QA Automation Engineer (CLEARANCE REQUIRED)

We are seeking a Senior QA Automation Engineer to support a large-scale federal modernization and data migration initiative. In this role, you will lead automated testing efforts, ensuring system reliability, data integrity, and overall application performance across cloud and on-premises environments. You will work alongside software developers, cloud engineers, migration specialists, DevSecOps teams, and product owners to deliver secure, mission-critical solutions.

Key Responsibilities

Test Automation & Framework Development

• Architect, develop, and maintain automated testing frameworks supporting UI, API, microservices, and data validation workflows.
• Create scalable and reusable automated test scripts that integrate with CI/CD pipelines.
• Design and execute automated functional, regression, integration, and end-to-end test suites to validate system readiness and stability.

Quality Assurance & Validation

• Verify large-scale data migration accuracy, completeness, and integrity through automated and manual validation processes.
• Execute comprehensive testing across both cloud-hosted and on-premise environments.
• Identify, document, track, and support resolution of software defects and data-related issues.
• Support release readiness activities through smoke testing, deployment validation, and post-release verification.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Partner with development, cloud, migration, QA, and DevSecOps teams throughout the software development lifecycle.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, backlog refinement, story grooming, and release readiness reviews.
• Perform API testing, interface validation, and integration testing across service-oriented and microservices-based architectures.

Documentation & Reporting

• Develop and maintain test plans, automated test scripts, test cases, and execution reports.
• Produce regression coverage reports, defect documentation, and test result summaries.
• Ensure all testing deliverables comply with program standards, security requirements, and contractual obligations.

Required Qualifications

• Active Top Secret Security Clearance and U.S. Citizenship.
• Bachelor's degree and 8+ years of experience in Software Testing, QA Automation, Test Engineering, or related disciplines.
• Strong hands-on experience with automation tools such as Selenium, Cypress, Robot Framework, Postman, or equivalent solutions.
• Experience developing and integrating automated testing into CI/CD pipelines.
• Solid understanding of:
  • API testing and validation
  • Microservices architectures
  • Automated regression testing
  • Integration testing methodologies
• Experience validating large-scale data migrations and diagnosing data quality or integrity issues.
• Excellent analytical, communication, troubleshooting, and documentation skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting DOJ, FBI, Intelligence Community, DoD, or other national security programs.
• Experience testing cloud-native applications, services, or data workflows, preferably within AWS environments.
• Familiarity with performance and load testing tools such as JMeter, Locust, or Gatling.
• Scripting experience using Python, Bash, or PowerShell.
• Experience working within Agile, DevSecOps, and secure software development environments.

Location: Quantico, VA