Software QA Engineer

About the role

The QA Automation Engineer will support a software team by ensuring quality, reliability, and release readiness of platform and application functionality. This role works closely with Business Analysts, developers, and technical leadership to ensure requirements and user stories are clear, testable, and fully traceable to test coverage.

Responsibilities

• Develop feature-level test strategies and test plans, design and execute manual and automated test cases, and validate functionality in the context of end-to-end workflows, integrations, and downstream impacts.
• Help ensure all functional requirements are covered by appropriate testing and identify defects, risks, and coverage gaps early in the development lifecycle.
• Build and maintain automated front-end test suites to verify new functionality, support continuous regression testing, and reduce the risk of defects in existing features.
• Identify, document, and track software defects; partner with developers to validate fixes; and provide quality insight to support sprint execution and release readiness.
• Operate as a shared quality engineering function supporting priorities and collaborating across multiple feature areas as directed by technical leadership.

Requirements

• Obtain a Secret Clearance.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• Five (5) years of experience in software quality assurance, including both manual and automated testing.
• Experience partnering with Business Analysts and development teams to ensure requirements and user stories are testable, complete, and traceable to test coverage.
• Experience developing test strategies, test plans, and test cases for new features, enhancements, and regression coverage.
• Proficiency with test automation tools and frameworks such as Selenium, Playwright, Cypress, JUnit, TestNG, or comparable technologies.
• Experience building and maintaining automated UI tests for functional and regression testing.
• A strong understanding of requirements-based testing, regression testing, and end-to-end workflow validation.
• Experience identifying, documenting, tracking, and retesting software defects throughout the testing lifecycle.
• A strong understanding of the software development lifecycle (SDLC) and Agile delivery practices.
• Experience integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines to support continuous testing.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills, with the ability to work effectively across Business Analysis, engineering, and technical leadership functions.
• Able to evaluate test coverage, monitor test execution, and communicate quality status, risks, and readiness.

Qualifications

• Experience with API testing using tools such as Postman, SoapUI, Rest Assured, or similar frameworks.
• Experience with performance or load testing tools such as JMeter, LoadRunner, or Gatling.
• Familiarity with security testing best practices and vulnerability assessment tools.
• Experience working in DevSecOps or CI/CD-driven environments.
• Familiarity with containerized application testing in Docker or Kubernetes environments.
• Experience with test management and traceability tools such as Jira, Zephyr, TestRail, or similar platforms.
• Experience testing workflow-driven or enterprise web applications with role-based behavior.

Skills

• Test automation tools and frameworks (Selenium, Playwright, Cypress, JUnit, TestNG).
• API testing tools (Postman, SoapUI, Rest Assured).
• Performance/load testing tools (JMeter, LoadRunner, Gatling).
• Security testing best practices and vulnerability assessment tools.
• DevSecOps or CI/CD-driven environments.
• Containerized application testing in Docker or Kubernetes environments.
• Test management and traceability tools (Jira, Zephyr, TestRail).
• Workflow-driven or enterprise web applications testing.

Benefits

• Paid time off
• 10 paid holidays
• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Legal assistance
• Company-paid life insurance and AD&D
• Company-paid long term and short-term disability insurance
• Tuition reimbursement
• 401(k) plan with company contribution
• Continuing Education Opportunities