Quality Engineer

Accenture Federal Services•Washington, DC

53d•$95,400 - $169,000•Hybrid

About The Position

At Accenture Federal Services, our mission is to help the US federal government strengthen the nation, enhance safety, and improve citizens' lives. We are a team of over 13,000 professionals dedicated to leveraging technology and innovation for clients across defense, national security, public safety, civilian, and military health organizations. As a technology company within the global Accenture network, we are recognized as a Glassdoor Top 100 Best Place to Work. We foster a collaborative and supportive community where individuals feel a sense of belonging and are empowered to grow, learn, and thrive through hands-on experience, certifications, and industry training. Join us to drive meaningful, lasting change that advances missions and propels the government forward.

Requirements

Professional experience in software quality engineering, test automation, SDET, QA automation, or comparable engineering validation work, or equivalent practical experience.
Hands-on experience with one or more automation frameworks or tools such as Playwright, Selenium, Cypress, Appium, JUnit, PyTest, or comparable technologies.
Experience testing APIs, web applications, integrations, data flows, or cloud-based applications.
Understanding of test design, regression testing, defect management, acceptance criteria, and quality metrics.
Experience working with source control, Agile delivery teams, and automated build or deployment processes.
For candidates with deeper experience, demonstrated ability to define test strategy, improve frameworks, mentor others, and influence release and quality decisions across teams.
U.S. Citizenship required.
Ability to work with federal clients and comply with applicable AFS, client, security, and program requirements.
Ability to work in a hybrid, remote, or client-site environment as program needs require.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or equivalent practical experience.
Experience with performance testing tools such as JMeter, Gatling, Locust, k6, or comparable technologies.
Experience with security testing, OWASP concepts, SAST/DAST, accessibility testing, Section 508, or compliance validation.
Experience with Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, or comparable CI/CD and test reporting tools.
Experience building reusable test frameworks, quality dashboards, test observability, or intelligent test-selection approaches.
Ability to communicate quality risks clearly, troubleshoot issues, and take increasing ownership of test automation or quality workstreams.
Previous federal consulting, government, or mission-oriented delivery experience.

Responsibilities

Design, build, maintain, and execute automated tests across UI, API, integration, regression, smoke, and end-to-end testing layers.
Partner with product and engineering teams early in delivery to clarify acceptance criteria, identify quality risks, and improve testability.
Create test plans, test data, defect workflows, reporting, and quality metrics that support release decisions and continuous improvement.
Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines and help teams shift quality left throughout the software development lifecycle.
Validate APIs, web applications, data flows, integrations, and cloud-based applications across functional and nonfunctional requirements.
Support performance, security, accessibility, Section 508, compliance-oriented, and reliability validation as program needs require.
Use AFS-approved AI-assisted testing and engineering tools to accelerate test design, automation, analysis, defect investigation, and documentation while validating results.
Collaborate with Digital Experience Engineers, Business Application Engineers, Product Managers, Cloud Platform Engineers, architects, security teams, and client stakeholders.
As your experience grows, lead quality strategy for larger product areas, improve frameworks and dashboards, mentor others, and establish quality engineering standards across teams.