AWS Test Automation Engineer

Systems Engineering Solutions Corporation (SES) is seeking an experienced AWS Team Test Automation Engineer to support the U.S. Air Force Cloud One Architecture and Common Shared Services (AC2S) program. This role is responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining automated testing frameworks and pipelines across a largescale, missioncritical AWS GovCloud and multicloud DevSecOps environment.

The ideal candidate will bring deep experience in test automation, CI/CD integration, cloudnative testing, and DevSecOps, working closely with development, security, and operations teams to ensure Cloud One services meet stringent DoD performance, reliability, and security requirements.

• Design, develop, and maintain automated test frameworks supporting AWSbased cloud services, shared services, and platform capabilities.
• Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines to enable continuous testing across build, deployment, and release stages.
• Develop automated unit, integration, regression, performance, and security tests for cloudnative applications and infrastructure.
• Collaborate with DevOps, platform engineering, and security teams to validate Infrastructure as Code (IaC) deployments and configuration changes.
• Implement automated validation for containerized workloads and microservices deployed to Kubernetes environments.
• Support testing of AWS shared services including networking, IAM, logging, monitoring, and security tooling.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies, sprint planning, and backlog refinement, ensuring test automation aligns with delivery objectives.
• Analyze test results, identify defects and risks, and provide actionable feedback to engineering teams.
• Develop and maintain test documentation, test plans, and automation artifacts in accordance with Cloud One standards.
• Ensure compliance with DoD security controls, STIGs, and DevSecOps best practices throughout the testing lifecycle.

Systems Engineering Solutions Corporation (SES) is seeking an experienced AWS Team Test Automation Engineer to support the U.S. Air Force Cloud One Architecture and Common Shared Services (AC2S) program. This role is responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining automated testing frameworks and pipelines across a largescale, missioncritical AWS GovCloud and multicloud DevSecOps environment.

The ideal candidate will bring deep experience in test automation, CI/CD integration, cloudnative testing, and DevSecOps, working closely with development, security, and operations teams to ensure Cloud One services meet stringent DoD performance, reliability, and security requirements.

• Design, develop, and maintain automated test frameworks supporting AWSbased cloud services, shared services, and platform capabilities.
• Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines to enable continuous testing across build, deployment, and release stages.
• Develop automated unit, integration, regression, performance, and security tests for cloudnative applications and infrastructure.
• Collaborate with DevOps, platform engineering, and security teams to validate Infrastructure as Code (IaC) deployments and configuration changes.
• Implement automated validation for containerized workloads and microservices deployed to Kubernetes environments.
• Support testing of AWS shared services including networking, IAM, logging, monitoring, and security tooling.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies, sprint planning, and backlog refinement, ensuring test automation aligns with delivery objectives.
• Analyze test results, identify defects and risks, and provide actionable feedback to engineering teams.
• Develop and maintain test documentation, test plans, and automation artifacts in accordance with Cloud One standards.
• Ensure compliance with DoD security controls, STIGs, and DevSecOps best practices throughout the testing lifecycle.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field.
• 8+ years of professional experience in test automation, software testing, or quality engineering.
• Strong experience developing automated tests using Java and/or Python.
• Handson experience with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, or similar.
• Experience testing applications and services deployed in AWS environments.
• Familiarity with AWS services such as IAM, EC2, VPC, S3, CloudWatch, CloudTrail, and related services.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code testing (Terraform, CloudFormation).
• Experience testing containerized applications using Docker and Kubernetes.
• Knowledge of Agile and DevSecOps practices in a federal or regulated environment.
• Active Secret clearance and U.S. citizenship required.

• Experience supporting USAF Cloud One or other DoD enterprise cloud programs.
• Experience with automated testing frameworks such as JUnit, TestNG, Selenium, PyTest, or similar.
• Familiarity with security testing, vulnerability scanning, and compliance validation in CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience validating STIGcompliant configurations and secure cloud architectures.
• Exposure to multicloud environments (Azure, GCP, OCI) in addition to AWS.
• AWS certifications (Developer, Solutions Architect, or DevOps Engineer).
• CompTIA Security+ or equivalent DoD 8570/8140 certification.

SES provides a competitive salary and the following benefits:

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• AD&D
• STD
• LTD
• Company paid Life Insurance
• 401k with employer contribution
• Paid Time Off
• Pet Insurance