Cloud QA Test Engineer

Concept Plus, LLC

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About The Position

Concept Plus is seeking a QA Test Engineer to lead testing efforts for a cloud-hosted (AWS) government web application, with secondary responsibility for validating the Drupal CMS front-end and content layer. This role ensures infrastructure reliability, application performance, and functional/visual correctness across a public-facing, USWDS-themed website.

Requirements

US Citizen
Ability to obtain and/or maintain a government clearance.
3 - 5 years of QA/testing experience, with demonstrated hands-on AWS testing experience
Hands-on experience with Selenium (or similar tool) for automated testing
Knowledge of Drupal 9/10 architecture and content structure
Familiarity with WCAG 2.1 AA and Section 508 accessibility standards
Experience with test case management and defect tracking tools (Jira, Zephyr, or similar)
Understanding of CI/CD pipelines and cloud deployment workflows
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Experience working in Agile development environment

Nice To Haves

AWS Certification (Cloud Practitioner, SysOps Administrator, or Developer Associate)
Experience testing government / public-sector web applications
Prior experience with ATO / compliance-driven testing environments
Section 508 accessibility testing certification or equivalent hands-on trusted tester experience

Responsibilities

Design and execute test plans validating AWS infrastructure components (EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, CloudFront, or equivalent services in use)
Perform load, performance, and scalability testing to confirm the application performs reliably under expected government-user traffic patterns
Validate infrastructure-as-code deployments (CloudFormation/Terraform) for consistency across dev/staging/production environments
Test failover, backup, and disaster recovery configurations
Conduct security and configuration testing aligned to ATO/FedRAMP or equivalent compliance requirements already established for the system
Validate AMS authentication integration functions correctly across environments and browser/device combinations
Monitor and test CI/CD pipeline deployments to AWS, ensuring smoke tests pass pre- and post-deployment
Document defects, environment issues, and infrastructure risks using [Jira/Azure DevOps/etc.]
Perform functional testing of Drupal pages against approved design specs (navigation, content blocks, standard page templates)
Validate USWDS theme rendering and cross-browser/responsive behavior across the 6-item menu structure
Test Section 508 / WCAG 2.1 AA accessibility compliance (contrast ratios, screen reader navigation, keyboard-only navigation, semantic HTML structure)
Confirm content migration accuracy from legacy 11-section structure to the new consolidated IA
Validate USWDS Accordion components (e.g., Ready Reserve, Awards archive) function and display correctly
Support regression testing after Drupal core/module updates