Senior QA Automation Engineer / Lead Test Engineer

Avid Systems LLC; Alexandria (VA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Avid Systems LLC seeks an experienced Senior QA Automation Engineer / Lead Test Engineer to support a major WMATA modernization program. You will lead QA for web, mobile, and backend systems and drive automated testing within CI/CD pipelines.

Collaborating with developers, DevOps, and business stakeholders, you will ensure functional, performance, security, and quality standards throughout the software lifecycle and support user acceptance testing.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field.
• 6+ years of experience in software testing and QA.
• 6+ years of experience in functional, integration, system, regression, and end-to-end testing.
• Experience testing web-based, mobile, and enterprise applications.
• Experience analyzing requirements and developing test plans and cases.
• Experience using defect tracking and test management tools.
• Strong knowledge of Agile/Scrum methodologies.
• Excellent analytical and communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and with cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead QA and testing activities for web, mobile, and backend applications.
• Develop and execute comprehensive test strategies, plans, scripts, and data.
• Perform functional, integration, system, regression, and end-to-end testing.
• Validate functionality across WMATA’s public website and SmarTrip apps.
• Review requirements and designs to ensure test coverage.
• Document and track defects to resolution.
• Coordinate integration testing with third-party services.
• Support UAT and collaborate with stakeholders on requirements.
• Ensure CI/CD integration of automated tests and deployments.

Skills

QA Automation

Test Planning

Functional Testing

Regression Testing

End-to-End Testing

Agile/Scrum

Defect Tracking

Test Automation Frameworks

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Cucumber

CI/CD Pipelines

REST / SOAP API Testing

BDD Tools

Job description

Avid Systems is a Washington, DC-based managed services provider specializing in IT staff augmentation, business application development, cloud enablement, infrastructure, mobility, virtualization, cybersecurity, storage, and managed IT services. Since 2004, Avid Systems has supported government and commercial clients by delivering skilled technical talent and innovative technology solutions.

Job Description

Avid Systems is seeking an experienced Senior QA Automation Engineer / Lead Test Engineer to support a major digital modernization initiative for the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA).

This position will support the modernization of WMATA's public website and SmarTrip mobile applications, helping improve the customer experience across web, iOS, and Android platforms.

The selected candidate will collaborate with software developers, DevOps engineers, technical teams, and business stakeholders to ensure applications meet functional, performance, security, and quality standards throughout the software development lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead quality assurance and software testing activities for enterprise web, mobile, and backend applications.
• Develop and execute comprehensive test strategies, test plans, test cases, test scripts, and test data.
• Perform functional, integration, system, regression, and end-to-end testing.
• Validate application functionality across WMATA's public website, SmarTrip mobile applications, APIs, and supporting backend systems.
• Review business requirements, user stories, functional specifications, and technical designs to ensure comprehensive test coverage.
• Identify, document, prioritize, track, and verify software defects through resolution.
• Participate in defect triage meetings and collaborate with development teams to troubleshoot and resolve issues.
• Analyze application changes and assess their impact on existing automated test suites and testing procedures.
• Coordinate integration testing across interconnected systems and third-party services.
• Support user acceptance testing (UAT) and collaborate with business stakeholders to validate application requirements.
• Work closely with developers, DevOps engineers, and infrastructure teams to support application releases and production deployments.
• Integrate automated and regression testing into continuous integration and deployment processes.
• Prepare testing progress reports, quality metrics, defect summaries, and release readiness assessments.
• Maintain testing environments, automation frameworks, test data, and supporting documentation.
• Perform production validation and post-deployment testing to ensure application stability and functionality.
• Ensure compliance with organizational security policies, quality standards, and software development best practices.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Management Information Systems, Mathematics, Engineering, Business Administration, Public Administration, or a related field.
• Minimum 6 years of experience in software testing and quality assurance.
• Minimum 6 years of experience performing functional, integration, system, regression, and end-to-end testing.
• Minimum 6 years of experience testing web-based, mobile, and enterprise applications.
• Experience analyzing business and technical requirements and developing comprehensive test plans and test cases.
• Experience using defect tracking and test management tools.
• Strong understanding of Agile/Scrum software development methodologies.
• Excellent analytical, troubleshooting, debugging, and problem-solving skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively with cross-functional technical and business teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Cucumber and Behavior-Driven Development (BDD).
• Experience testing REST and SOAP APIs.
• Experience supporting CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.
• Knowledge of test automation frameworks and performance testing tools.
• Experience testing customer-facing websites and mobile applications.
• Experience with transit systems, payment processing, or fare collection applications.
• Familiarity with mobile testing frameworks and automated testing on iOS and Android platforms.
• Experience supporting enterprise application modernization initiatives.
• Experience with cloud-based environments and integrated backend services.