Drive quality engineering efforts through automation, API testing, and emerging AI-assisted validation techniques. Enhance delivery speed and product reliability. Collaborate with development, requirements, and cross-functional teams.
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Job Description
Overview
GovCIO is currently hiring for a QA Automation Engineer to drive quality engineering efforts through automation, API testing, and emerging AI‑assisted validation techniques that enhance delivery speed and product reliability. This will be a fully remote within the United States position.
Responsibilities
Testing Activities
- Design, develop, and execute manual and automated test cases, scenarios, and scripts.
- Perform functional, system, regression, integration, and user acceptance testing.
- Conduct API, interface, data transfer, and web-services testing using tools such as ReadyAPI, Postman, Wave, and AMP.
- Execute end-to-end Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC) tasks including defect logging, verification, and root cause analysis.
- Perform database testing using SQL queries and simple scripts.
- Develop comprehensive test plans that align to user stories, acceptance criteria, and integration requirements.
- Implement established testing processes and ensure compliance across all test activities.
- Track and report test metrics, test execution results, and test progress.
- Manage defect reporting and maintain a Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM).
- Identify opportunities for continuous improvement through failure, throughput, and yield analysis.
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- Hands-on experience building and maintaining automation frameworks using one or more of the following: Cypress, Playwright, Selenium (JAVA), or AI-assisted testing tools.
- Use Jira to manage sprint-based testing artifacts and Xray for structured test execution.
- Utilize AWS Cloud environments and CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, Maven, Nexus, and GitHub.
- Support execution of automated testing based on program needs and manager discretion.
- Work closely with development, requirements, and cross-functional teams to coordinate testing activities.
- Communicate proactively with internal and external stakeholders.
- Participate in walkthroughs, product reviews, and Agile ceremonies.
- Strong analytical, diagnostic, and investigative skills.
- Ability to troubleshoot issues across data, integrations, and application components.
- Demonstrated willingness to learn evolving tools and technologies.
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Required Skills and Experience
- Bachelor’s degree with 5–8 years of related experience, or commensurate experience.
- Hands-on experience in manual, functional, integration, and automated testing.
- Strong experience working in Agile Scrum environments.
- Proficiency with Jira for test planning, execution tracking, and reporting.
- Extensive integration and interface testing experience.
- Experience with VA systems, enterprise APIs, corporate databases, MPI, VA Profile, or Oracle scripting.
- Prior experience supporting the VA or other Federal agencies.
- Experience working in a remote environment.
- Familiarity with FISMA, NIST 800-53, HIPAA, and HITECH requirements.
- Knowledge of Agile methodologies and the VA Veteran-Focused Integration Process (VIP).
Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust/Suitability clearance.
Posted Salary Range: USD $95,000.00 - USD $105,000.00 /Yr.
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