Quality Assurance Engineer

PCI Professional Services LLC; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

PCI Federal is seeking a Quality Assurance Engineer to validate functionality, reliability, security, and performance for a federal client’s systems and applications. The role involves automated and manual testing, defect tracking, and collaboration with DevSecOps and business teams.

The position is hybrid, requiring coordination across teams and adherence to release objectives. The ideal candidate has 4+ years in QA or testing, experience with AWS workloads, and a strong background in CI/CD,

Qualifications

• U.S. citizenship with ability to obtain a public trust clearance.
• 4+ years in quality assurance, software testing, or enterprise app development.
• 2+ years testing AWS-based workloads.
• Bachelor’s degree or 4 additional years of relevant experience in lieu of a degree.
• Experience with manual and automated testing including defect tracking and regression testing.
• Experience building CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions and AWS services (SSM, PostgreSQL).
• Proficiency with AWS services and technologies including Vue.js, Python, Django, and S3.
• Ability to work remotely and collaborate across teams.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and execute automated test scripts across multiple user roles and workflows.
• Design and implement UI automation using Playwright.
• Lead test automation initiatives within CI/CD pipelines and DevSecOps processes.
• Conduct manual testing of features and perform regression testing.
• Create and organize testing suites in TestRails or similar tools.
• Periodically run full manual test suites for regression testing.
• Peer-review test automation code to promote quality and consistency.
• Communicate test results, defects, risks, and recommendations to stakeholders during releases.

Skills

Quality Assurance

CI/CD pipelines

AWS experience

Manual testing

Automation testing

DevSecOps collaboration

Remote collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Tools

Playwright

GitHub Actions

Amazon S3

Systems Manager

PostgreSQL

Vue.js

Python

Django

Job description

Remote Status: Hybrid

The Quality Assurance (QA) Engineer is responsible for validating the functionality, reliability, security, and performance of a federal client's systems and applications. The role develops and executes functional, integration, regression, and release testing; identifies and tracks defects through resolution; validates data and system interfaces; and works closely with development, DevSecOps, and business teams to ensure system changes are thoroughly tested and ready for production deployment.

Job Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and execute automated test scripts using relevant testing frameworks to validate application functionality across multiple user roles and workflows.
• Design and implement UI automation using tools such as Playwright, ensuring automated test coverage is reliable, maintainable, and aligned with release objectives.
• Lead test automation initiatives, including the integration of automated testing into CI/CD pipelines and DevSecOps processes.
• Conduct manual testing of individual features, stress testing the system in order to ensure high-quality deployments
• Create and organize testing suites in TestRails or a similar tool
• Periodically run full manual test suite to perform regression testing
• Conduct peer reviews of test automation code to promote quality, consistency, and adherence to engineering best practices.
• Communicate test execution results, defects, risks, and recommendations to stakeholders during each release cycle.

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship is required, along with the ability to obtain a public trust clearance.
• Minimum of four (4) years of experience in quality assurance, software testing, or application development for enterprise systems.
• At least two (2) years of experience providing quality assurance and testing support for AWS-based workloads.
• Bachelor’s degree or four (4) additional years of relevant experience in lieu of a degree.
• Demonstrated experience performing manual and automated testing, including defect documentation, issue reproduction, regression testing, and validation.
• Experience designing, maintaining, and integrating CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions with AWS services such as Systems Manager and PostgreSQL.
• Proficiency testing applications and workloads built with AWS services and technologies, including Vue.js, Python, Django, and Amazon S3.
• Ability to work effectively in a remote environment while collaborating with, mentoring, and supporting team members to resolve complex technical issues.
• Experience working in Agile delivery environments, including planning, testing, and supporting iterative software releases.
• Ability to test and validate workloads against AWS Well-Architected Framework principles and related quality standards.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting or testing Python/Django-based web applications.
• Experience conducting penetration, performance, or load testing for applications hosted in AWS cloud environments.
• Experience configuring and validating application monitoring, alerting, and error tracking using Sentry or similar tools.
• Knowledge of Section 508 accessibility testing standards, requirements, and validation practices.

PCI Federal is an equal opportunity employer. PCI Federal does not discriminate on the basis of age, sex, race, national origin, religion, marital status, sexual orientation or identity, veteran status, or disability status.

Preference may be extended to qualified Native American Indian candidates in accordance with applicable federal law and PCI Federal policy.