Jest - SyntaxError: Cannot use import statement outside a module

I am using jest:24.9.0 without any configuration, installed globally from a create-react-app. Inside these files I am using es6 modules. There is no error when using "test": "react-scripts test"



However when I move to use jest with "test": "jest --config jest.config.js", I see the below error.

FAIL src/configuration/notifications.test.js
● Test suite failed to run

/var/www/management/node/src/configuration/notifications.test.js:1
({"Object.":function(module,exports,require,__dirname,__filename,global,jest){import notifications from './notifications';
^^^^^^

SyntaxError: Cannot use import statement outside a module