Senior QA Engineer — Automation for Secure Cloud & AI

Benchstrength; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision

Life & Disability

Unlimited PTO

401k plan

Job summary

Knox is seeking a senior QA/test engineer to build automated test suites and the simulated environments they run in. You will own end-to-end tests for critical application flows, leveraging TypeScript, API testing, and cloud-based test setups.

The role requires 5+ years in QA/test engineering, hands-on DevOps with Terraform and Kubernetes, and experience with AWS. You will contribute to secure, scalable government-ready software with a focus on reliability and risk mitigation.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in QA or test engineering, including building an automation suite from scratch.
• Strong web and API test automation in TypeScript or a similar language.
• Hands-on DevOps: infrastructure-as-code (Terraform), containers, Kubernetes and CI/CD (GitHub Actions).
• Working knowledge of AWS or another major cloud provider.
• Experience using AI tools in software development and testing.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop automated tests for critical application flows.
• Use Terraform to build simulated test environments.
• Test application code every sprint and log bugs and feature gaps.
• Take part in the go/no-go call for each release.
• