IAM SQA Engineer (Remote)

Govcio LLC•UNAVAILABLE, UNAVAILABLE

4h•Remote

About The Position

GovCIO is hiring an IAM SQA Engineer to provide software quality assurance and test support for the enterprise Identity, Credential, and Access Management (ICAM) program supporting the Department of Veterans Affairs. The position develops and executes test plans, test scripts, and acceptance-criteria validation across ICAM products, including Internal/External Single Sign-On (SSO), Identity Governance and Administration (IGA), Privileged Access Management (PAM), and the Master Person Index (MPI). The work supports agile sprint delivery, system reliability, and Section 508 compliance. The IAM SQA Engineer collaborates with IAM engineering, architecture, and release management teams to validate new application integrations and ensure releases meet quality, performance, and accessibility standards before production. The position is fully remote within the United States. The contract has not been awarded, and the position remains unfunded and contingent upon contract award.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related technical field, and 8 or more years of software quality assurance/testing experience, or a commensurate combination of education and experience.
Experience developing and executing test plans, test scripts, and test cases across the software development lifecycle (SDLC).
Experience using Jira or comparable tools in an Agile/SAFe delivery environment.
Strong written and verbal communication skills, including defect reporting and test-metric documentation.
Ability to obtain and maintain a suitability/public trust clearance.

Nice To Haves

Experience supporting an IAM/ICAM or other IT program at the Department of Veterans Affairs or another federal civilian agency.
Familiarity with IAM/ICAM technologies and concepts, such as SSO, SAML/OAuth/OIDC, PAM, IGA, and MPI/identity resolution.
Working knowledge of Section 508 accessibility testing and standards.
Experience with CI/CD pipelines and configuration-as-code testing practices.
Experience with test automation frameworks and tools.

Responsibilities

Develop and execute functional, regression, integration, and deployment test plans, scripts, and scenarios for ICAM products, including SSO, IGA, PAM, MPI, VHIC, and Active Directory.
Validate user stories and acceptance criteria each sprint, working with developers and product owners in an Agile/SAFe environment.
Perform integration testing for new application onboarding, verifying functionality within CI/CD pipelines and configuration-as-code deployments.
Conduct system reliability and performance testing to support availability targets for SSO, identity datastores, and other ICAM products.
Perform Section 508 accessibility testing and human-centered design validation across ICAM applications and interfaces.
Support Tier 3 incident response by reproducing and triaging high- and critical-severity defects and validating fixes.
Log, track, and report defects and test metrics, including failure, throughput, and yield analysis, using enterprise tools such as Jira; monitor opportunities to improve testing processes.
Participate in release testing and regression validation with the IAM Release Manager before production deployment.
Contribute testing status, defect trends, and quality metrics to monthly program reporting.
Maintain test documentation, including test plans, scripts, and traceability to requirements and acceptance criteria.