Test Automation Engineer

Test Automation Engineer

Location:

Orlando, FL office. Department of the Air Force (DAF) Battle Network and supporting infrastructure. The Test Automation Engineer will be involved in day‑to‑day activities and strategic long‑term maturation of complex systems.

• The Test team within the Digital Infrastructure Network Integration Lab (DI‑NIL) will be responsible for maintaining the DI‑NIL architecture and services. There are levels of support needed throughout to include RHEL, Windows, and other systems and appliances to include structure and compliance configurations, integration with Active Directory for authentication, as well as day‑to‑day management and review of the architecture.
• All systems destined for operation on the production network will pass through the DI‑NIL for V&V testing from the build through configuration to service delivery. This position will work with the team to create test automation that will ensure all systems meet the strict compliance required by DoD guidance as well as ensuring all system capabilities are configured for optimum performance for the underlying operating system.
• Full documentation of test automation utilized within the environment will be mandatory as well as process flow documentation to ensure all required tasks are documented and repeatable.
• The DI‑NIL support effort will also include working with customers to ensure the needed environment is configured properly and access has been configured to allow a least privilege concept during stakeholder activities within the environment. This position will field any deep dive discussions related to code development and availability.
• Additional duties will include backing up other personnel in support of the DI‑NIL effort which is focused on Verification and Validation for the Digital Infrastructure Network.

• Bachelor’s degree and 8+ years of prior relevant experience or master’s degree with 6+ years of prior relevant experience. Additional years of experience will be considered in lieu of degree.
• Secret clearance with the ability to obtain a TS/SCI clearance.
• Demonstrable knowledge of test automation concepts and applying these concepts to Department of Defense programs.
• Demonstrable experience in design review participation and providing customer centric input.
• Basic network understanding and ability to adjust test automations to operate across the enterprise.
• Mid-level understanding of government systems security testing (ACAS/Nessus) and remediation – ability to discuss security issues and concerns.
• Demonstrated ability to brief technical and non-technical customers.

• 4 years of DoD-based system security testing (ACAS/Nessus) and remediation with the ability to discuss security issues and concerns.
• Prior experience designing and deploying network and SAFe Agile implementation.
• Demonstrated experience with Agile program execution and using agile tools (e.g. Jira and Confluence).
• Prior experience support Department of the Air Force programs.
• Previous experience working on complex multi-domain systems.
• Experience with design and validation of Cloud and Edge Computing and Network.
• Demonstrable experience in network topologies to validate functionality, performance, stability and scalability of features and products.

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

February 9, 2026

For U.S. Positions:
While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, family structure, marital status, ancestry, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law. Leidos will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with relevant laws.