Junior QA Engineer: Manual & Automated Testing

asmexternalcareersite; Fairfax (VA); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

ASM Research seeks a Software Tester / QA Engineer – Junior to support QA activities across development and test environments on a federal client. You will execute tests, document results, and help ensure functionality and security controls.

Collaborate with developers, product owners, and stakeholders; gain experience with automated testing, SQL validation, and defect tracking. Active Secret clearance and US citizenship required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related technical field; equivalent experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.

Responsibilities

• Execute functional, regression, integration, system, and basic performance tests based on requirements, user stories, and QA methodologies.
• Design, write, and maintain structured test cases, test scripts, and traceability matrices to ensure coverage of functional and non‑functional requirements.
• Identify, document, and track defects with clear reproduction steps, expected vs actual results, and severity assessments.
• Contribute to automated test frameworks and scripts for web and API testing using tools such as Selenium or similar, with basic scripting in Java, Python, or JavaScript.
• Prepare test data sets, support test environment setup, and verify environment readiness prior to execution of test cycles.
• Perform basic performance and security testing activities and support use of scanning tools to validate resilience and controls.
• Use SQL queries and other tools to validate database contents, support root‑cause analysis, and verify end‑to‑end data integrity.
• Produce test reports, metrics, and dashboards communicating test progress and defect trends to stakeholders, participate in triage and confirmation testing.
• Collaborate with developers to improve testability and QA processes.

Skills

Test case design

Defect reporting

Automated testing basics

SQL queries

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/IS/Engineering

Tools

Jira

Azure DevOps

Job description

ASM Research seeks a Software Tester / QA Engineer – Junior to support QA activities across development and test environments on a federal client. You will execute tests, document results, and help ensure functionality and security controls.

Collaborate with developers, product owners, and stakeholders; gain experience with automated testing, SQL validation, and defect tracking. Active Secret clearance and US citizenship required.