Lead Test Engineer / Principal SDET – 14630

Contracting Authority: Government Client
Contract Length: 12 months
Clearance: SC

Essential Skills & Experience
• Strong experience designing and implementing test strategies for microservices envi-ronments
• Hands-on automation experience using:
o Java, Selenium, Rest Assured
o API, contract, and integration testing
• Experience working with monolith and microservices systems
• Knowledge of:
o CI/CD pipelines
o Spring Boot-based applications
o Performance testing fundamentals
Modern Testing Practices
• Strong understanding of:
o Contract testing, API testing, and asynchronous messaging (e.g. Kafka)
o Non-functional testing (performance, accessibility)
• Experience with non-relational databases (e.g. MongoDB)
• Automation-first mindset with ability to build reusable, maintainable frameworks

Leadership
• Experience operating at Lead / Principal level
• Ability to influence stakeholders without direct authority
• Strong communication skills across technical and non-technical audiences

Tools & Technologies
• Cloud: AWS
• Test Frameworks: Selenium, Serenity BDD, Playwright
• Contract Testing: Pactflow, Spring Cloud Contract
• Messaging: Kafka
• Databases: MongoDB
• CI/CD & DevOps: GitHub, GitLab, Jenkins, Docker
• Performance Testing: Gatling, K6
• Observability: Grafana, Prometheus, Splunk

Contract Length: 12 months

Clearance: SC

Essential Skills & Experience

• Strong experience designing and implementing test strategies for microservices envi-ronments

• Hands-on automation experience using:

o Java, Selenium, Rest Assured

o API, contract, and integration testing

• Experience working with monolith and microservices systems

• Knowledge of:

o CI/CD pipelines

o Spring Boot-based applications

o Performance testing fundamentals

Modern Testing Practices

• Strong understanding of:

o Contract testing, API testing, and asynchronous messaging (e.g. Kafka)

o Non-functional testing (performance, accessibility)

• Experience with non-relational databases (e.g. MongoDB)

• Automation-first mindset with ability to build reusable, maintainable frameworks

Leadership

• Experience operating at Lead / Principal level

• Ability to influence stakeholders without direct authority

• Strong communication skills across technical and non-technical audiences

Tools & Technologies

• Cloud: AWS

• Test Frameworks: Selenium, Serenity BDD, Playwright

• Contract Testing: Pactflow, Spring Cloud Contract

• Messaging: Kafka

• Databases: MongoDB

• CI/CD & DevOps: GitHub, GitLab, Jenkins, Docker

• Performance Testing: Gatling, K6

• Observability: Grafana, Prometheus, Splunk