Remote QA Engineer II: Federal Systems & Accessibility

Ad Hoc LLC; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 80,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company-subsidized health insurance

Flexible PTO

401K

Parental leave

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

Ad Hoc LLC is seeking a Quality Assurance Engineer II for a remote position supporting federal civilian programs. You will execute functional, regression, and accessibility testing across sprints, develop manual and automated test cases, and participate in SAFe ceremonies to refine testing strategy.

Collaboration with developers and ongoing CI/CD testing are essential. The role requires 3+ years in QA, a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience, and familiarity with Postman, Rest Assured, and

Qualifications

• 3+ years of relevant QA engineering experience and a Bachelor's degree, or equivalent additional experience in lieu of a degree.
• Must meet federal suitability requirements and pass a background investigation as a condition of employment
• Proficiency with test automation frameworks such as Selenium, Cypress, or Playwright
• Experience developing test plans and test cases for both manual and automated testing scenarios
• Familiarity with API testing tools such as Postman or Rest Assured
• Working knowledge of accessibility testing tools including Axe and pa11y
• Experience integrating tests into CI/CD pipelines and working within GitLab or equivalent version control environments
• Familiarity with load and performance testing concepts and tools
• Solid understanding of agile testing methodologies and how QA integrates into a sprint-based delivery model

Responsibilities

• Execute functional, regression, and accessibility testing every sprint, validating stories against acceptance criteria and flagging merges that fail automated test gates
• Write and maintain manual and automated test cases using Selenium, Cypress, or Playwright with moderate guidance from senior QA engineers
• Run Axe and pa11y accessibility scans on merge requests and document findings in Jira and Confluence aligned to WCAG 2.1 AA standards
• Validate API behavior using Postman or Rest Assured as part of sprint-level testing coverage
• Collaborate with developers to write boilerplate and exploratory test cases for new functionality, reducing cognitive load and catching edge cases early
• Contribute to CI/CD pipeline test instrumentation in GitLab, helping ensure tests run automatically at every build and check-in
• Participate in load and performance testing activities, supporting validation of system capacity and stability
• Participate in SAFe ceremonies including sprint planning, standups, and retrospectives, building understanding of the overall program testing strategy
• Ask questions during design and architecture discussions to ensure systems are built with testability in mind from the start

Skills

QA testing

Test automation

Agile testing

Load testing

Performance testing

Accessibility testing

CI/CD

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Selenium

Cypress

Playwright

Postman

Rest Assured

Axe

pa11y

GitLab

Job description

Ad Hoc LLC is seeking a Quality Assurance Engineer II for a remote position supporting federal civilian programs. You will execute functional, regression, and accessibility testing across sprints, develop manual and automated test cases, and participate in SAFe ceremonies to refine testing strategy.

Collaboration with developers and ongoing CI/CD testing are essential. The role requires 3+ years in QA, a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience, and familiarity with Postman, Rest Assured, and