QA Automation Engineer (CLEARANCE REQUIRED)

Zachary Piper, LLC; Virginia; On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Zachary Piper, LLC is seeking a Senior QA Automation Engineer to lead automated testing for a large-scale federal modernization and data migration project. You will ensure data integrity and application performance across cloud and on-premises environments.

You will collaborate with software developers, cloud engineers, migration specialists, DevSecOps teams, and product owners to deliver secure, mission-critical solutions. A Top Secret clearance is 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.

Responsibilities

• 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.
• Verify large-scale data migration accuracy, completeness, and integrity through automated and manual validation processes.
• Execute comprehensive testing across 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.
• 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.
• 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.

Skills

QA Automation

Data validation

Software testing

Communication

Documentation

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Selenium

Cypress

Robot Framework

Postman

JMeter

Locust

Gatling

Python

Bash

PowerShell

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

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