USAF - Software Quality Assurance Engineer

cFocus Software Incorporated•Linthicum Heights, MD

1d•Onsite

About The Position

cFocus Software is seeking a Software Quality Assurance Engineer to join our program supporting the United States Air Force (USAF). This position is on-site in Linthicum Heights, MD, and requires an Active TS/SCI clearance. The role involves reviewing requirements, developing test plans, executing various types of testing, documenting defects, and ensuring software deliverables meet quality standards and Government requirements. The engineer will also coordinate with development, infrastructure, and cybersecurity teams, support automated testing and CI/CD pipelines, and prepare test reports and release recommendations.

Requirements

Active TS/SCI clearance
B.S. Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field
Experience in software quality assurance and testing of enterprise applications or services.
Ability to interpret requirements, develop test plans, and maintain test coverage and traceability.
Experience with functional, integration, regression, system, and API testing.
Experience documenting defects, supporting triage, verifying fixes, and analyzing quality trends.
Working knowledge of software development lifecycles, DevSecOps, CI/CD, and automated testing.
Understanding of configuration control, authorized test data, and repeatable test environments.
Ability to assess software deliverables and prepare clear test results and release readiness evidence.
Strong analytical, documentation, and communication skills for coordinating technical teams

Responsibilities

Review requirements, designs, interfaces, and acceptance criteria for clarity, completeness, consistency, and testability; document gaps for resolution.
Develop and maintain software quality procedures, test plans, test cases, expected results, and requirements-to-test traceability.
Plan and execute functional, integration, regression, system, and exploratory testing for assigned applications and services.
Test Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), data exchanges, and integrations against Government-approved requirements and applicable interagency agreements.
Validate application workflows, data integrity, error handling, and configurations across approved on-premises, cloud, and hybrid environments.
Coordinate authorized test data and representative test environments with development, infrastructure, and cybersecurity teams.
Support automated testing and CI/CD quality checks; review execution results and identify coverage gaps or unreliable tests.
Record reproducible defects with supporting evidence, assess severity and mission impact, and coordinate triage and resolution with developers.
Verify fixes, perform regression testing, and track unresolved defects and residual risks for release readiness reviews.
Coordinate security testing, vulnerability remediation verification, and validation of Government-specified pipeline controls with cybersecurity personnel.
Maintain versioned test artifacts and auditable records linking requirements, tests, results, defects, configuration changes, and releases.
Review software deliverables and supporting documentation for accuracy, completeness, and conformance to approved requirements and quality procedures.
Prepare test reports, quality metrics, defect summaries, and release recommendations; provide evidence for Government review and authorized deployment.
Support user acceptance activities and resolution of Government comments; provide technical test evidence for ATO and continuous ATO activities.
Analyze defect trends and causes, recommend preventive improvements, and support the program Quality Control Plan and corrective-action follow-through.