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Quantico, VA
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QA Automation Engineer Senior
Location: Quantico, VA
Position Description:
Senior QA Automation Engineer to lead automated testing and quality assurance activities across a major federal modernization and data migration program. This role ensures system reliability, data integrity, and functional performance by developing automated test frameworks, validating cloud based services, and supporting continuous integration and deployment in secure environments. The Senior QA Automation Engineer partners closely with development, cloud, migration, and DevSecOps teams to deliver high quality, mission critical capabilities.
Primary Responsibilities:
Automated Testing & Framework Development
· Design, build, and maintain automated test frameworks for UI, API, microservices, and data workflows
· Develop repeatable automated test scripts integrated with CI/CD pipelines
· Implement automated functional, regression, and integration testing to ensure system readiness
Quality Assurance Execution
· Validate large scale data migration outputs for completeness, accuracy, and fidelity
· Execute end to end automated testing across cloud and on prem environments
· Identify defects, log findings, and drive resolution with development and migration teams
· Support deployment readiness through smoke testing, validation checks, and release verification
Technical Collaboration
· Collaborate with developers, migration teams, cloud engineers, QA/Test engineers, and product owners
· Participate in sprint planning, backlog refinement, story grooming, and readiness reviews
· Conduct API testing, interface testing, and microservice level integration validation
Documentation & Reporting
· Produce detailed test plans, automated scripts, and test result summaries
· Maintain comprehensive defect logs, automated test reports, and regression coverage documentation
· Ensure testing artifacts meet program standards and contract requirements
Required qualifications to be successful in this role:
. Must have an Active Top Secret Security Clearance, U.S. Citizenship
. Bachelor's degree and 8+ years of experience in software testing, QA automation, or test engineering
. Extensive experience using automated testing tools such as Selenium, Cypress, Robot, Postman, or similar
. Experience integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines
. Strong understanding of API testing, microservice validation, and automated regression coverage
. Ability to validate large scale data migration outputs and troubleshoot data related defects
. Strong analytical, communication, and documentation skills
Preferred Qualifications:
. Experience supporting DOJ, FBI, Intelligence Community, or national security programs
. Experience testing cloud based applications or data workflows (AWS preferred)
. Familiarity with performance testing tools (JMeter, Locust, Gatling)
. Scripting experience with Python, Bash, or PowerShell
Location: Quantico, VA
Position Description:
Senior QA Automation Engineer to lead automated testing and quality assurance activities across a major federal modernization and data migration program. This role ensures system reliability, data integrity, and functional performance by developing automated test frameworks, validating cloud based services, and supporting continuous integration and deployment in secure environments. The Senior QA Automation Engineer partners closely with development, cloud, migration, and DevSecOps teams to deliver high quality, mission critical capabilities.
Primary Responsibilities:
Automated Testing & Framework Development
· Design, build, and maintain automated test frameworks for UI, API, microservices, and data workflows
· Develop repeatable automated test scripts integrated with CI/CD pipelines
· Implement automated functional, regression, and integration testing to ensure system readiness
Quality Assurance Execution
· Validate large scale data migration outputs for completeness, accuracy, and fidelity
· Execute end to end automated testing across cloud and on prem environments
· Identify defects, log findings, and drive resolution with development and migration teams
· Support deployment readiness through smoke testing, validation checks, and release verification
Technical Collaboration
· Collaborate with developers, migration teams, cloud engineers, QA/Test engineers, and product owners
· Participate in sprint planning, backlog refinement, story grooming, and readiness reviews
· Conduct API testing, interface testing, and microservice level integration validation
Documentation & Reporting
· Produce detailed test plans, automated scripts, and test result summaries
· Maintain comprehensive defect logs, automated test reports, and regression coverage documentation
· Ensure testing artifacts meet program standards and contract requirements
Required qualifications to be successful in this role:
. Must have an Active Top Secret Security Clearance, U.S. Citizenship
. Bachelor's degree and 8+ years of experience in software testing, QA automation, or test engineering
. Extensive experience using automated testing tools such as Selenium, Cypress, Robot, Postman, or similar
. Experience integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines
. Strong understanding of API testing, microservice validation, and automated regression coverage
. Ability to validate large scale data migration outputs and troubleshoot data related defects
. Strong analytical, communication, and documentation skills
Preferred Qualifications:
. Experience supporting DOJ, FBI, Intelligence Community, or national security programs
. Experience testing cloud based applications or data workflows (AWS preferred)
. Familiarity with performance testing tools (JMeter, Locust, Gatling)
. Scripting experience with Python, Bash, or PowerShell
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