRANSCOM, Department of Defense logistics, or another mission-critical federal system.
- Clearance: Active Secret security clearance or the ability to obtain and maintain one, as required by assigned duties and contract requirements; restricted to U.S. person(s) (U.S. citizens, permanent residents, and other protected individuals under 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)).
That covers all.
Now Benefits: from "What We Offer": Competitive salary | Comprehensive benefits | 401(k) | Bonus and profit sharing | Flexible hours | Education reimbursement | Generous paid time off
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. Use
for prose. We must preserve all substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to include details from each bullet. Let's extract. About the role: combine "Why This Role Exists" paragraph and "Who We Are" paragraph. Why This Role Exists: "The work we do has real impact, and the people behind it matter just as much. D&G is seeking an experienced Senior Test Automation and Validation Engineer to support the Integrated Data Environment & Global Transportation Network Convergence (IGC) Contract. In this role, you will lead test automation, system validation, performance testing, and quality-engineering activities for mission-critical transportation and logistics applications. This position offers the opportunity to design enterprise test frameworks, validate applications and integrations, integrate automated testing into CI/CD processes, and produce test evidence supporting release readiness, Government validation, and acceptance activities." Who We Are: paragraph about D&G Solutions: people come first, fastest growing, Best Place to Work, 8(a), Service Disabled Veteran Owned, Women Owned Small Business, give back, supportive environment. We'll combine into a few paragraphs. Responsibilities: from "What You Will Do". It's a long list. We'll break into bullet list. List items: - Design, develop, maintain, and execute scalable automated test frameworks covering functional, integration, regression, API, database, UI, smoke, and end-to-end testing using tools such as Playwright, Selenium, Cypress, REST Assured, Postman/Newman, JUnit, pytest, or comparable technologies. - Develop test strategies, release test plans, GVT/GAT plans, test cases, validation procedures, traceability artifacts, and test evidence; lead support for Government Validation Testing and Government Acceptance Testing. - Validate applications, APIs, microservices, databases, interfaces, and enterprise workflows against requirements, acceptance criteria, business rules, and mission objectives. - Use SQL and automated validation techniques to verify data integrity, transactions, transformations, and application outputs. - Plan and execute performance, load, stress, scalability, endurance, reliability, and failover testing; analyze results, identify defects and risks, and verify corrective actions through retesting. - Integrate automated testing into GitLab CI/CD processes and support testing across development, test, staging, and production-like environments, including cloud and containerized environments. - Provide test evidence supporting cybersecurity, RMF, STIG, secure-development, and applicable Section 508 requirements while maintaining test documentation, quality metrics, and release assessments. - Provide technical leadership and mentoring while collaborating with developers, data and database engineers, cloud/DevSecOps and cybersecurity personnel, Product Owners, functional analysts, operations staff, and Government stakeholders. That's all. Requirements: from "Required What We Are Looking For" plus "Clearance and Eligibility" plus maybe "Preferred". We'll combine Required and Preferred as part of Requirements? But we have headings: Requirements, Qualifications, Skills. Could separate: Requirements (mandatory), Qualifications (preferred), Skills (technical). However we need to avoid thin sections. Let's think. We have Required: eight+ years experience, strong hands-on experience with automated testing, API/integration testing, SQL/database validation, requirements traceability, defect management, risk-based testing, release validation; proficiency in at least one programming language; experience integrating automated tests into CI/CD and maintaining automation assets in Git-based repos; experience testing applications in AWS or another enterprise cloud environment, familiarity with containerized deployments; experience using Jira, GitLab, Confluence, or comparable ALM, source-control, test-management, defect-tracking tools; strong technical leadership, analytical, troubleshooting, documentation, mentoring, stakeholder-communication skills. Preferred: experience leading GVT, GAT, formal release validation, or comparable Government acceptance testing in DoD/federal; experience with cloud migrations, application modernization, database migrations, complex system integrations, enterprise performance testing; experience with Apache Superset or another enterprise BI and data-visualization platform; familiarity with AWS services, managed databases, container platforms, centralized monitoring, infrastructure-as-code, automated deployment processes; knowledge of DoD software-assurance, RMF, STIG, secure-development, Section 508 validation practices; experience supporting USTRANSCOM, DoD logistics, or another mission-critical federal system. Clearance and Eligibility: Active Secret security clearance or ability to obtain and maintain one; restricted to U.S. person(s) (U.S. citizens, permanent residents, and other protected individuals under 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)). We could have sections: Requirements (mandatory), Preferred Qualifications, Clearance. Or combine Preferred into Requirements? But we have headings list includes Qualifications and Skills. Could use Qualifications for Preferred, Skills for technical skills (languages, tools). However we need to avoid filler. Better: Use Requirements for mandatory experience and skills; Use Qualifications for preferred experience; Use Skills for technical proficiencies (languages, tools). But we already have many details. Let's decide: - Requirements (
