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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 61 days Sustainment's roles stay open a median of 71 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- No 0% of Sustainment's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Sustainment
- high 3 stale, 0 reposted of 4 open
- Hiring momentum
- 5 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-10-22
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Sustainment's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Sustainment.
About this role
The Senior QA Automation Engineer at Sustainment will primarily focus on transitioning from manual to automated testing, specifically developing a fully automated Playwright test suite. This role involves hands-on testing and automation work, alongside mentoring a small QA team and standardizing QA processes. The position is a blend of technical execution and light leadership, with a strong emphasis on maintaining quality in a fast-paced release environment.
- benefits
- 2/5
- freshness
- 4/5
- career value
- 4/5
- role clarity
- 5/5
- pay transparency
- 0/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Sustainment as an employer.
What you need
- Senior-level experience in QA and test automation (6+ years)
- Deep hands-on skill with modern test-automation frameworks (Playwright preferred, Cypress, or similar) and API testing
- Experience integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines (GitLab a plus)
- A track record of building an automated suite up from partial or manual coverage
- Genuinely comfortable staying hands-on
- Some experience mentoring engineers or owning QA processes for a small team
Nice to have
- Experience with AI-assisted testing tools and workflows
- Delivery into regulated/federal environments (FedRAMP, CUI, DoD)
- B2B SaaS and/or manufacturing / supply-chain domain experience
- Exposure to data or analytics testing
- Experience testing agentic / multi-agent systems and prompt-driven workflows
What you get
- Medical, dental, vision
- Paid time off
- Company holidays
- 401K matching
Worth weighing
- Role is heavily focused on hands-on testing and automation, not pure management
- Candidates must be eligible for a U.S. Secret or Top Secret security clearance, which may limit applicant pool
- Company is moving to a daily release cadence, which may imply a fast-paced work environment
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Listed by Sustainment on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-22. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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