QA/508 Tester

NuAxis Innovations; United States; A distancia; USD 110.000 - 150.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Healthcare benefits

Descripción de la vacante

NuAxis Innovations is a federal IT company focused on making CX central to government solutions. We seek a QA lead to drive equivalence testing and 508 conformance for modernization efforts, applying AI-assisted test generation and defect triage with auditable evidence.

Role emphasizes DHS Trusted Tester process, WCAG 2.1 AA compliance, and leadership in migration increments with rigorous gates and metrics reporting.

Formación

• Five to eight years in software quality assurance.
• At least three years in a test lead capacity.
• Three years of accessibility testing experience.
• Experience with AI-assisted testing tools.

Responsabilidades

• Define equivalence testing strategy for legacy vs modernized platform.
• Architect test automation frameworks and AI-assisted coverage.
• Apply AI-assisted triage to defects across large regression runs.
• Lead Section 508 conformance testing using DHS Trusted Tester.
• Validate AI-generated artifacts for correctness and coverage.
• Establish entry/exit gates and acceptance criteria for migrations.
• Report quality metrics to leadership and mentor mid-level testers.

Conocimientos

Test strategy

Equivalence testing

Test automation architecture

AI-assisted testing

WCAG 2.1 AA compliance

DHS Trusted Tester

Assistive technologies

CI/CD integration

UAT leadership

Educación

Bachelor's or Associate with 2+ years experience

Herramientas

Selenium WebDriver

Cypress

Playwright

REST Assured

Postman

Jira with Xray/Zephyr

Azure DevOps Test Plans

JAWS/NVDA/VoiceOver

Descripción del empleo

We are a federal IT company on a mission to make customer experience (CX) the center of every government solution.

Technology is our Passion. People are our Purpose.

We know tech, but we love people. NuAxis is home to thinkers and feelers; engineers and artists. We work hard and support each other along the way. Teamwork is more than just a buzzword for us, it’s a state of mind.

Role Summary

Leads quality assurance and Section 508 conformance for the modernization, with specific accountability for proving functional equivalence between the legacy system and its replacement. Applies AI-assisted test generation and defect triage while maintaining formal, auditable accessibility evidence produced by human testers.

Key Responsibilities

• Define the equivalence testing strategy proving the modernized platform reproduces legacy behavior, including edge cases and calculation logic.
• Architect test automation frameworks and use AI-assisted generation to expand case coverage from legacy code and requirements.
• Apply AI-assisted triage to cluster, deduplicate, and prioritize defects across large regression runs.
• Lead Section 508 conformance testing using the DHS Trusted Tester process, with manual and assistive technology validation performed by certified human testers.
• Validate AI-generated test artifacts for correctness and coverage; no generated case enters the regression suite unreviewed.
• Establish entry and exit gates, defect taxonomy, and parallel-run acceptance criteria for each migration increment.
• Report quality and equivalence metrics to program leadership; mentor mid-level testers

Minimum Qualifications

Minimum Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field, OR an Associate's degree plus two (2) additional years of relevant experience.

Minimum Experience

Five (5) to eight (8) years of software quality assurance experience, including at least three (3) years in a test lead capacity, three (3) years of accessibility testing experience, and demonstrated use of AI-assisted testing tools.

Certifications

One required certification. DHS Trusted Tester Certification must be obtained within 90 days of assignment and is not a submission requirement. Preferred certifications include IAAP CPACC or WAS, ISTQB Advanced Level Test Manager, ISTQB Test Automation Engineer, or Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Fundamentals (AI-900).

Required Skills:

Test strategy and equivalence testing, test automation architecture using Selenium, Cypress, or Playwright, AI-assisted test generation and defect triage with output validation, WCAG 2.1 Level AA compliance, DHS Trusted Tester process, assistive technologies such as JAWS, NVDA, and VoiceOver, CI/CD test integration, and UAT leadership.

Preferred Skills:

Experience with legacy migration and parallel-run testing, data reconciliation testing, performance and security testing, and federal accessibility compliance programs.

Technical Environment:

Selenium WebDriver, Cypress, Playwright, REST Assured, Postman, Apache JMeter, AI-assisted test generation and triage tools, Jira with Xray or Zephyr, Azure DevOps Test Plans, accessibility tools such as ANDI, axe DevTools, WAVE, and Colour Contrast Analyser, assistive technologies including JAWS, NVDA, and VoiceOver, data comparison and reconciliation utilities, and Jenkins or GitHub Actions for test orchestration.

Our Profile:

We are an IT company with a unique mission—to make people the center of every federal IT solution. Our technologists have always gone the extra mile to help our federal clients succeed. And over the years, we saw a growing disconnect in how federal IT initiatives were built and managed.Time after time, programs failed because the focus was on the tools and products and not the people using them.

NuAxis is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment is contingent upon successful completion of a background investigation.