Senior Functional Tester - TS Clearance for Gov Projects

AIS (Applied Information Sciences); Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 97,000 - 147,000; Full time

Job summary

Applied Information Sciences in Washington, DC is seeking a Senior QA Engineer to lead functional, regression, and smoke testing across a modern services-based environment. You will plan, execute, and document test activities, ensuring traceability to requirements and acceptance criteria.

The role requires a Top Secret clearance, strong automation and API testing skills, Jira proficiency, and the ability to collaborate with product teams while delivering high-quality features.

Qualifications

• Masters automation frameworks, scripting languages, security testing, test management, and CI/CD integration.
• Ability to perform end-to-end functional, regression, and smoke testing.
• Experience with API testing and Agile delivery.

Responsibilities

• Execute requirement-level functional, regression, and smoke tests and document results.
• Create, document, and maintain test cases, data, and results in Jira or similar tools.
• Validate defects, isolate issues, reproduce failures, and coordinate retest activities.
• Ensure adherence to 508 accessibility requirements.
• Support automated testing efforts with API testing tools and Swagger/OpenAPI validation.
• Maintain end-to-end traceability between requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria, and test cases.
• Participate in backlog refinement and clarify requirements with Product Owner and Analysts.
• Provide feedback to developers and product staff on system behavior and risks.
• Support integration testing and data flow verification across services.

Skills

Automation frameworks

Scripting languages

Security testing

Test management

CI/CD integration

Tools

Jira

Swagger/OpenAPI

Job description

Applied Information Sciences in Washington, DC is seeking a Senior QA Engineer to lead functional, regression, and smoke testing across a modern services-based environment. You will plan, execute, and document test activities, ensuring traceability to requirements and acceptance criteria.

The role requires a Top Secret clearance, strong automation and API testing skills, Jira proficiency, and the ability to collaborate with product teams while delivering high-quality features.