Requirements
): list mandatory items: 8+ years experience, strong hands-on experience with automated testing, API/integration testing, SQL/database validation, requirements traceability, defect management, risk-based testing, release validation; proficiency in at least one programming language (Java, Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, C#, Bash); experience integrating automated tests into CI/CD and maintaining automation assets in Git-based repos; experience testing applications in AWS or another enterprise cloud environment, familiarity with containerized deployments; experience using Jira, GitLab, Confluence, or comparable ALM, source-control, test-management, defect-tracking tools; strong technical leadership, analytical, troubleshooting, documentation, mentoring, stakeholder-communication skills. - Qualifications (Qualifications
): list preferred items: experience leading GVT, GAT, formal release validation, or comparable Government acceptance testing in DoD/federal; experience with cloud migrations, application modernization, database migrations, complex system integrations, enterprise performance testing; experience with Apache Superset or another enterprise BI and data-visualization platform; familiarity with AWS services, managed databases, container platforms, centralized monitoring, infrastructure-as-code, automated deployment processes; knowledge of DoD software-assurance, RMF, STIG, secure-development, Section 508 validation practices; experience supporting USTRANSCOM, DoD logistics, or another mission-critical federal system. - Skills (Skills
): maybe list programming languages, tools, etc. But we already covered languages in Requirements. Could combine. However to avoid thin sections, maybe we skip Skills and put technical skills under Requirements. But we have to follow instruction: prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. So maybe we combine Required and Preferred into a single Requirements section, and have Benefits separate. But we also have Clearance which is a requirement; could be part of Requirements. Thus we could have sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements (including mandatory, preferred, clearance), Benefits. That's four sections. Let's craft. We need to preserve all substantive information. So we must include all details from Required, Preferred, Clearance. We'll create a- list for Requirements with each bullet capturing a point. Might be long but okay.
We need to avoid repeating info. Ensure we include all.
Let's draft Requirements bullets:
- Eight or more years of professional experience in software testing, test automation, systems validation, quality engineering, software development, or a related technical field, including experience designing and maintaining enterprise-level automated test frameworks.
- Strong hands-on experience with automated testing, API and integration testing, SQL/database validation, requirements traceability, defect management, risk-based testing, and release validation.
- Proficiency in at least one programming or scripting language such as Java, Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, C#, or Bash.
- Experience integrating automated tests into CI/CD processes and maintaining automation assets in Git-based repositories.
- Experience testing applications in AWS or another enterprise cloud environment, with familiarity with containerized deployments.
- Experience using Jira, GitLab, Confluence, or comparable ALM, source-control, test-management, and defect-tracking tools.
- Strong technical leadership, analytical, troubleshooting, documentation, mentoring, and stakeholder-communication skills.
- Preferred: Experience leading GVT, GAT, formal release validation, or comparable Government acceptance testing in a Department of Defense or federal environment.
- Preferred: Experience with cloud migrations, application modernization, database migrations, complex system integrations, and enterprise performance testing.
- Preferred: Experience with Apache Superset or another enterprise business-intelligence and data-visualization platform.
- Preferred: Familiarity with AWS services, managed databases, container platforms, centralized monitoring, infrastructure-as-code, and automated deployment processes.
- Preferred: Knowledge of DoD software-assurance, RMF, STIG, secure-development, and Section 508 validation practices.
- Preferred: Experience supporting USTRANSCOM, Department of Defense logistics, or another mission-critical federal system.
- Clearance: Active Secret security clearance or the ability to obtain and maintain one, as required by assigned duties and contract requirements; restricted to U.S. person(s) (U.S. citizens, permanent residents, and other protected individuals under 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)).
That covers all.
Now Benefits: from "What We Offer": Competitive salary | Comprehensive benefits | 401(k) | Bonus and profit sharing | Flexible hours | Education reimbursement | Generous paid time off