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General information
Job Posting Title
Lead Automation Tester
Date
Friday, June 5, 2026
City
Mclean
State
VA
Country
United States
Working time
Full-time
Description & Requirements
Maximus is a trusted federal partner supporting mission-critical programs across national security, defense, and public service delivery. Our work focuses on sustaining, operating, and improving essential government systems and services, with proven operational excellence, and a commitment to mission success for our customers.
Joining Maximus means becoming part of a collaborative, mission-driven organization where teamwork, accountability, and professional growth are core to how we operate. We invest in our workforce through training, education, and career development, empowering professionals to deliver high-impact solutions while contributing to outcomes that matter at a national scale.
This position is contingent upon contract award and position availability. Selected candidates will receive a contingent offer of employment, which will become final only upon successful contract award to Maximus, availability of the position, and receipt of authorization to proceed.
Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust is required. Active Public Trust and/or DHS Suitability is preferred. U.S. citizenship or U.S. national status required.
This role is hybrid, allowing for remote work, but requires the ability to work onsite at the work location in McLean, VA as required.
Maximus TCS (Technology and Consulting Services) Internal Job Profile Code: TCS207, T3, Band 6
The Lead Automation Tester is responsible for leading automated testing efforts, owning test planning and quality standards, managing defects and retesting, and supporting test lab environments to ensure consistent, timely, and high-quality system releases across complex IT environments.
Job-Specific Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Serve as Lead Automation Tester supporting enterprise systems across development, integration, test, and pre-production environments (physical and virtual).
- Drive gradual improvements to automate test scripts and introduce innovative testing and quality assurance initiatives aligned with contract priorities.
- Own the test planning discipline, including quality standards, test entry/exit criteria, and gatekeeping across all test cycles to ensure consistency and timely reporting of results.
- Plan, execute, and oversee regression, integration, compatibility, performance, security, and compliance testing to validate readiness for deployment.
- Develop and maintain test plans, test cases, test results, and test reports, ensuring traceability between requirements, changes, and test outcomes.
- Lead defect intake, tracking, reporting, and management, coordinating retesting activities and supporting restoration actions tied to defects, including break-fix and service restoration.
- Coordinate with operations, automation, and engineering teams to support test lab environments, including scaling test instances up or down based on testing demand.
Job-Specific Minimum Requirements:
-Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust is required. Active Public Trust and/or DHS Suitability is preferred. U.S. citizenship or U.S. national status required.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field OR equivalent relevant professional experience.
- 4+ years of experience in quality assurance, software/system testing, or test automation in an enterprise IT environment.
- Proven experience supporting test lab environments (virtual and physical), including environment readiness and sustainment.
- Strong experience with test automation frameworks and tools used for testing.
- Hands-on expertise in test planning, test case development, execution, results analysis, and reporting.
- Experience conducting regression, integration, compatibility, and performance testing across enterprise systems.
- Demonstrated ability to track, manage, and report defects, coordinate retesting, and validate fixes through closure.
- Ability to produce and maintain traceability documentation linking requirements, changes, tests, and outcomes.
- Strong communication skills for conveying quality status, risks, and results to technical and management stakeholders.
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Minimum Requirements
TCS207, T3, Band 6
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EEO Statement
Maximus is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information and other legally protected characteristics.
Pay Transparency
Maximus compensation is based on various factors including but not limited to job location, a candidate's education, training, experience, expected quality and quantity of work, required travel (if any), external market and internal value analysis including seniority and merit systems, as well as internal pay alignment. Annual salary is just one component of Maximus's total compensation package. Other rewards may include short- and long-term incentives as well as program-specific awards. Additionally, Maximus provides a variety of benefits to employees, including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, a retirement savings plan, paid holidays and paid time off. Compensation ranges may differ based on contract value but will be commensurate with job duties and relevant work experience. An applicant's salary history will not be used in determining compensation. Maximus will comply with regulatory minimum wage rates and exempt salary thresholds in all instances.
Accommodations
Maximus provides reasonable accommodations to individuals requiring assistance during any phase of the employment process due to a disability, medical condition, or physical or mental impairment. If you require assistance at any stage of the employment process-including accessing job postings, completing assessments, or participating in interviews,-please contact People Operations at applicantaccom@maximus.com.
Minimum Salary
$
60,000.00
Maximum Salary
$
90,000.00