Quality Assurance Tester

Quality Assurance (QA) Engineer

• Develop and maintain manual test cases based on approved requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria, and functional specifications.
• Execute functional testing for application features, enhancements, change requests, and defect fixes.
• Validate acceptance criteria against functionality deployed to designated test environments.
• Document test results, including pass/fail status, defects, and supporting evidence.
• Prepare test reports and validation documentation for project stakeholders and customer review.
• Coordinate with Business Analysts and Developers to identify and resolve ambiguous, incomplete, or non-testable requirements.
• Maintain traceability between requirements, acceptance criteria, test cases, defects, and test results.

• Develop, maintain, and execute automated end-to-end (E2E) test suites using Cypress or comparable automation frameworks.
• Integrate automated testing into the application's regression testing strategy.
• Execute automated regression testing and document failures against applicable requirements and functional areas.
• Develop automated test specifications aligned to requirements, user stories, or work item IDs for traceability.
• Maintain automated test repositories and update test suites following approved requirement changes, defect fixes, and application enhancements.
• Identify opportunities to increase automated test coverage and improve testing efficiency.

• Perform accessibility testing for new and modified user-interface functionality.
• Evaluate applications against Section 508 and WCAG 2.1 AA accessibility requirements, as applicable to the project.
• Conduct accessibility testing using keyboard-only navigation, screen readers, and automated accessibility tools such as axe and Lighthouse.
• Document accessibility defects with appropriate severity, reproduction information, and supporting evidence.
• Coordinate with Developers and Business Analysts to validate accessibility remediation.
• Maintain accessibility testing documentation and provide status information to project stakeholders.

• Create, update, and track defect work items using Azure DevOps or comparable Agile project management tools.
• Document complete reproduction steps, expected results, actual results, environment information, severity, and supporting evidence.
• Participate in defect triage with Project/Program Managers, Business Analysts, Developers, and other stakeholders.
• Track defects through resolution, regression testing, and closure.
• Perform regression testing on resolved defects to verify corrective actions and identify potential impacts to existing functionality.
• Reopen defects when fixes do not satisfy requirements or introduce additional issues.
• Maintain QA metrics, including open, closed, reopened, and outstanding defects, for project reporting.

• Support performance, load, stress, and other non-functional testing activities as assigned.
• Execute defined non-functional test scenarios under expected and peak usage conditions.
• Document test results and identify degradation in response time, throughput, stability, or resource utilization.
• Support development and maintenance of non-functional test plans and scenarios as application scope evolves.

• Conduct end-to-end and integration testing across application components and user workflows.
• Validate data flows between integrated systems, applications, services, and external interfaces.
• Verify that data entered or modified through one application workflow is accurately reflected in applicable downstream functionality.
• Develop and maintain E2E test suites and supporting test artifacts.
• Maintain traceability between E2E test coverage and applicable requirements and work items.
• Coordinate with Developers and Business Analysts to investigate integration defects and validate corrective actions.

• Participate in sprint planning and backlog refinement to evaluate work items for testability.
• Identify missing, ambiguous, incomplete, or non-testable acceptance criteria.
• Participate in daily standups, sprint reviews, retrospectives, and other Agile ceremonies.
• Provide QA status, testing progress, defects, risks, dependencies, and blockers.
• Contribute QA metrics and testing results to sprint summaries, project status reports, and quality reviews.
• Collaborate with cross-functional team members to support sprint completion and release readiness.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Minimum of 5 years of hands-on software QA/testing experience in an Agile/Scrum environment.
• Demonstrated experience with Azure DevOps or a comparable Agile work management platform.
• Experience developing and executing manual test cases against defined requirements and acceptance criteria.
• Working knowledge of Section 508 and WCAG 2.1 AA accessibility requirements and testing practices.
• Experience with at least one automated testing framework, such as Cypress, Selenium, Playwright, or equivalent.
• Ability to interpret software requirements, user stories, business rules, and acceptance criteria.
• Experience documenting defects with clear reproduction steps, expected/actual results, severity, and supporting evidence.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to produce clear and professional testing documentation.
• Ability to work effectively with Business Analysts, Developers, Project/Program Managers, and other stakeholders.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.

• Experience supporting federal, defense, healthcare, financial, or other highly regulated IT environments.
• Experience with government or regulated-environment software testing and validation processes.
• Proficiency with the Cypress end-to-end testing framework.
• Active public trust or ability to obtain a required customer clearance.
• ISTQB Certified Tester – Foundation Level (CTFL), Advanced Level, or equivalent QA certification.
• Experience with performance/load testing tools such as JMeter, k6, or equivalent.
• Experience with Azure DevOps test plans and requirements traceability.
• Experience with automated accessibility testing tools.
• Experience testing integrated enterprise applications and external system interfaces.
• Familiarity with Agile development methodologies and CI/CD environments.

• Quality Assurance and Test Engineering
• Manual and Automated Testing
• Requirements and Acceptance Criteria Analysis
• Test Planning and Execution
• Defect Management
• Test Automation
• Accessibility Testing
• End-to-End and Integration Testing
• Azure DevOps / Agile Work Management
• Requirements Traceability
• Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
• Attention to Detail
• Technical Documentation
• Written and Verbal Communication
• Agile / Scrum Adaptability
• Collaboration and Teamwork