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# Test Engineer (Top Secret Clearance Required) at North Point Technology

- **Company:** North Point Technology
- **Location:** St Louis, MO
- **Posted:** 2026-10-06
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-18
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/northpointtechnology/jobs/8870887002

## Job description

North Point Technology is looking to hire a Test Engineer to provide Agile DevOps support to mission-critical systems requiring a Top Secret clearance with the ability to obtain a CI Polygraph. This role offers the opportunity to work within a High Performance Computing and mission software program, contributing to the design, development, and execution of comprehensive test strategies across cloud-based environments. Responsibilities: In this role you will collaborate with Product Owners, Development Teams, Architects, and QA Managers to design, develop, execute, and maintain comprehensive test strategies that support mission objectives and product requirements. You will practice a SAFe Agile workflow by participating in daily standups, backlog refinement, sprint reviews, and retrospectives. You will review and implement test requirements, support test case execution, and contribute to release validation activities. Applying testing methodologies and troubleshooting experience, you will identify defects, maintain test automation frameworks, participate in test plan reviews, and document test results and quality metrics. You will also help ensure overall system code coverage remains above 80% while supporting software quality, performance, and continuous improvement through rigorous testing practices. Required Skills/Experience:

- DevOps practices applied to develop, maintain, and continuously improve test automation assets, including configuration control, traceability, and repeatability
- Jira and Confluence used to manage requirements, tasks, test artifacts, and project documentation
- Software development, testing, and integration activities within cloud development environments
- SAFe Agile participation including daily standups, sprint reviews, and functional testing
- Collaboration with Product Owners, Software Developers, and QA Teams to develop test approaches with emphasis on automation of regression testing
- Creation, maintenance, and evaluation of automated test suites to validate application functionality and improve test coverage
- Execution and documentation of testing activities for Jira-tracked development efforts
- Analysis of testing results with actionable feedback provided to development teams
- Testing within commercial cloud platforms (e.g., AWS) and OpenShift with DevOps tooling
- Testing of both back-end and front-end application processes
- Scripting with Python or similar languages to automate tasks
- CI Pipeline test execution including JEST, Cypress, and/or Playwright
- Software performance testing practices
- Creation, authoring, execution, and documentation of test cases and result sets in an Agile cadence Preferred Skills/Experience:
- Tracking test failures back to code changes that introduced defects
- Reviewing code check-ins to assess the impact of changes on system functionality and potential bugs
- Software development or integration experience in a service-oriented environment (Cloud, SOA, Web Services) or virtualization environment
- Unit testing, continuous integration tools, and Git version control
- SQL queries and database analysis techniques to validate application data, investigate defects, and ensure data integrity
- DoD Aeronautical Datasets
- AWS CloudFormation templates
- Active Top Secret/SCI with Polygraph Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree with relevant experience, or Master's degree with relevant experience, or equivalent experience in lieu of degree
- DoD 8570 IAT Level 2 or Level 3 certification compliance (e.g., Security+)
- Top Secret clearance with ability to obtain SCI and CI Polygraph North Point Technology is THE BEST place to work for curious-minded engineers motivated to support our country’s most crucial missions!  We focus on long term projects, leveraging the latest technology in support of innovative solutions to solve our customer’s most difficult problems.

At North Point Technology, EMPLOYEES come first!  We value our employees by providing excellent compensation, benefits, and a flexible work-life balance. We strive for a close-knit and open atmosphere where the owners are always directly available to our team members.

Come join us! Apply with North Point Technology today!

For positions requiring a federal security clearance, your clearance level must be clearly identified on your resume.

## About North Point Technology

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: North Point Technology is an industrial automation and control systems integration firm providing engineering consulting, design, programming, training, maintenance, and support services to industrial and municipal clients worldwide.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Small Business, Woman-Owned Business Enterprise – WBE)
- **Headquarters**: Johnson City, New York, USA (Binghamton area)
- **Founded**: Not publicly available (mentions a February 2018 press article, suggesting operation for at least 8+ years)
- **Founders**: Not publicly disclosed; Lisa Lee serves as Principal / CEO

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Industrial automation & control systems integration
- **Target customers**: Industrial and municipal clients (B2B), including large and small organizations globally; also serves U.S. government/defense missions (per greenhouse job board)
- **Mission / purpose**: “Optimize and enhance processes and control, provide regulatory and operations reporting, minimize power and chemical consumption, allow remote access and monitoring, lower operating and training costs, enhance operator usability, reduce system downtime, save time and money.” (from northpointusa.com)

