Senior QA Automation Engineer — Cypress & CI/CD

International Executive Service Corps; Washington, Northern (District of Columbia, KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

NuAxis is seeking an experienced Senior QA Engineer (IT Tester – Level IV) to lead test strategy for legacy modernization. You will build automated regression suites, validate accessibility, security, and performance, and drive release readiness across critical government-facing systems.

You will design end-to-end测试 frameworks using Cypress, Selenium, and API tools, while integrating tests into GitLab CI/CD pipelines and coordinating with stakeholders for UAT and quality gates.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in software quality assurance with 4+ years in test automation.
• Hands-on framework development for web applications.
• Strong SQL for validation of migrations and back-end data.
• Experience with API testing and REST patterns.
• WCAG 2.1 AA accessibility testing proficiency with assistive tech.

Responsibilities

• Own the test strategy and master test plans for functional and performance testing.
• Design and automate regression suites (Selenium/Playwright/Cypress) and API tests in CI/CD.
• Execute data migration validation and ensure data fidelity.
• Lead Cypress-based automation and integrate with GitLab CI/CD pipelines.
• Coordinate UAT with business stakeholders and manage defects in Jira.

Skills

QA Experience

Test automation

SQL

API testing

Section 508 / WCAG

Performance testing

CI/CD integration

Agile/Scrum

Cypress

JavaScript/TypeScript

Drupal/.NET testing

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Selenium

Playwright

Cypress

Postman/Newman

REST Assured

Jira

GitLab CI/CD

JMeter

Locust

k6

Job description

NuAxis is seeking an experienced Senior QA Engineer (IT Tester – Level IV) to lead test strategy for legacy modernization. You will build automated regression suites, validate accessibility, security, and performance, and drive release readiness across critical government-facing systems.

You will design end-to-end测试 frameworks using Cypress, Selenium, and API tools, while integrating tests into GitLab CI/CD pipelines and coordinating with stakeholders for UAT and quality gates.