Senior Quality Assurance Engineer

About the role

ESimplicity is a modern digital services company that partners with government agencies to improve the lives and protect the well-being of all Americans. This role is contingent upon contract award.

Responsibilities

• Define test strategies, quality gates, and the Definition of Done for two-week agile delivery iterations; ensure releases meet government acceptance criteria before deployment.
• Develop and maintain comprehensive ETL Test Plans, test cases, test data, and validation criteria ensuring data pipelines are functionally correct, reliable, and meet business and data quality requirements.
• Lead adoption of automated testing frameworks, including unit, integration, and user-facing functional tests executed automatically through CI/CD, providing consistent protection against regressions.
• Manage code coverage measurement and progression toward the contract standard of a minimum 90% test coverage, with metrics visible in real-time dashboards.
• Career Development
• Coordinate Independent Verification & Validation (IV&V) and User Acceptance Testing (UAT) cycles; ensure findings are fully addressed and resubmitted within rapid contractual timelines and iteration counts stay within contract quality thresholds.
• Prepare Corrective Action Plans (CAPs) when performance standards are not met; ensure defects are logged, prioritized, triaged, and resolved in collaboration with engineering.
• Ensure complete, accurate release documentation accompanies every staging and production release, including approved test cases and results, data flow diagrams, architecture diagrams, and all artifacts required by the program's ETL standards.
• Verify data quality standards, including complete record and field loads, XSD validation where required, duplicate load prevention, and Data Steward-approved quality checks (e.g., AWS Glue data quality facilities).
• Integrate static code analysis, dependency scanning, and security scans into the Definition of Done; support delivery of code free of medium- and high-level vulnerabilities (OWASP ASVS 4.0, Level 2).
• Support periodic load and performance testing and validate results against acceptance criteria.
• Track quality metrics and provide regular status reporting on quality, risks, and release readiness to the Product Owner and program leadership.
• Support timely, accurate responses to data engineering customer inquiries and tickets in accordance with program service standards.
• Collaborate with Product Owners, Data Officers, IV&V teams, and developers to align QA practices with the program's enterprise ETL standards and drive their continuous improvement.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related technical discipline. OR; In lieu of a degree, four additional years of related experience is required
• Minimum of 8 years of software testing/quality assurance experience, including experience leading QA activities for delivery teams.
• Hands-on experience with automated testing frameworks and integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines.
• Demonstrated experience developing test plans, test cases, and traceable test documentation for large, data-centric systems.
• Experience with code quality tooling, including code coverage measurement, static analysis, and dependency scanning.
• Experience supporting UAT with end users and resolving findings on rapid timelines.
• Strong understanding of QA methodologies, SDLC, and Agile practices; experience with Atlassian Jira/Confluence or similar test management tools.
• Excellent command of written and spoken English, with the ability to produce clear, complete, government-ready documentation.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Moderate Risk Public Trust clearance; residing in the United States.

Qualifications

• Desired Qualifications
• Experience supporting formal IV&V processes in a federal environment.
• Experience testing AWS-based data platforms and ETL pipelines (Glue, Spark, Athena/Trino, Airflow, S3).
• Proficiency in Python or SQL for test automation and data validation.
• Familiarity with OWASP ASVS, secure development practices, and federal compliance requirements including Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act and the Privacy Act of 1974.
• Testing experience in regulated industries (finance, government); ISTQB or other QA certifications.

Skills

• Experience in automated testing frameworks and CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience with code quality tooling, including code coverage measurement, static analysis, and dependency scanning.
• Experience with UAT and IV&V processes.
• Experience with AWS-based data platforms and ETL pipelines (Glue, Spark, Athena/Trino, Airflow, S3).
• Experience with OWASP ASVS and secure development practices.
• Experience with ISTQB or other QA certifications.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, and vision coverage, 401(k) retirement benefits, paid time off, paid holidays, life and disability insurance, and additional wellness and employee support programs.

Pay

$117,300 - $156,300

Schedule

Expected hours are 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM Eastern unless otherwise directed by your manager. Occasional travel for training and project meetings. It is estimated to be less than 5% per year.