QA Tester
$31,200–$31,200 year
On-siteMcLean, Virginia, United States
Job Summary
Execute manual and automated testing for Java applications hosted on AWS, validating APIs, integrations, databases, and legacy interfaces. Translate user stories into test scenarios, create and maintain test cases, and develop reusable automated scripts using industry-standard tools. Log defects with clear reproduction steps, analyze logs to isolate root causes, and collaborate with developers and DevSecOps engineers to ensure releases meet security and accessibility requirements. Support CI/CD pipelines, regression runs, and release validation while maintaining requirements traceability and documenting outcomes. Requires a Bachelor's degree, four years of QA experience, and ability to obtain a Federal or DoD Public Trust clearance.
Required Qualifications
- Must be able to obtain and maintain a Federal or DoD Public Trust
- Candidates must receive approved adjudication before onboarding
- Bachelor's degree
- FOUR (4) years of experience in software quality assurance, application testing, system testing, or a related technical role
- Hands-on experience testing Java-based web applications, services, APIs, integrations, and data flows
- Hands-on experience developing, maintaining, executing, and troubleshooting automated tests using one or more automated testing tools or frameworks
- Experience creating reusable automated test components, managing test data and locators, applying validations, and interpreting automated test results
- Experience testing applications deployed in AWS environments and working with cloud-hosted application components, APIs, databases, logs, and multiple test environments
- Hands-on experience creating and executing functional, system, regression, integration, API, smoke, database, data validation, and user acceptance tests
- Experience with defect tracking, test management, requirements traceability, test evidence, test data preparation, and defect retesting
- Working knowledge of the software development lifecycle, agile delivery, DevSecOps concepts, version control, AWS-based CI/CD pipelines, and release management
- Ability to interpret Java application behavior, user stories, acceptance criteria, business rules, API contracts, data mappings, and technical design documentation
- Ability to troubleshoot test failures, analyze automated test execution results and application or AWS logs, isolate defects, and clearly communicate findings and quality risks
- Strong documentation, analytical, collaboration, and communication skills
- Ability to manage assigned testing responsibilities with moderate supervision in a fast-paced environment with competing priorities and release timelines
Desired Qualifications
- Experience supporting Java application or platform modernization in an enterprise or government environment
- Experience using Subject7 for web, REST or SOAP API, database, reusable-component, data-driven, scheduled, parallel, or CI/CD-integrated test automation
- Familiarity with common AWS services used by Java applications, such as Amazon EC2, Amazon S3, Amazon RDS, AWS Lambda, Amazon CloudWatch, or related services
- Ability to read basic Java, SQL, JSON, XML, and application logs to support testing and defect investigation
- Experience with Jira, Confluence, Git, Jenkins, AWS CodePipeline, Azure DevOps, or comparable delivery and test-management tools
- Exposure to Section 508 accessibility requirements and automated or manual accessibility testing practices
- Familiarity with containerized Java applications, security testing, performance testing, or AWS observability tools
- ISTQB, Subject7, AWS, agile, testing, automation, cloud, or security certification
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