QA Automation Test Engineer

Aretum•McLean, VA

22h•Remote

About The Position

Serve as a QA Automation Test Engineer supporting an Agile team responsible for creating, maintaining, and enhancing applications for a federal government client. The successful candidate will be responsible for planning, developing, executing, and maintaining manual and automated testing solutions that ensure application quality, performance, accessibility, and reliability. Due to the nature of our work as a federal consulting organization, employees may be expected to handle Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) and must adhere to applicable safeguarding and compliance requirements.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree (BA or BS) or equivalent combination of education and 4 additional years of relevant experience.
5+ years’ experience in using automation tools for testing systems and applications, writing and executing test scripts.
3+ years’ experience with automation testing tools, Playwright preferred (e.g., GitHub Issues/GitLab Issues, Selenium, Cypress, SonarQube, NeoLoad, and/or Postman).
Experience developing automation and performance testing strategies and frameworks from the ground up.
Experience creating reusable test automation solutions and integrating automated testing into CI/CD pipelines.
Experience performing functional, regression, smoke, integration and end-to-end testing.
Experience performing manual accessibility testing with screen readers and other accessibility tools.
Strong verbal and written communication skills.
Experience with collaborating and working across functional teams.
Public Trust Eligibility Required
Applicants must be U.S. citizens or currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.
Requires the ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust or Suitability Determination, depending on the agency’s background investigation requirements.

Nice To Haves

Experience with Azure / .NET.
Federal Government experience as a contractor.
DHS Trusted Tester Certification.

Responsibilities

Design, develop, execute, and maintain manual and automated test cases for web applications, APIs, and integrated systems.
Develop and maintain test strategies, test plans, and testing approaches that support the level of automation needed for application quality and delivery objectives.
Provide clear feedback by following the standard testing process in writing detailed descriptions, acceptance criteria, identifying problems and documenting steps in the ticketing system.
Build and maintain reusable automated test scripts, utilities, and testing components that reduce repetitive testing efforts and improve testing efficiency.
Design, implement, and support scalable test automation frameworks that enable consistent and maintainable automated testing across teams.
Perform functional, regression, smoke, integration, end-to-end, and user story validation testing throughout the software development lifecycle.
Collaborate with Product Owners, Business Analysts, Developers and Testers to determine quality expectations during backlog refinement and sprint planning.
Contribute to the team's Definition of Done (DoD) by ensuring appropriate test coverage, successful test execution, and quality validation prior to story completion.
Integrate automated testing into Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines and leverage continuous integration practices to provide rapid feedback on code quality.
Develop and execute load, performance, and scalability tests to validate application stability, reliability, and capacity under expected usage conditions.
Analyze test results, identify defects and risks, measure test coverage, and provide actionable recommendations to improve overall software quality and release readiness.