Software Test Engineer III
Makpar · Remote · US only
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- Experience
- Experience not stated
- Where you can live
- US only
- Skills and tools
- jira, java, ci/cd, documentation, quality assurance
- Job type
- Full-time
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Job details
- Where you can work
- United States
- Employment type
- Full-time
- Advertised pay
- Not stated by the employer
- Experience
- Experience not stated
- Employer publication date
- 7 August 2026
- First recorded by Psst
- 2 November 2026
- Last checked at the source
- 3 November 2026
About the job
Who we are
Makpar is a comprehensive professional and technical solutions provider for the Federal government. We combine functional and technical expertise in cloud engineering, data management, cybersecurity and emerging technologies to deliver mission success. We build the right IT solution for government clients by partnering with them to understand their WHAT, WHY, and HOW. Using our signature consulting methodology that we call “The Makpar Way,” we help agencies navigate the ongoing changes in the Federal technology landscape. We succeed where others fail because of our connected and engaged workforce are dedicated to delivering success for our clients and the American people.
Our Mission: We solve complex problems for the Federal government to accelerate access to citizen services.
When it comes to excellence, we deliver. Learn more about our employer brand at makpar.com/careers.
Position Overview
The Software Test Engineer III will lead or perform quality assurance activities throughout the software development lifecycle for ICAM applications. The engineer will ensure application code, configurations, integrations, and functional changes are built and tested in non-production environments before promotion.
The role requires balanced experience with automated and manual testing. The candidate must be able to maintain testing, security-scanning, code-quality, and coverage gates in the CI/CD pipeline and validate functional, performance, security, and Section 508 conformance for each applicable release.
Key Responsibilities
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Plan and perform quality assurance activities across the full SDLC.
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Validate application changes in development, test, staging, or other non-production environments before production promotion.
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Develop and maintain automated and manual test cases, scripts, suites, data, and evidence.
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Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines.
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Maintain or support testing and quality gates using Selenium, SonarQube, Jenkins, and related tools.
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Validate functional requirements and user-story acceptance criteria.
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Perform or coordinate regression, integration, system, performance, and release testing.
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Validate Section 508 conformance for releases containing applicable ICT or user-interface functionality.
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Identify defects, document reproducible results, and work with engineers through resolution and retesting.
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Review security scan and code-quality results as part of release readiness.
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Monitor test coverage and recommend improvements to automated testing.
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Support User Acceptance Testing when required by the federal customer.
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Produce test plans, test scripts, test results, defect evidence, and release-quality documentation.
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Support production incident analysis by validating fixes and regression impacts.
Required Qualifications
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Experience performing software quality assurance throughout the SDLC.
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Experience combining automated testing with structured manual testing.
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Experience developing and maintaining software test plans, scripts, cases, and results.
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Experience testing software in non-production environments before release.
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Experience with Selenium or a comparable automated functional testing tool.
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Experience with Jenkins or comparable CI/CD pipeline tooling.
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Experience with SonarQube or comparable code-quality/security-scanning tools.
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Experience with functional, regression, integration, and release testing.
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Experience validating Section 508 or accessibility requirements for software releases.
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Ability to obtain and maintain favorable DHS EOD, suitability, and required system access.
Preferred Qualifications
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Current DHS Trusted Tester certification.
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Experience with WCAG 2.0 Level A and AA criteria.
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Experience conducting performance or load testing for enterprise web applications.
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Prior DHS, or other federal civilian testing experience.
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Experience testing ICAM, IAM, SSO, PIV, PKI, PAM, access-management, or cybersecurity applications.
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Experience with Jira, GitHub Enterprise, Java/Spring applications, Angular applications, MySQL, or containerized environments.
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Experience supporting automated security, accessibility, and coverage gates in a federal DevSecOps pipeline.
Benefits
At Makpar Corporation we understand that we all need to balance work and life – that is why we have a great benefits package, excellent training and career development opportunities, flexible work schedules along with a generous compensation package. At Makpar, we believe in keeping our employees happy, healthy and engaged. We pride ourselves in providing outstanding benefits, creating environments where employees are encouraged to be themselves, collaborate, and be inquisitive in order to achieve goals.
Start your career today and be a part of something meaningful!
Makpar is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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