QA Senior 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 and QA activities for a major federal modernization and data migration program. The role emphasizes reliability, data integrity, and performance, through automated test frameworks, cloud-based service validation, and secure CI/CD in protected environments.

Key collaboration occurs with development, migration, cloud, and DevSecOps teams to deliver high-quality, mission-critical capabilities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required or equivalent professional experience.
• 8+ years in software testing/QA automation/test engineering.
• Strong experience with automated testing tools such as Selenium, Cypress, Robot, Postman, or similar.
• Experience integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines.
• Solid understanding of API testing, microservices, and automated regression coverage.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain automated test frameworks for UI, API, microservices, and data workflows.
• Develop repeatable automated test scripts integrated with CI/CD pipelines.
• Implement automated functional, regression, and integration testing to ensure system readiness.

Skills

Automation testing

CI/CD

API testing

Data migration validation

Selenium

Education

Bachelor's degree in a related field

Tools

Selenium

Cypress

Robot Framework

Postman

JMeter

Job description

QA Automation Engineer Senior

Location: Quantico, VA

Senior QA Automation Engineer to lead automated testing and quality assurance activities across a major federal modernization and data migration program. This role ensures system reliability, data integrity, and functional performance by developing automated test frameworks, validating cloud based services, and supporting continuous integration and deployment in secure environments. The Senior QA Automation Engineer partners closely with development, cloud, migration, and DevSecOps teams to deliver high quality, mission critical capabilities.

Primary Responsibilities:

Automated Testing & Framework Development

• Design, build, and maintain automated test frameworks for UI, API, microservices, and data workflows
• Develop repeatable automated test scripts integrated with CI/CD pipelines
• Implement automated functional, regression, and integration testing to ensure system readiness

Quality Assurance Execution

• Validate large scale data migration outputs for completeness, accuracy, and fidelity
• Execute end to end automated testing across cloud and on prem environments
• Identify defects, log findings, and drive resolution with development and migration teamsSupport deployment readiness through smoke testing, validation checks, and release verification

Technical Collaboration

• Collaborate with developers, migration teams, cloud engineers, QA/Test engineers, and product owners
• Participate in sprint planning, backlog refinement, story grooming, and readiness reviews
• Conduct API testing, interface testing, and microservice level integration validation

Documentation & Reporting

• Produce detailed test plans, automated scripts, and test result summaries
• Maintain comprehensive defect logs, automated test reports, and regression coverage documentation
• Ensure testing artifacts meet program standards and contract requirements

Required qualifications to be successful in this role:

• . Must have an Active Top Secret Security Clearance, U.S. Citizenship
• . Bachelor's degree and 8+ years of experience in software testing, QA automation, or test engineering
• . Extensive experience using automated testing tools such as Selenium, Cypress, Robot, Postman, or similar
• . Experience integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines
• . Strong understanding of API testing, microservice validation, and automated regression coverage
• . Ability to validate large scale data migration outputs and troubleshoot data related defects
• . Strong analytical, communication, and documentation skills

Preferred Qualifications:

• . Experience supporting DOJ, FBI, Intelligence Community, or national security programs
• . Experience testing cloud based applications or data workflows (AWS preferred)
• . Familiarity with performance testing tools (JMeter, Locust, Gatling)
• . Scripting experience with Python, Bash, or PowerShell