QA Automation Engineer: CI/CD, Security & Accessibility

Integral; Tysons (VA); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Integral is seeking a QA/Automation Engineer to build and maintain automated testing across functional, performance, and security domains for VA IT solutions. You will support Agile teams, drive test coverage in CI/CD pipelines, and ensure 508 accessibility compliance throughout the SDLC.

The role requires 6–10 years of experience in testing, familiarity with GitHub/Jira, and strong data/API testing capabilities. McLean, VA-based opportunity with a focus on secure, reliable software delivery.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in computer science or IT related field required.
• Experience covering functional, regression, performance, 508 accessibility, and security testing.
• Experience supporting Agile/Scrum teams and contributing to CI/CD pipelines and DevSecOps automation.
• Experience conducting pre‑ and post‑release testing, synthetic monitoring, and load/performance testing.
• Experience producing Release Quality Metrics Reports and contributing to independent testing (IV&V, ISQA).
• Familiarity with GitHub, Jira, CI/CD pipelines, and DevSecOps practices.
• Demonstrated performance with Oracle/SQL; relational/non-relational data; APIs; ETL/ELT; data models/dictionaries; migration architecture; reconciliation.
• Public Trust.

Responsibilities

• Create and maintain automated testing frameworks, including functional, regression, performance, Section 508 accessibility, and security testing.
• Use automated unit and system tests, test cases, and test plans to support TDD and security validation.
• Ensure test coverage aligns with Agile requirements, integrations, and sprint deliverables.
• Support Sprint testing activities and ensure traceability across requirements → configurable items → test cases → results
• Support IV&V, ISQA, and independent quality validation.
• Ensure compliance with Section 508, vulnerability remediation, and VA SDLC requirement.

Skills

Functional testing

Regression testing

Performance testing

508 accessibility

Security testing

Agile/Scrum

CI/CD pipelines

DevSecOps

Pre/post-release testing

GitHub

Jira

Load testing

Synthetic monitoring

DevOps practices

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science or IT

Tools

Selenium

SOAPUI

Job description

Integral is seeking a QA/Automation Engineer to build and maintain automated testing across functional, performance, and security domains for VA IT solutions. You will support Agile teams, drive test coverage in CI/CD pipelines, and ensure 508 accessibility compliance throughout the SDLC.

The role requires 6–10 years of experience in testing, familiarity with GitHub/Jira, and strong data/API testing capabilities. McLean, VA-based opportunity with a focus on secure, reliable software delivery.