Integration/Test Automation Engineer – Journeyman

DecisionPoint Corporation

. Design, develop, execute, maintain, and improve automated software tests .

Posted 10/27/2026full-timeRemote • Illinois • United StatesSeniorLeadWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in automated software testing, including API and integration tests, while maintaining compliance with security standards and government requirements. Proficient in continuous integration and delivery practices, with a strong focus on performance testing and defect management.

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Automated Software TestingAPI TestingContinuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD)Performance TestingActive Secret Clearance

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Hard Skills

Automated Regression SuitesIntegration TestingLoad TestingTest Data ManagementTest Configuration DocumentationDefect ReportingRequirements TraceabilityTechnical AnalysisArchitecture DocumentationEnterprise Solutions Design

Soft Skills

Analytical SkillsProblem-Solving SkillsTechnical WritingFacilitation SkillsPresentation Skills

Tools & Technologies

Version Control RepositoriesAutomation FrameworksCloud ArchitectureAPI ManagementDevSecOps

Certifications & Qualifications

CISSP-ISSAPCISSP-ISSEPDoD 8570.01-M IASAE Level IIITOGAFAWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional

Industry Keywords

Department of DefenseEnterprise ArchitectureSystems EngineeringAgile Software DevelopmentDISA STIG Compliance

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSAzureCloudCyber Security

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design, develop, execute, maintain, and improve automated software tests
Build automated regression suites covering critical application capabilities and mission workflows
Develop API tests validating requests, responses, schemas, authentication, authorization, error handling, and business rules
Develop integration tests validating interfaces, adapters, services, data exchanges, dependencies, and end-to-end processing
Develop load and performance tests evaluating throughput, response time, concurrency, resource utilization, stability, and failure behavior
Translate requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria, interface specifications, data mappings, and technical designs into automated test coverage
Maintain traceability among automated tests, requirements, interfaces, defects, and release content
Design and maintain representative test data for positive, negative, boundary, exception, and high-volume scenarios
Integrate automated tests into approved continuous-integration and continuous-delivery pipelines
Configure triggers, quality gates, result thresholds, notifications, and failure conditions
Maintain automated execution across development, integration, test, staging, and other approved environments
Improve test reliability by correcting unstable, inconsistent, environment-dependent, or non-deterministic tests
Produce reproducible test results, logs, reports, metrics, and objective evidence
Document test configurations, dependencies, data conditions, execution procedures, expected results, and known limitations
Analyze failed tests and distinguish product defects from test-script, test-data, environment, configuration, or dependency issues
Create defect reports with reproducible steps, expected and actual results, evidence, and affected requirements
Support defect triage, root-cause analysis, correction verification, and regression testing
Coordinate with API/integration engineers to validate service contracts, mappings, schemas, data transformations, and interoperability
Coordinate with CI/CD engineers to improve automated execution, artifact retention, test reporting, and pipeline reliability
Coordinate with cybersecurity personnel to validate security corrections and integrate approved security testing
Support Government demonstrations, user acceptance testing, release testing, and operational validation
Provide automation coverage, execution status, defect trends, performance results, and quality risks for release-readiness decisions
Participate in sprint planning, backlog refinement, daily coordination, reviews, demonstrations, and retrospectives
Maintain test source code, scripts, configurations, data, and documentation in approved version-control repositories
Participate in peer reviews, code reviews, test reviews, and technical walkthroughs
Contribute to continuous improvement of automation frameworks, test data, CI/CD integration, performance testing, and quality practices

Requirements

What you’ll need

Active Secret clearance or higher
Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems, systems engineering, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience where permitted by the applicable labor category
Minimum of ten years of relevant experience in enterprise architecture, systems architecture, systems engineering, solution architecture, software architecture, or a related technical discipline
Experience developing enterprise or system Concepts of Operations
Experience conducting technical analyses and trade studies
Experience decomposing mission or business needs into functional, component, interface, security, performance, and derived requirements
Experience defining and documenting system and external-interface requirements
Experience supporting complex systems integration across software, data, infrastructure, cloud, network, security, or external systems
Experience designing scalable, extensible, resilient, and supportable enterprise solutions
Experience developing technical assumptions and inputs for rough-order-of-magnitude estimates
Experience developing current-state, target-state, and transition architectures
Experience producing or reviewing architecture diagrams, System Design Documents, Interface Control Documents, Interface Design Documents, requirements-traceability records, and architecture decision records
Experience communicating architecture decisions, options, risks, dependencies, and tradeoffs to technical and nontechnical stakeholders
Strong analytical, facilitation, technical-writing, presentation, and problem-solving skills
Ability to meet applicable labor-category requirements for equivalent professional experience, where permitted
Preferred but not required: CISSP-ISSAP, CISSP-ISSEP, DoD 8570.01-M IASAE Level III/current DoD 8140-aligned certification, TOGAF, AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional, Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert, Google Professional Cloud Architect, CISSP, INCOSE certification, ITIL v4 Foundation or higher
Preferred experience with Department of Defense enterprise architecture or systems-engineering programs, DoD Architecture Framework, Federal Enterprise Architecture Framework, ArchiMate, SysML, UML, Cameo, Sparx Enterprise Architect, Zero Trust, identity architecture, cloud architecture, DevSecOps, data architecture, API management, enterprise integration, RMF authorization, DISA STIG compliance, COOP, disaster recovery, mission-resilience planning, and multiple Agile software-development teams

Benefits

Comp & perks

Regular full-time employment
Opportunity to support the USMEPCOM ENLIST program and a complex government contract
Participation in sprint planning, backlog refinement, reviews, demonstrations, retrospectives, peer reviews, and technical walkthroughs
Equal employment opportunity and affirmative action protections