QA System Tester — Agile & Automation Focus

Guidehouse; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 85,000 - 141,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance

401(k) Retirement Plan

Paid Holidays

Job summary

Guidehouse is seeking a Quality Assurance System Tester to support a large-scale agile software development program for the GrantSolutions contract. You will work with developers, Product Owners, Scrum Masters, and security teams to validate new capabilities and legacy functionality prior to production releases.

You will design, execute, and maintain manual and automated tests, contribute to automated regression testing, and ensure compliance with functional, technical, security, accessibility,

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• 4+ years of software quality assurance, software testing, or related roles.
• Hands-on experience designing, executing, and documenting test cases and automated scripts.
• Experience with web-based applications, data integrations, and end-to-end workflows.
• Strong documentation and communication skills for cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Design, execute, and maintain manual and automated test cases for application features and integrations.
• Develop and maintain automated test scripts and regression assets for CI/CD pipelines.
• Perform end-to-end testing across application components and data flows.
• Collaborate with developers, Product Owners, Scrum Masters, and DevSecOps engineers to verify fixes.
• Document defects with reproducible steps and evidence; support release readiness.

Skills

Software testing

Test automation

CI/CD pipelines

Agile / SCRUM

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Selenium

Playwright

Jira

Confluence

Job description

Guidehouse is seeking a Quality Assurance System Tester to support a large-scale agile software development program for the GrantSolutions contract. You will work with developers, Product Owners, Scrum Masters, and security teams to validate new capabilities and legacy functionality prior to production releases.

You will design, execute, and maintain manual and automated tests, contribute to automated regression testing, and ensure compliance with functional, technical, security, accessibility,