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Overview
Are you inquisitive? Thorough? Diplomatic? Ever worked as part of a program that is Agile? Are you interested in being an agent of change on a team committed to achieving client-focused, mission-driven excellence?
Steampunk is seeking a Manual Test Engineer who will provide testing and QA expertise in mission critical work across our client base.
Responsibilities will include testing and verification of code, reporting and recording defects, coordination with architects, functional analysts, and developers on testing and testing results, documenting test scripts, participating in design reviews, user acceptance testing, and deployment activities. This individual will also work in an Agile environment and participate in scrum ceremonies and product planning activities.
Contributions
Responsibilities
As a Manual Test Engineer , you will work with our growing DevSecOps practicedelivering quality assurance services to support application, cloud and data systems development.We are looking for candidates with 3-5 years' experience with quality assurance in an Agile/DevSecOps work environment. Responsibilities include:
Required
Steampunk relies on several factors to determine salary, including but not limited to geographic location, contractual requirements, education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience. The projected compensation range for this position is $90,000 to $130,000. The estimate displayed represents a typical annual salary range for this position. Annual salary is just one aspect of Steampunk’s total compensation package for employees. Learn more about additional Steampunk benefits here.
Identity Statement
As part of the application process, you are expected to be on camera during interviews and assessments. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud.
Steampunk is a Change Agent in the Federal contracting industry, bringing new thinking to clients in the Homeland, Federal Civilian, Health and DoD sectors. Through our Human-Centered delivery methodology , we are fundamentally changing the expectations our Federal clients have for true shared accountability in solving their toughest mission challenges. As an employee owned company , we focus on investing in our employees to enable them to do the greatest work of their careers – and rewarding them for outstanding contributions to our growth. If you want to learn more about our story, visit http://www.steampunk.com .
We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Steampunk participates in the E-Verify program.
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Job Location US-VA-McLean
Posted Date 4 days ago (1/21/2026 11:45 AM)
Job ID 7325
Clearance Requirement Public Trust
If you have questions about this posting, please contact support@lensa.com
Overview
Are you inquisitive? Thorough? Diplomatic? Ever worked as part of a program that is Agile? Are you interested in being an agent of change on a team committed to achieving client-focused, mission-driven excellence?
Steampunk is seeking a Manual Test Engineer who will provide testing and QA expertise in mission critical work across our client base.
Responsibilities will include testing and verification of code, reporting and recording defects, coordination with architects, functional analysts, and developers on testing and testing results, documenting test scripts, participating in design reviews, user acceptance testing, and deployment activities. This individual will also work in an Agile environment and participate in scrum ceremonies and product planning activities.
Contributions
Responsibilities
As a Manual Test Engineer , you will work with our growing DevSecOps practicedelivering quality assurance services to support application, cloud and data systems development.We are looking for candidates with 3-5 years' experience with quality assurance in an Agile/DevSecOps work environment. Responsibilities include:
- Understanding the needs of stakeholders and conveying this to developers
- Meet with product design team to determine testing parameters
- Write test plans, create test cases, test procedures, bug reports, final QA reports for products
- Manage test data architecture definition and requests
- Troubleshoot errors and streamline the test procedures
- Testing and examining code written by others and analyzing results, including three or more of the following:
- Data validation testing
- Functional testing
- Performance and load testing
- Usability testing
- Accessibility (508) testing
- Provide validation testing of different system and data sets for cloud migrations
- Ensuring that systems are safe and secure against cybersecurity threats
- Working with software developers and software engineers to ensure that development follows established processes and works as intended
- Document as-is state of the environment, perform a gap analysis, and produce artifacts that articulate options and recommendations
- Leverage virtualization and containerization to optimize testing software systems
- Work with teams to bring continuous improvement to DevSecOps processes and tools
- Engineer and implement solutions and provide recommendations for continuous improvement for the services provided
- Present regular status updates and provide cross training to other DevOps team members
- Act as an individual contributor and mentor more junior team members
Required
- Ability to obtain a U.S. government Security Clearance
- BS Degree in an IT field OR BS in a non-IT field and 2 years related IT experience
- 4 years of manual testing experience
- 3 years of experience with Git SCM providers such as GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket
- 3 years of application DevSecOps experience with actual/active development experience in an Agile environment
- Experience with performance and load testing
- Experience in one or more cloud computing environments (e.g. AWS, Azure, or GCP)
- Experience with the Atlassian tool suite, to include JIRA, JIRA AIO Tests, and Confluence
- Certifications:
- CAST (Certified Associate in Software Testing)
- International Software Testing Qualifications Board (ISTQB) Certification
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, interpersonal, and collaborative skills
- Experience with documenting an as-is state of the environment, perform a gap analysis, and produce artifacts that articulate options and recommendations
- Salesforce experience
- Automation testing experience
Steampunk relies on several factors to determine salary, including but not limited to geographic location, contractual requirements, education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience. The projected compensation range for this position is $90,000 to $130,000. The estimate displayed represents a typical annual salary range for this position. Annual salary is just one aspect of Steampunk’s total compensation package for employees. Learn more about additional Steampunk benefits here.
Identity Statement
As part of the application process, you are expected to be on camera during interviews and assessments. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud.
Steampunk is a Change Agent in the Federal contracting industry, bringing new thinking to clients in the Homeland, Federal Civilian, Health and DoD sectors. Through our Human-Centered delivery methodology , we are fundamentally changing the expectations our Federal clients have for true shared accountability in solving their toughest mission challenges. As an employee owned company , we focus on investing in our employees to enable them to do the greatest work of their careers – and rewarding them for outstanding contributions to our growth. If you want to learn more about our story, visit http://www.steampunk.com .
We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Steampunk participates in the E-Verify program.
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Job Location US-VA-McLean
Posted Date 4 days ago (1/21/2026 11:45 AM)
Job ID 7325
Clearance Requirement Public Trust
If you have questions about this posting, please contact support@lensa.com
Salary : $90,000 - $130,000