QA Tester

Guidehouse Inc.; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Guidehouse Inc. in McLean, VA seeks a Mid-Level Software Quality Assurance Tester to support an agile modernization program by testing Java-based applications hosted in AWS, building automated regression tests, and ensuring releases meet security, accessibility, and operational requirements.

You will translate user stories into test scenarios, execute end-to-end, API, and regression tests, prepare test data, and build reusable automated tests while collaborating with cross-functional teams

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• 4 years of experience in software quality assurance.
• Experience testing Java-based web applications, services, APIs, data flows.
• Experience with AWS-hosted applications.
• Experience with automated testing tools and frameworks.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Federal or DoD Public Trust clearance.

Responsibilities

• Translate user stories and acceptance criteria into test scenarios.
• Execute end-to-end, integration, API, and regression testing across AWS environments.
• Create, execute, and maintain manual test cases for functional, system, regression, and API testing.
• Develop and maintain automated test scripts and data for regression suites.
• Collaborate with developers, product owners, and DevSecOps to ensure release readiness.

Skills

Java

AWS

Automated testing

Manual testing

CI/CD

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Selenium

JUnit

API testing

Job description

Job Family : Software Engineering (SWT)

Travel Required : None

Clearance Required : Ability to Obtain Public Trust

The Mid-Level Software Quality Assurance Tester supports an agile software modernization program by planning, executing, and documenting manual and automated testing of Java-based applications hosted in Amazon Web Services (AWS). Working with moderate independence, this role validates application functionality, APIs, integrations, databases, data exchanges, and legacy-system interfaces; develops and maintains automated regression tests using industry-standard test automation tools; and collaborates with cross-functional teams to confirm that releases meet business, technical, security, accessibility, and operational requirements.

What You Will Do:

• We are seeking a mid-level tester with practical experience testing Java applications in AWS and hands-on experience using automated testing tools to support a large-scale GrantSolutions platform modernization effort. The tester will independently complete assigned testing activities, identify and communicate quality risks, and help ensure that cloud-hosted capabilities are reliable, secure, accessible, data-consistent, and ready for release.
• The tester will translate user stories and acceptance criteria into test scenarios; execute end-to-end, integration, API, database, and regression testing across AWS environments; log and retest defects; prepare test data and evidence; and build reusable automated tests for stable, repeatable scenarios. The role contributes to-but is not expected to architect-the program's automation framework, AWS-based CI/CD quality gates, test processes, and release-readiness reporting.
• Review user stories, acceptance criteria, Java application designs, API specifications, data mappings, and AWS environment documentation to identify test conditions and expected results.
• Create, execute, and maintain manual test cases for functional, system, regression, smoke, integration, API, database, data validation, and user acceptance testing.
• Develop, enhance, and maintain automated test scripts, reusable components, test data, locators, and regression suites using appropriate automated testing tools.
• Use automated testing tools to test web user interfaces, REST or SOAP APIs, databases, and end-to-end business processes, as applicable.
• Execute automated tests across AWS-hosted test environments; analyze results, logs, screenshots, and execution evidence; troubleshoot failures; and maintain tests as the Java applications evolve.
• Test Java-based application components and their interactions with AWS services, APIs, databases, authentication services, data exchanges, legacy systems, workflows, reports, and downstream systems.
• Validate application behavior across AWS environments and use available application, cloud, and pipeline logs to support defect isolation and root-cause analysis.
• Prepare and manage test data, capture test evidence, maintain requirements traceability, and document testing outcomes.
• Log defects with clear reproduction steps, expected and actual results, severity, AWS environment details, and supporting evidence; participate in defect triage and verify fixes.
• Collaborate with Java developers, Product Owners, Scrum Masters, AWS and DevSecOps engineers, integration and data teams, security specialists, vendors, and business stakeholders throughout the sprint and release lifecycle.
• Support automated test execution in CI/CD pipelines, scheduled regression runs, and release validation; investigate failures and improve test reliability with senior QA and DevSecOps staff.
• Contribute to test estimates, sprint planning, test coverage reviews, release-readiness assessments, quality metrics, and continuous improvement of AWS and automated testing practices.

What You Will Need:

• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Federal or DoD Public Trust; candidates must receive approved adjudication before onboarding. Candidates with an active Public Trust or suitability determination are preferred.
• Bachelor's degree required.
• FOUR (4) years of experience in software quality assurance, application testing, system testing, or a related technical role.
• Hands-on experience testing Java-based web applications, services, APIs, integrations, and data flows.
• Hands-on experience developing, maintaining, executing, and troubleshooting automated tests using one or more automated testing tools or frameworks.
• Experience creating reusable automated test components, managing test data and locators, applying validations, and interpreting automated test results.
• Experience testing applications deployed in AWS environments and working with cloud-hosted application components, APIs, databases, logs, and multiple test environments.
• Hands-on experience creating and executing functional, system, regression, integration, API, smoke, database, data validation, and user acceptance tests.
• Experience with defect tracking, test management, require