Public Trust Eligibility Required Job Summary Serve as a QA Automation Test Engineer supporting an Agile team that creates, maintains, and enhances applications for a federal government client. The successful candidate will be responsible for planning, developing, executing, and maintaining manual and automated testing solutions/frameworks that ensure application quality, performance, accessibility, and reliability. Due to the nature of our work as a federal consulting organization, employees may be expected to handle Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) and must adhere to applicable safeguarding and compliance requirements. Responsibilities - Design, develop, execute, and maintain manual and automated test cases for web applications, APIs, and integrated systems - Develop and maintain test strategies, test plans, and testing approaches that support the level of automation needed for application quality and delivery objectives - Provide clear feedback by following the standard testing process, including writing detailed descriptions, acceptance criteria, identifying problems, and documenting steps in the ticketing system - Build and maintain reusable automated test scripts, utilities, and testing components that reduce repetitive testing efforts and improve testing efficiency - Design, implement, and support scalable test automation frameworks that enable consistent and maintainable automated testing across teams - Perform functional, regression, smoke, integration, end-to-end, and user story validation testing throughout the software development lifecycle - Collaborate with Product Owners, Business Analysts, Developers, and Testers to determine quality expectations during backlog refinement and sprint planning - Contribute to the team's Definition of Done (DoD) by ensuring appropriate test coverage, successful test execution, and quality validation prior to story completion - Integrate automated testing into Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines and leverage continuous integration practices to provide rapid feedback on code quality - Develop and execute load, performance, and scalability tests to validate application stability, reliability, and capacity under expected usage conditions - Analyze test results, identify defects and risks, measure test coverage, and provide actionable recommendations to improve overall software quality and release readiness Requirements - 8+ years of experience using automation tools to test systems and applications, and writing and executing test scripts - Bachelor's Degree (4 additional years of relevant experience is acceptable in lieu of degree) - 3+ years of experience with automation testing tools, Playwright preferred - Experience developing automation testing strategies and frameworks from the ground up - Experience performing functional, regression, smoke, integration, and end-to-end testing - Strong hands-on testing experience with database and API testing - Experience with Docker containers and testing containerized applications - Experience creating reusable test automation solutions and integrating automated testing into CI/CD pipelines - Experience collaborating and working across functional teams - Strong verbal and written communication skills Preferred Qualifications: - Experience with GraphQL testing/framework - Federal Government experience as a contractor - Experience with testing .NET applications and systems hosted in Azure Cloud - Performance testing experience - Experience performing manual accessibility testing with screen readers and other accessibility tools - DHS Trusted Tester Certification Travel Requirements This is a remote position; however, occasional travel may be required based on project needs, client meetings, team collaboration events, or training sessions. Travel is expected to be less than 10% and will be communicated in advance whenever possible. Benefits - Salary Range: $80,000-$120,000 annually. Final compensation will be determined based on factors including education, experience, qualifications, skills, and applicable contract requirements. - Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision) - Retirement Plan (401k) - Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary & AD&D) - Paid Time Off - Family Leave (Maternity, Paternity) - Short Term & Long-Term Disability - Training & Development