Senior Test Engineer

Development InfoStructure • Washington, DC

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The Test Engineer is responsible for the automated and manual testing of the Committee Portal platform, including the design, authoring, and maintenance of behavior-driven automation suites that validate Committee Portal features against user stories and acceptance criteria for the Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives. This is a full-time role aligned to core business hours 7:00 AM to 6:00 PM Eastern. Work is performed on Capitol Hill, Washington, DC, with off-site work permitted only with approval and at the discretion of the customer.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree required in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, Quality Assurance, or a related technical field.
• Equivalent combinations of technical certifications and demonstrated professional experience will be considered in place of a degree.
• 7+ years of professional quality assurance or test engineering experience, meeting the Senior Level designation for Quality Assurance/Test Engineer in Statement of Work Section A.4 Requirement 3.
• Demonstrated experience building test automation suites using Cucumber specifications with Selenium or Playwright.
• Demonstrated experience testing applications against user stories and acceptance criteria in an agile environment.
• Experience with manual testing and managing release verification cycles in a sprint-based delivery model.
• Experience triaging defects, isolating root cause, and verifying fixes across front-end and back-end components.
• Working knowledge of Cucumber, Selenium, Playwright, and modern browser automation tooling.
• Familiarity with ASP.NET Core, React, and GraphQL-based applications at a test integration level.
• Familiarity with Azure DevOps, Azure Pipelines, and git-based pull request workflows.
• Understanding of agile-scrum delivery and working within an established Integrated Program Team.
• Must pass and maintain the background investigation required by the U.S. House of Representatives, Office of the Clerk, for contractor personnel supporting Legislative Computer Systems.
• Completion of any annual security awareness or House-mandated training required for IPT members.
• U.S. citizenship may be required consistent with House of Representatives contractor policy.

Nice To Haves

• ISTQB Certified Tester, Foundation Level or Advanced Level.
• Certified Agile Tester (CAT) or equivalent agile testing credential.
• Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900) is helpful for IPT-hosted Azure environments.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and extend automated test suites using Cucumber specifications with Selenium, and support the migration of suites to Playwright as directed by the IPT.
• Author test cases that map directly to user stories, acceptance criteria, and Committee Portal feature specifications.
• Maintain test code under source control with the same pull request, review, and branching standards used for application code.
• Support functional testing for new features and bug fixes during each sprint.
• Execute and maintain regression test coverage, and lead release validation activities for each sprint in coordination with the Program Manager.
• Coordinate manual verification of scenarios that are not suitable for automation, including release readiness and user acceptance activities.
• Partner with business analysts, engineers, and product owners to shape and sharpen acceptance criteria before user stories enter development.
• Identify testability gaps, ambiguous requirements, and risks early in the sprint, and recommend refinements.
• Track defects, coordinate reproduction with engineers, and verify fixes through automated and manual methods.
• Maintain test cases, test data, and test execution records in tooling established by the IPT, consistent with Section A.5 Configuration Management.
• Use Azure DevOps (ADO) and git workflows to manage test assets, link defects to work items, and report on test status.
• Support CI/CD pipelines that run automated test suites on pull request and build events.
• Participate in all established agile activities, including sprint planning, daily standups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives as directed by the Scrum Coordinator and Program Manager.
• Work closely with the ASP.NET Services Engineer and UI Engineer to diagnose test failures, isolate root causes, and drive fixes to closure.
• Produce test code, configuration, and documentation as deliverables under the task, consistent with Section A.5 (Deliverables).

Benefits

• equal employment opportunity without regard to an individual’s race, color, religion, age, gender, sexual orientation, veteran status, national origin or disability.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Number of Employees: 101-250 employees