Job Description
Job DescriptionDescription:
We are seeking a detail-oriented Quality Assurance Specialist to test and validate a mission-critical federal case management application prior to Stage and Production deployments. This role executes functional, regression, integration, and User Acceptance Testing (UAT) in an Agile/DevSecOps environment and documents results, defects, and release readiness. The ideal candidate has hands-on software testing experience on technical teams and can operate in a highly regulated environment.
Responsibilities include:
- Execute functional, regression, integration, and system testing for enterprise applications
- Validate application readiness prior to Stage and Production deployments
- Develop, execute, and maintain detailed test plans, test cases, and test scripts
- Perform manual testing of workflow-driven case management systems
- Support automated testing pipelines and regression suites in Azure DevOps
- Identify, document, track, and validate defect remediation
- Validate business rules, workflow logic, and data integrity
- Validate system integrations, APIs, and automated data exchanges
- Support User Acceptance Testing (UAT) with government stakeholders
- Participate in Sprint demos, backlog grooming, triage, and release readiness reviews
- Validate compliance with security, audit, and federal IT requirements
- Support DevSecOps pipelines and vulnerability validation
- Collaborate with software engineers, business analysts, cybersecurity, and operations teams
- Maintain QA documentation, test evidence, and audit artifacts
- Support production validation and post-deployment verification
Requirements:
Qualification Requirements:
- U.S. Citizenship required
- Ability to pass background investigation and suitability requirements
- Active Q clearance preferred; must be eligible to obtain a Tier 5 clearance
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field
- Experience may be substituted for education on a year-for-year basis
- Minimum 2+ years of experience testing software on a technical delivery team
- Experience supporting enterprise or mission-critical applications
- Willingness to support off-hours releases and production deployments as needed
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to work in a highly regulated federal environment
- Experience performing software testing on enterprise applications
- Strong understanding of QA methodologies and the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
- Experience creating and executing test plans, test cases, and test scripts
- Experience performing functional, regression, and User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
- Experience validating Stage and Production deployments
- Experience tracking and managing defects using ticketing tools (e.g., Azure DevOps, JIRA)
- Experience working in Agile Scrum environments
- Familiarity with DevSecOps and CI/CD pipelines
- Experience validating system integrations and APIs
- Experience supporting identity, access, or personnel vetting systems is a plus
- Strong attention to detail and analytical problem-solving skills
- Strong written and verbal communication skills