QA Engineer

[Employer] seeks an experienced Quality Assurance (QA) Engineer to support the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Summit Advanced Tooling, Lakehouse, and Artificial Intelligence Services (Summit ATLAS) program. The QA Engineer will develop and execute testing strategies to ensure the reliability, functionality, performance, and security of enterprise data platform services, applications, and customer-facing capabilities.

This position will work with engineering, product, and customer enablement teams to validate new functionality, verify system integrations, and support the delivery of production-ready solutions that meet Government-approved requirements and acceptance criteria.

Please note, this position is contingent upon award (anticipated early 2027). This role will also require 1-2 domestic business trips per year.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain test plans, test cases, and automated testing frameworks for Summit platform services, applications, integrations, and customer-facing functionality.
• Perform functional, integration, regression, and end-to-end testing to verify that solutions meet documented requirements and acceptance criteria.
• Design and execute automated tests for application programming interfaces (APIs), data services, user interfaces, and platform workflows.
• Validate system integrations and data exchanges across Microsoft Azure services, Azure Databricks, and other Summit platform components.
• Collaborate with developers, data engineers, and product teams to identify test requirements, establish acceptance criteria, and incorporate testing throughout the development lifecycle.
• Execute performance, scalability, and reliability testing to identify potential issues before production deployment.
• Document defects, assess severity and operational impact, and coordinate resolution and retesting with responsible technical teams.
• Support release readiness assessments by verifying test coverage, documenting results, and identifying unresolved defects and associated risks.
• Integrate automated testing into Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipelines to support consistent validation of application and platform changes.
• Verify that implemented solutions comply with applicable Government-approved technical, security, accessibility, and operational requirements.
• Develop and maintain testing documentation, including test procedures, traceability records, defect reports, and test execution summaries.
• Analyze recurring defects and testing trends to recommend improvements to development practices, test coverage, and overall solution quality.

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering, or a related technical discipline, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant professional experience.
• Five or more years of professional experience in software quality assurance, test engineering, or automated software testing.
• Experience developing and executing functional, integration, regression, and end-to-end test cases for enterprise applications or platforms.
• Hands-on experience developing automated tests using Python, JavaScript, or comparable programming languages.
• Experience with automated testing frameworks such as pytest, Selenium, Playwright, or comparable technologies.
• Experience testing APIs, web applications, and integrated enterprise systems.
• Proficiency in Structured Query Language (SQL) for validating application data, system integrations, and test results.
• Experience using defect tracking and test management tools such as Azure DevOps, Jira, or comparable platforms.
• Familiarity with cloud-based applications, distributed systems, and modern software development practices.
• Experience supporting Agile development teams and incorporating testing into CI/CD workflows.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, documentation, communication, and collaboration skills.
• Ability to meet VA personnel vetting, background investigation, and system access requirements.
• The ability to travel for 1-2 domestic business trips per year.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience supporting VA or other [Employer] agency information technology modernization initiatives.
• Experience testing solutions deployed within Microsoft Azure Government cloud environments.
• Experience validating Azure Databricks, Azure Data Factory, or other enterprise data platform services.
• Experience conducting automated performance and load testing using tools such as JMeter, Locust, or comparable technologies.
• Experience testing role-based access controls, authentication workflows, and other security-sensitive application functionality.
• Knowledge of Section 508 accessibility requirements and experience conducting accessibility testing for [Employer] applications.
• Experience working with sensitive healthcare data and [Employer] privacy and security requirements.
• International Software Testing Qualifications Board (ISTQB) certification or comparable software testing credential.

Benefits (including but not limited to):

• Health, dental, and vision plans
• Optional FSA
• Paid parental leave
• Safe Harbor 401(k) with employer contributions 100% vested from day 1
• Paid time off and 11 paid holidays
• No cost group term life/AD&D plan, and optional supplemental coverage
• Pet insurance
• Monthly phone and internet stipend
• Tuition and training reimbursement

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