Quality Assurance Specialist

Capstone IT; Glen Allen (VA); On-site; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Capstone IT is seeking a Quality Analyst 2 or 3 to join our enterprise IT team in Glen Allen, VA. The role blends software quality assurance, business systems analysis, and test automation, collaborating with business and IT teams to understand requirements, craft and run test plans, diagnose defects, and identify automation opportunities.

QA2 requires 3+ years in QA/testing with automation scripting in Java and TypeScript; QA3 requires 5+ years in enterprise QA, plus automation framework

Qualifications

• 3+ years of related QA/testing or business systems experience.
• Experience owning software testing and test plans.
• Requirements analysis, defect management, and root-cause analysis experience.
• Experience maintaining automation scripts.
• Proficiency in Java and TypeScript.
• Proficiency in HTML and XML.
• Familiarity with React and/or Next.js.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent related progressive experience.

Responsibilities

• Analyze and document business and system requirements.
• Create, maintain, and execute test plans.
• Identify and track defects and perform root-cause analysis.
• Identify test cases suitable for automation.
• Support multiple projects within a business unit.
• Partner with business users and IT teams to resolve issues.
• Own QA/testing across complex, multi-project initiatives.
• Analyze complex business and system requirements.
• Create, maintain, and execute comprehensive test plans.
• Manage defects and perform root-cause analysis.
• Identify opportunities for test automation.
• Develop, review, and enhance automation frameworks.
• Work with Playwright, Selenium, Java, and TypeScript in the automation environment.
• Partner across business and IT teams.
• Guide and mentor less experienced analysts.

Skills

Java

TypeScript

HTML

XML

React

Next.js

Automation

QA/testing

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Playwright

Selenium

Job description

We cannot sponsor this role. Open to candidates willing to relocate.

Role: Quality Analyst 2 or 3

Duration: Direct Hire

Compensation: $80-100,000 based on experience

Summary:

Capstone IT is helping our "resume boosting" client find a Quality Analyst 2 or Quality Analyst 3 to join their enterprise IT team in Glen Allen, VA. This role combines software quality assurance, business systems analysis, and test automation. You'll work with business and IT teams to understand requirements, create and execute test plans, troubleshoot and track defects, perform root-cause analysis, and identify opportunities for automation. QA 2 candidates should have 3+ years of experience and be comfortable maintaining automation scripts with proficiency in Java and TypeScript. QA 3 candidates should have 5+ years of enterprise QA experience with the ability to develop and enhance automation frameworks using tools such as Playwright and Selenium and languages such as Java and TypeScript.

Skills:

QA 2 - Mid-Level | 3+ Years

Technical Level: Independent QA professional with automation experience. Must be able to maintain automation scripts; the JD requires Java and TypeScript proficiency but does not specify the automation tool at this level.

Responsibilities

• Analyze and document business and system requirements.
• Create, maintain, and execute test plans.
• Identify and track defects and perform root-cause analysis.
• Identify test cases suitable for automation.
• Support multiple projects within a business unit.
• Partner with business users and IT teams to resolve issues.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of related QA/testing or business systems experience.
• Experience independently owning software testing and test plans.
• Requirements analysis, defect management, and root-cause analysis experience.
• Experience maintaining automation scripts.
• Proficiency in Java and TypeScript.
• Proficiency in HTML and XML.
• Familiarity with React and/or Next.js.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent related progressive experience.

Technical Level: Senior QA professional with advanced test automation experience. Must be able to develop, review, and enhance automation frameworks using tools such as Playwright/Selenium and languages such as Java/TypeScript.

Responsibilities

• Own QA/testing across complex, multi-project initiatives.
• Analyze complex business and system requirements.
• Create, maintain, and execute comprehensive test plans.
• Manage defects and perform root-cause analysis.
• Identify opportunities for test automation.
• Develop, review, and enhance automation frameworks.
• Work with Playwright, Selenium, Java, and TypeScript in the automation environment.
• Partner across business and IT teams.
• Guide and mentor less experienced analysts.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of related QA/business systems experience.
• Experience with large-scale enterprise systems across multiple platforms.
• Strong software testing, requirements analysis, and troubleshooting experience.
• Strong hands-on test automation experience.
• Experience developing or enhancing automation frameworks using Playwright and/or Selenium.
• Proficiency in Java and TypeScript.
• Proficiency in HTML and XML with familiarity with React and/or Next.js.
• Ability to work independently and mentor less experienced analysts.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent related progressive experience.

QA2 = independent QA/BSA + beginning automation. This person should be able to own testing, investigate issues, conduct root-cause analysis, and maintain automation.

QA3 = senior QA/BSA + stronger automation engineering. This candidate adds enterprise systems depth, automation framework development, multi-project ownership, business/IT partnership, and mentoring.

Capstone Consulting is an EEO employer.