Senior QA Analyst: Automation, API & Data Validation

Apexon Technology; Washington, Northern (District of Columbia, KY); Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

401K

Life Insurance

Paid Vacations

Career Development

Job summary

Apexon Technology seeks an experienced Quality Assurance Analyst in Washington, DC to join our technology services team. You will lead testing efforts across manual and automated regimes, performing UAT and API testing, validating data formats, and ensuring quality through production validation and traceability of requirements.

Bring 5–7 years in tech or software development, strong SQL and data validation skills, experience with Postman/SoapUI, and comfort with Agile and Waterfall

Qualifications

• 5 to 7 years of experience in technology or software development.
• Experience eliciting and documenting business processes and requirements.
• Experience creating and executing manual test scripts.
• Experience creating and maintaining automated test scripts.
• Experience performing Customer Acceptance Testing or User Acceptance Testing.
• Experience documenting test results and maintaining test artifacts.
• Experience performing smoke, regression, functional, and production validation testing.
• Experience working with CSV, XML, and JSON data formats.
• Experience working with relational databases.
• Strong SQL knowledge preferred.
• Experience with API testing using Postman, SoapUI, or similar tools.
• Experience with software test management.
• Experience working in Agile and/or Waterfall methodologies.
• Hands on experience with test automation tools.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Elicit, analyze, and document business processes and software requirements
• Develop manual and automated test scripts based on requirements
• Perform Customer Acceptance Testing and User Acceptance Testing
• Execute test cases and document results
• Perform production validation through smoke, regression, and functional testing
• Validate functionality after releases and production changes
• Create and maintain test plans, scenarios, and cases
• Perform API testing using Postman, SoapUI, or similar tools
• Validate data files and formats including CSV, XML, and JSON
• Work with relational databases and execute SQL queries for data validation
• Develop and execute automation scripts using automated frameworks
• Support test management across Agile and Waterfall methodologies
• Collaborate with developers, BAs, PMs, and stakeholders to resolve defects
• Track defects, document evidence, and communicate testing status
• Support production releases and post deployment validation
• Maintain testing documentation and traceability between requirements and tests
• Utilize Office 365 tools for documentation and planning
• Identify opportunities to improve testing efficiency through automation and AI-assisted testing

Skills

Test planning

Automation scripts

SQL queries

API testing

Agile/Waterfall

Documentation

UAT testing

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Postman

SoapUI

SQL tooling

Office 365

Job description

Apexon Technology seeks an experienced Quality Assurance Analyst in Washington, DC to join our technology services team. You will lead testing efforts across manual and automated regimes, performing UAT and API testing, validating data formats, and ensuring quality through production validation and traceability of requirements.

Bring 5–7 years in tech or software development, strong SQL and data validation skills, experience with Postman/SoapUI, and comfort with Agile and Waterfall