Senior QA Automation & Validation Lead

A-TEK Inc.; Rockville (MD); On-site; USD 125,000 - 145,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) with employer match

Paid time off

Professional development opportunities

Job summary

A-TEK, Inc. in Rockville, MD is seeking a Senior QA Automation & Validation Specialist to provide independent testing oversight for NIH applications. You will execute automated tests, review requirements, and validate results to ensure releases meet acceptance criteria.

The role requires leading test planning, reviewing criteria, and collaborating with government personnel and contractors while maintaining objective results. This is a senior, mission-focused QA position in a federal context.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems, engineering, business, or a related field.
• At least seven years of software quality assurance or application testing experience.
• At least three years of experience with automated testing.
• Experience with UiPath Test Suite, UiPath automation, or a comparable automated testing platform.
• Experience testing enterprise business applications.
• Knowledge of functional, integration, regression, system, and release testing.
• Experience reviewing requirements, acceptance criteria, and requirements traceability.
• Ability to work independently while participating in an integrated testing team.

Responsibilities

• Participate in test planning, requirements reviews, and release-readiness activities.
• Review requirements and acceptance criteria for clarity, completeness, and testability.
• Confirm that test cases trace to approved requirements and business processes.
• Execute established UiPath automated test scripts and procedures.
• Conduct independent functional, integration, regression, system, and release testing.
• Review automated and manual test results produced by development and O&M teams.
• Validate defect corrections and confirm that releases meet approved acceptance criteria.
• Identify testing gaps, untested dependencies, and incomplete coverage.
• Document test results, defects, risks, and recommended corrective actions.
• Confirm that teams maintain current test scripts, test data, and execution procedures.

Skills

QA experience

Automated testing

UiPath

Enterprise apps testing

Education

Bachelors degree in computer science or related field

Tools

UiPath Test Suite

Job description

A-TEK, Inc. in Rockville, MD is seeking a Senior QA Automation & Validation Specialist to provide independent testing oversight for NIH applications. You will execute automated tests, review requirements, and validate results to ensure releases meet acceptance criteria.

The role requires leading test planning, reviewing criteria, and collaborating with government personnel and contractors while maintaining objective results. This is a senior, mission-focused QA position in a federal context.