Cloud Application Tester - Mid

Applied Information Sciences • Reston, MA

9h • $77,000 - $117,000 • Remote

About The Position

Why AIS? When you join AIS, you’re joining a mission-driven team that’s passionate about making a difference. You’ll work on projects that matter, alongside industry-leading experts, in an environment that fosters innovation, driving client success, and empowering our team to make a lasting impact. As an employee-owned company, we value collaboration, inclusivity, continuous growth, and shared success. Employee Ownership : Your contributions directly impact the company’s success, and you share in its achievements. Continuous Learning : Access to resources, training, and mentorship to support your professional growth. Inclusive Culture : A workplace where diversity is celebrated, and everyone’s voice is valued. Mission-Driven Work : Engage in projects that make a meaningful difference for our clients and communities. What are we looking for? At AIS, we're looking for more than just skills - we're looking for driven individuals who are passionate about making a difference, eager to grow, and aligned with our core principles. Working@AIS At AIS, we are dedicated to providing our employees with diverse opportunities to grow their careers while supporting a variety of impactful projects. For this position, we are seeking a talented individual to join AIS as a QA Engineer.
Core Knowledge & Skills: Applies test automation basics, advanced testing techniques, performance testing, and Agile methodologies; uses tools like Selenium and JMeter. Work & Complexity: Designs and executes complex test cases, analyzes defects, develops automation scripts, and collects/report metrics. Quality & Independence: Conducts thorough testing, maintains consistency, seeks process improvements, and works independently on routine tasks. Teamwork & Communication: Participates in team projects, shares best practices, coordinates with other teams, and mentors juniors. Consulting & Engagement: Advises on test strategies, analyzes defects, suggests process improvements, and mentors junior testers.
As your initial project assignment, you will support the unique needs of our client as a Cloud Application Tester - Mid.

Project Summary AIS is supporting a new Leidos account focused on architecture and infrastructure services in the Boston/Hanscom area. This is a subcontract engagement (approximately 15% workshare) with significant near-term hiring demand (~50 roles) to support federal mission delivery. Roles are primarily remote, with Massachusetts candidates preferred and availability targeted for March/April.

Requirements

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience).
• 4+ years of relevant experience supporting enterprise cloud and/or infrastructure environments.
• Certifications: IAT-2, 1 or more cloud certifications.
• Able to obtain a minimum of a Secret security clearance; active Secret preferred.
• Experience working in regulated environments and following secure engineering / documentation practices.

Nice To Haves

• Active Secret clearance (or higher).
• Massachusetts-based candidate or ability to support periodic on-site needs at Leidos sites in Concord or Tewksbury, MA.
• Experience supporting DoD/IC programs and mission systems.

Responsibilities

• Performs activities related to cloud systems verification and validation - functional test, timeline analysis, detail trade studies, requirements allocation and interface definition studies for hardware and software specifications
• Utilize trends and metrics to identify opportunities for improvements within existing frameworks, tools and processes
• Develop and execute test plans, test cases, and test procedures for cloud-hosted applications and services.
• Coordinate with engineers to validate requirements, interfaces, and defect remediation.
• Automate repeatable test activities where feasible and document results for audits and stakeholders.
• Track defects, perform regression testing, and support release readiness decisions.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of test processes, tooling, and metrics.

Benefits

• Employee Ownership : Your contributions directly impact the company’s success, and you share in its achievements.
• Continuous Learning : Access to resources, training, and mentorship to support your professional growth.
• Inclusive Culture : A workplace where diversity is celebrated, and everyone’s voice is valued.
• Mission-Driven Work : Engage in projects that make a meaningful difference for our clients and communities.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level