Remote IAM SQA Lead: SSO, Entra ID & MPI

GovCIO; Lincoln (NE); Remote; USD 130,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

EAP

Corporate Discounts

Learning & Development platform

Certification Assistance

Referral Bonus Program

Internal Mobility Program

Pet Insurance

Flexible Work Environment

Job summary

GovCIO is seeking an IAM Sr. SQA Engineer to lead software quality assurance and test strategy for the enterprise ICAM program supporting the Department of Veterans Affairs.

This senior role designs and oversees test strategy, test architecture, and deep technical validation across ICAM products — including Internal/External Single Sign-On (SSO), Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD), Identity Governance and Administration (IGA), Privileged Access Management (PAM), and the Master Person Index (MPI) — to

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related technical field, and 12+ years of experience in software quality assurance/testing, including senior or lead-level responsibilities.
• Hands-on experience testing MPI/identity resolution and person-matching capabilities, including match logic, data reconciliation, and duplicate-record validation.
• Experience testing Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD), including conditional access policies, identity governance workflows, and hybrid/federated identity configurations.
• Strong protocol-level experience testing SSO and federated authentication (SAML, OAuth 2.0, OIDC, MFA).
• Experience designing and leading test strategy across the SDLC for complex, multi-system environments.
• Experience using Jira in an Agile/SAFe delivery environment.
• Experience mentoring or providing technical leadership to other QA/test engineers.
• Strong written and verbal communication, including defect reporting and test-metric documentation.

Responsibilities

• Defines and leads test strategy, architecture, and planning for ICAM products, establishing standards for the SQA team.
• Designs and executes test plans, scripts, and scenarios for multi-system ICAM capabilities.
• Validates federated authentication, SSO flows, and MFA scenarios at protocol level.
• Validates Entra ID configurations, including conditional access and identity governance workflows.
• Develops MPI identity resolution and matching test strategies, including duplicate-record validation.
• Confirms user stories and acceptance criteria in Agile/SAFe sprints, collaborating with developers and product owners.
• Leads integration testing for new applications across CI/CD pipelines and IaC deployments (~70 integrations yearly).
• Conducts reliability, performance, and load testing to meet uptime targets.
• Performs accessibility testing (Section 508 and WCAG 2.2) across ICAM apps.
• Mentors junior/mid-level engineers and reports on test coverage and quality metrics.
• Maintains test documentation and traceability to requirements and acceptance criteria.

Skills

Test strategy

SQA engineering

Jira

Agile/SAFe

Mentoring

SSO testing

MPI identity matching

Communication

Performance testing

Accessibility testing

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related technical field

Tools

Jira

CI/CD pipelines

Test automation frameworks

Job description

GovCIO is seeking an IAM Sr. SQA Engineer to lead software quality assurance and test strategy for the enterprise ICAM program supporting the Department of Veterans Affairs.

This senior role designs and oversees test strategy, test architecture, and deep technical validation across ICAM products — including Internal/External Single Sign-On (SSO), Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD), Identity Governance and Administration (IGA), Privileged Access Management (PAM), and the Master Person Index (MPI) — to