Senior Test Engineer (SAT, SIT, Performance)

Remote

At IPT Associates (IPTA), we enjoy solving real-world problems with technology. We work closely with our customers, teammates, experts, and partners to come up with practical solutions that make a difference. Whether it's a government or business organization, we focus on understanding the need and building something that works.

Our Team

At IPTA, everything starts with our people. We're big believers that when you invest in your team, great things happen. That's why we encourage learning, growth, and trying new things-even if you don't have all the answers yet. Our culture is rooted in fierce determination, fearless integrity, and passionate service-but we also like to keep things collaborative, supportive, and down-to-earth. We're looking for people who:

• Are curious and excited about technology
• Like solving problems and figuring things out
• Can take initiative but also enjoy working with a team
• Want to keep learning, growing, and challenging themselves

If you're someone who's eager to jump in, learn something new, and make an impact-you'll fit right in here.

Responsibilities:

• Validates a Sprint Palantir Foundry proof of concept end to end, verifying that data migrated from a legacy U.S. Army system flows correctly through the Foundry pipeline and into a target-system-consumable format
• Plans and executes System Acceptance Testing (SAT) against customer acceptance criteria, and plans and facilitates customer validation and sign-off
• Performs System Integration Testing (SIT) of the bidirectional interfaces and the full end-to-end path into target-system-consumable output
• Conducts performance testing of pipeline/ETL throughput on the change data capture (CDC) workload across approximately 40 normalized, time-variant tables, and establishes baseline performance metrics for the migrated flow
• Performs source-to-target data reconciliation (row- and field-level integrity) between the legacy system snapshot and the Palantir Foundry target
• Executes schema-conformance, data-quality, validation-rule, data-profiling, and completeness testing to confirm nothing is lost or transformed incorrectly in migration
• Develops test plans, test cases, and requirements traceability; logs, triages, and retests defects
• Executes testing incrementally alongside the build on the Agile sprint cadence, running regression as pipelines iterate and applying automated test and validation tooling where available
• Performs testing within a NIPRNet test environment, with the current scope focused on unidirectional ingest

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field (equivalent experience may be considered)
• 5+ years of software testing and quality assurance experience, including data migration, ETL, or data pipeline validation
• Hands-on experience planning and executing System Integration Testing (SIT), acceptance testing (SAT/UAT), and performance testing
• Experience with source-to-target data reconciliation, data profiling, and SQL-based data validation
• Experience with test planning, test case design, requirements traceability, and defect logging, triage, and retest
• Experience testing incrementally within Agile/sprint-based delivery, including regression testing
• Develop and execute software test plans in order to identify software problems and their causes
• Possesses and applies a comprehensive knowledge across key tasks and high impact assignments
• Plans and leads major technology assignments
• Evaluates performance results and recommends major changes affecting short-term project growth and success
• Functions as a technical expert across multiple project assignments
• May supervise others
• An active Secret security clearance is required

Preferred Qualifications:

• Any Palantir Foundry certification or credential
• Experience testing Army data migrations or ERP/personnel systems
• Experience working in NIPRNet test environments
• Experience with automated test and data-validation tooling
• CompTIA Security+ or equivalent DoD 8570/8140 baseline certification

IPTA is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All employment decisions are based on individual merit, including qualifications, experience, performance, and business needs, consistent with applicable federal laws and federal contracting requirements. IPTA provides equal opportunity and utilizes merit-based principles to make employment-related decisions.