## Products & Services
- **PLC and DCS Systems**: Programming and commissioning of Programmable Logic Controllers and Distributed Control Systems.
- **SCADA and HMI Systems**: Design, programming, and commissioning of Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition and Human-Machine Interface systems.
- **Historian and Reporting Systems**: Data logging, historical analysis, and regulatory/operations reporting.
- **Ethernet and Fieldbus Networks**: Industrial network design and integration.
- **Telemetry and Secure Networking**: Remote monitoring, secure communication links.
- **Drives and Motion Controllers**: Variable frequency drives, motion control systems.
- **Machine Control and Vision Systems**: Custom machine control and industrial vision solutions.
- **Instrumentation and Analysis**: Sensor selection, calibration, and process analysis.
- **Control Panels and Hardware**: Design and fabrication of control panels.
- **IIoT and Cloud Computing**: Industrial Internet of Things implementations, cloud hosting for SCADA/databases, web-based KPI dashboards.
- **Specialized Mobile App Development**: Custom mobile applications for industrial monitoring and control.
- **Cloud SCADA Hosting**: Hybrid local/cloud SCADA hosting, secure remote access, business process applications.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation / Market Cap**: Not publicly available (private small business)
- **Key Metric**: Not publicly disclosed (no revenue or funding data available)
- **Notable Investors / Partners**: None publicly listed; the company is self-funded/bootstrapped. Certifications: Woman-Owned Business Enterprise (WBE) by City of Albany, NY; Small Business Enterprise (SBE). Likely eligible for government set-aside contracts.
- **Growth Signals**: The company actively recruits for full-time Industrial Automation/PLC Engineers, indicating ongoing demand. They are open to managing branch locations for qualified candidates, suggesting potential expansion. The website mentions recent cloud/IIoT service offerings, aligning with industry trends.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Woman-Owned Small Business (WOSB) status**: Provides eligibility for federal and state contracting set-asides, a differentiator in the automation integration space.
- **Broad technical depth**: Covers the full stack from PLC/DCS to cloud, mobile apps, and IIoT, allowing end-to-end solutions.
- **Global reach with small-company flexibility**: Works with clients worldwide while maintaining an entrepreneurial, hands-on approach.
- **Community and customer focus**: Emphasizes long-term relationships, quality, and reliability.

## Strategic Focus
- Expand cloud and IIoT capabilities to help clients reduce downtime and operational costs through remote monitoring and data analytics.
- Grow the engineering team, particularly experienced automation engineers with 10+ years of experience.
- Potentially open branch locations in other regions (mentioned in career page).
- Leverage WBE/SBE certifications to win more government and municipal contracts.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Entrepreneurial, community-oriented, and flexible. The company values employee involvement in all aspects of the business and direct client contact.
- **Work environment**: Small engineering firm where engineers can gain hands-on experience across multiple projects and industries.
- **Remote / hybrid policy**: Not explicitly stated; likely on-site in Johnson City, NY, with possible travel to client sites.
- **Perks**: Competitive compensation and benefits, flexible work hours, potential for relocation assistance and signing bonus for qualified candidates.
- **Engineering culture**: Focus on continuous learning, certification in automation software (e.g., Ignition is a plus), and project management growth.
- **Community involvement**: The company supports local charities, schools, FIRST Robotics teams, and global missions (e.g., Haiti, Kenya). Employees are encouraged to volunteer.
- **Requirements**: U.S. Citizenship required; must be able to travel domestically and internationally with a valid U.S. passport.

## Sources
1. [northpointusa.com](http://www.northpointusa.com/) – Company overview, services, values
2. [northpointusa.com/new-home](http://www.northpointusa.com/new-home) – Services and certification details
3. [northpointusa.com/join-npt](http://www.northpointusa.com/join-npt) – Careers page, core values, community involvement
4. [boards.greenhouse.io/northpointtechnology](https://boards.greenhouse.io/northpointtechnology) – Current job openings and company description
5. [northpointtechnology.com/about](https://www.northpointtechnology.com/about) – Additional about page (may be a rebranded domain, mentions CEO, mission, government focus)

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