Hiring: Senior Software Automation Engineer Company: Peraton Location: Lanham, MD Job Posted Time: 2026-09-03 07:41:20 Employment Type: Contract / Hybrid Target Skills & Keywords : AI, Accessibility, Agile, Databricks, Git, GitHub, Integration Testing, JMeter, Java, Jira, PySpark, SQL, Selenium About the job Experience: •Bachelors degree and 8 years of experience or a Masters degree and 6 years of experience or an Associates degree and 10 years of experience or a High School diploma/equivalent and 12 years of experience •8 years of experience or a Masters degree and 6 years of experience or an Associates degree and 10 years of experience or a High School diploma/equivalent and 12 years of experience Required Skills: •To join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. The ideal candidate is a senior testing professional who thrives in dynamic environments, provides leadership across Agile, Waterfall, and Hybrid methodologies, and ensures testing excellence through proactive guidance and cross-team collaboration. •This position supports the IRS Enterprise System Testing (EST) program •Which provides comprehensive testing and quality assurance services to ensure mission critical IRS applications are secure, reliable, and ready for deployment. •This position will be in Lanham, Maryland. •Day to Day Roles and Responsibilities: •Conduct functional and/or integration testing of multiple programs in an IBM mainframe, client/server or cloud environment. •Proactively identify use cases for test automation within supported projects. •Use test automation tools to execute test scripts that validate functional, technical, and performance requirements. Qualifications: •Must be a US Citizen with the ability to obtain and maintain an MBI clearance. •Applied hands-on capability in the Databricks platform, including data validation and testing within Databricks environments. •In-depth knowledge of Medallion Architecture, including Bronze, Silver, and Gold data layers. •Applied hands-on capability in PySpark and PySpark DataFrames, including testing and validating data transformations and processing. •Demonstrated experience developing and executing automated software tests using industry standard test automation frameworks and tools. •Demonstrated expertise in software testing, including advanced problem solving, test planning, test execution, defect identification, and resolution. •Applied hands-on capability in Jira and Xray, or comparable test management and defect tracking tools. •Current active IRS MBI Clearance strongly preferred. Compensation: •$80,000 - $128,000 / year •Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!