QA Automation Engineer - AWS, CI/CD (Remote/Hybrid)

PCI Professional Services LLC; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

PCI Federal is seeking a Quality Assurance Engineer to validate functionality, reliability, security, and performance for a federal client’s systems and applications. The role involves automated and manual testing, defect tracking, and collaboration with DevSecOps and business teams.

The position is hybrid, requiring coordination across teams and adherence to release objectives. The ideal candidate has 4+ years in QA or testing, experience with AWS workloads, and a strong background in CI/CD,

Qualifications

• U.S. citizenship with ability to obtain a public trust clearance.
• 4+ years in quality assurance, software testing, or enterprise app development.
• 2+ years testing AWS-based workloads.
• Bachelor’s degree or 4 additional years of relevant experience in lieu of a degree.
• Experience with manual and automated testing including defect tracking and regression testing.
• Experience building CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions and AWS services (SSM, PostgreSQL).
• Proficiency with AWS services and technologies including Vue.js, Python, Django, and S3.
• Ability to work remotely and collaborate across teams.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and execute automated test scripts across multiple user roles and workflows.
• Design and implement UI automation using Playwright.
• Lead test automation initiatives within CI/CD pipelines and DevSecOps processes.
• Conduct manual testing of features and perform regression testing.
• Create and organize testing suites in TestRails or similar tools.
• Periodically run full manual test suites for regression testing.
• Peer-review test automation code to promote quality and consistency.
• Communicate test results, defects, risks, and recommendations to stakeholders during releases.

Skills

Quality Assurance

CI/CD pipelines

AWS experience

Manual testing

Automation testing

DevSecOps collaboration

Remote collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Tools

Playwright

GitHub Actions

Amazon S3

Systems Manager

PostgreSQL

Vue.js

Python

Django

Job description

PCI Federal is seeking a Quality Assurance Engineer to validate functionality, reliability, security, and performance for a federal client’s systems and applications. The role involves automated and manual testing, defect tracking, and collaboration with DevSecOps and business teams.

The position is hybrid, requiring coordination across teams and adherence to release objectives. The ideal candidate has 4+ years in QA or testing, experience with AWS workloads, and a strong background in CI/CD,