Mid-Level Automation Tester

About Blue Rose Consulting Group

Blue Rose Consulting Group is a mission-driven federal contractor dedicated to delivering innovative solutions that support our clients and the communities they serve.

People First. Mission Always.

We believe exceptional outcomes start with exceptional people. We are committed to building collaborative teams where talented professionals can grow, contribute, and make a meaningful impact.

About the Role

Blue Rose Consulting Group is seeking a Mid-Level Automation Tester to support automated testing and DevOps activities for a large-scale national security system.

This role will develop and maintain automated testing solutions while contributing to Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipelines using GitLab CI/CD, UrbanCode Deploy, and related DevOps tools. The Automation Tester will work across multiple phases of software testing, including functional, integration, system, and user acceptance testing.

The broader DevOps environment supports Agile lifecycle management, build and deployment automation, continuous integration, test automation, security analysis automation, static code analysis, repository management, and Infrastructure as Code.

This position requires U.S. citizenship and an active Final DoD Secret security clearance.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain automated testing solutions.
• Write automated test code using Java or related development languages.
• Support CI/CD pipelines and automated software delivery.
• Work with GitLab CI/CD, UrbanCode Deploy, and related DevOps tools.
• Implement and support Behavior-Driven Development (BDD) practices using Cucumber.
• Develop automated tests using open-source frameworks such as Selenium, Serenity, and Cucumber.
• Perform functional, integration, system, and user acceptance testing.
• Test REST and SOAP web services and APIs.
• Develop and execute SQL queries to support testing and validation.
• Support build automation, deployment automation, security analysis automation, and static code analysis.
• Contribute to repository management and Infrastructure as Code practices.
• Collaborate with Agile development and engineering teams supporting a national security system.

Minimum Qualifications

• U.S. Citizen.
• Active Final DoD Secret security clearance.
• 3+ years of hands-on automated test coding experience using Java, or development experience using C++ or C#.
• Experience with Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD).
• Experience with Behavior-Driven Development using Cucumber.
• Experience with Java, including frameworks such as Spring and Spring Boot.
• Experience with open-source automation tools such as Selenium, Serenity, and Cucumber.
• Experience with Serenity and/or Cucumber.
• Experience across functional testing, integration testing, system testing, and user acceptance testing phases.
• Experience testing REST/SOAP web services and APIs.
• Experience with SQL.

Preferred Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with open-source automated testing frameworks such as Serenity, Selenium, and Cucumber.
• Experience using Java development tools such as Eclipse, JUnit, and Git.
• Prior front-end development experience, including experience with JavaScript frameworks.
• Experience supporting a large-scale federal IT program.
• Experience working within the SAFe Agile delivery framework.

What Success Looks Like

Success in this role requires an automation tester who can develop reliable automated testing solutions while contributing effectively within an established Agile and DevOps environment. The ideal candidate is detail-oriented, technically capable, and comfortable collaborating with development and engineering teams supporting mission-critical systems.

Key indicators of success include:

• Developing reliable and maintainable automated test solutions.
• Effectively supporting CI/CD and automated software delivery processes.
• Identifying and documenting issues throughout multiple phases of software testing.
• Effectively testing APIs, web services, and data using appropriate automation tools.
• Collaborating successfully with Agile development and engineering teams.
• Demonstrating strong attention to detail, problem-solving, and ownership of assigned testing activities.

Location: Remote