Quality Assurance Engineer

A-TEK•Rockville, MD

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

A-TEK Inc. is searching for a Quality Assurance Engineer to support the delivery and modernization of mission-critical, web-based digital resources for a federal government client. This role will play a critical part in ensuring the quality, reliability, and backward compatibility of a modernized, enterprise-scale platform. The QA Engineer will work closely with Product, Business Analysts (BAs), Engineers, User Experience (UX), and client stakeholders to validate requirements, define test strategies, and ensure new functionality meets both user expectations and feature parity with the legacy system. This role requires strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and a collaborative mindset, as well as hands-on experience with automated and manual testing in Agile environments. This is a hybrid position based in Rockville, MD. Employment visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience)
5+ years of experience in Quality Assurance for web-based or enterprise applications
Experience testing complex, data-driven systems.
Strong experience with manual and automated testing
Ability to obtain and retain a public trust level security clearance.
Experience validating requirements and identifying gaps early in the development lifecycle.
Familiarity with Agile/Scrum methodologies
Strong analytical, problem-solving, and documentation skills
Excellent communication and collaboration skills
High attention to detail and commitment to quality

Nice To Haves

Experience supporting federal government or large enterprise systems.
Experience testing systems requiring legacy parity or backward compatibility.
Experience with test automation tools such as Playwright, Cypress, Selenium, or similar
Experience testing
Experience with Representational State Transfer APIs (REST APIs) and backend services.
Experience in healthcare, life sciences, or regulated environments

Responsibilities

Develop and execute test strategies and test plans for complex, data-driven applications.
Ensure backward compatibility and functional parity with the legacy system.
Analyze requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria to identify gaps, risks, and ambiguities.
Partner with Product and BAs to clarify requirements and expected behavior.
Identify edge cases, regression risks, and impacts across integrated systems.
Design, write, and maintain automated test suites, including end-to-end tests.
Execute and document results for: Functional testing, Regression testing, Integration testing, Cross-browser and cross-device testing.
Validate application programming interface (API) integrations and data flows between frontend and backend systems.
Compare legacy and modern system behavior to ensure consistent outcomes.
Track, document, and verify defect resolution.
Integrate automated tests into Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery/Deployment (CI/CD) pipelines.
Improve test coverage, test reliability, and testing processes over time.
Contribute to improving QA standards, tools, and best practices across the program.
Actively participate in Agile ceremonies, including sprint planning, backlog refinement, reviews, and retrospectives.
Collaborate closely with Frontend and Backend Engineers during development and testing.
Provide early and continuous feedback to help teams build quality into the product.
Support release validation and readiness activities.
Assist with troubleshooting production and pre-production issues as needed.