Glen Burnie, MD

Salary
$165,000–$185,000
Posted
Aug 6, 2026
Location
Glen Burnie, MD
Last confirmed open
Sep 24, 2026

What this job asks for AI summary

An Agile Test Engineer role supporting government test and evaluation programs, requiring both manual and automated testing across the full software development lifecycle. The position involves analyzing system requirements, developing test plans and procedures, collecting and reporting test data, and coordinating with government and external test organizations. It suits an experienced QA professional with an active TS/SCI clearance and NSA Full Scope Polygraph.

Senior level · 9+ years · Bachelor's required · TS/SCI clearance · Full-time

Must have (2)
manual testingautomated testing
Nice to have (8)
JiraConfluenceTestRay or SynapsertLinuxPlaywright or SeleniumCucumberJMeterSwagger

“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.

Posted 2 times — it's one opening, so apply once.

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How this req sits in the market our data

What won't set you apart
automated testing78%manual testing72%

Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.

What the occupation pays Median $106,594 (middle half $82,076–$136,109).

Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Aug 8, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.

Why we read it this way (8)

Location is not stated in the posting. Given the NSA Full Scope Polygraph requirement, the role is very likely in the Fort Meade/Annapolis Junction, MD area (Baltimore-Columbia-Towson CBSA, code 12580), but this is not confirmed in the text.

The experience requirement has two paths: 9+ years with a Bachelor's degree, or 7+ years with a Master's degree. The minimum of 9 years (Bachelor's path) is used for total experience; the Master's path is an alternative that could lower the bar to 7 years.

The degree requirement is listed as a Bachelor's in a technical field; a Master's degree is offered as an alternative that reduces the experience requirement, but a Bachelor's is the stated minimum.

Manual and automated testing experience, requirements analysis, and test results documentation are listed as required qualifications but name no specific tools — they are captured as required skills reflecting the hard gates stated.

All Atlassian tools (Jira, Confluence, TestRay/SynapseRT), Linux, Playwright/Selenium, Cucumber, Gherkin, JMeter, and Swagger appear under 'Desired Qualifications' and are marked as preferred.

TestRay and SynapseRT are listed together as alternatives for the same test management capability; Playwright and Selenium are listed as alternatives for web browser-based testing.

Ignored 1 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): test plan development.

Requires a TS/SCI clearance — the cleared population is a small fraction of this occupation, so the real candidate pool is materially smaller than the estimate below, which does not model clearance.

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