Jr. Quality Assurance Engineer

Position Summary

Securiport LLC is a US company based in Reston, VA, specializing in designing and implementing passenger biometric recognition, immigration processing, and intelligent information reporting and management systems. This is an entry-level opportunity ideal for a recent college graduate or early-career professional with a degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, Computer Engineering, Information Systems, or a related technical field.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities

• Support quality assurance activities across the full software development lifecycle, including requirements analysis, design, development, testing, release, and post-release support.
• Aid with test planning, test case design, test execution, defect tracking, regression testing, and documentation.
• Perform manual testing of thick-client desktop applications, web applications, and web services/APIs.
• Review requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria, and technical documentation to help ensure testability and completeness.
• Identify, document, track, and verify software defects using test management and defect tracking tools.
• Participate in Agile software development activities, including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, backlog refinement, sprint reviews, and retrospectives.
• Collaborate with QA team members, developers, product owners, business analysts, and other stakeholders to validate expected system behavior.
• Aid with creating and maintaining clear end-user and administrator documentation in collaboration with cross-functional teams.
• Assist with automated testing activities at the unit, integration, and end-to-end levels; exposure to tools such as Playwright, Selenium, or Ranorex is preferred.
• Gain hands-on experience using test management and ALM tools, such as Azure DevOps, OpenText ALM, Jira, Confluence, Redmine, or similar platforms.
• Apply strong written and verbal communication skills in English to document test results, defects, and QA findings clearly.

Required Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

• Bachelor’s degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, Computer Engineering, Information Systems, Cybersecurity, Data Science, or a related technical field from an accredited institution.
• QA-related coursework, certifications, bootcamps, internships, or academic projects are a plus.
• Zero to three (0–3) years of experience in software quality assurance, software testing, software development, technical support, systems analysis, application support, or a related technical field.
• Basic understanding of software quality assurance methodologies, tools, and best practices.
• Academic, internship, project-based, or early professional exposure to the software development lifecycle.
• Basic knowledge of test planning, test case development, defect tracking, regression testing, and test execution.
• Familiarity with web applications, desktop applications, APIs, databases, or enterprise software systems.
• Basic understanding of Agile software development environments, such as Scrum or Kanban.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, troubleshooting, and attention-to-detail skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment and communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Willingness to learn new technologies, testing tools, QA processes, and business systems.
• Experience or coursework using collaboration and application lifecycle management tools such as Confluence, Azure DevOps, Jira, Redmine, or similar platforms.
• Basic experience with programming or scripting, particularly in Java, C#, JavaScript, Python, or a similar language.
• Exposure to automated testing tools such as Playwright, Selenium, Ranorex, or similar frameworks.
• Basic experience with API testing tools such as Postman, Swagger, SoapUI, or similar platforms.
• Familiarity with databases and basic SQL queries.
• Exposure to commercial cloud environments, such as Microsoft Azure or Amazon Web Services.
• Interest in learning manual testing, automated testing, API testing, performance testing, and quality engineering best practices.
• Ability to create clear documentation, test summaries, and defect reports.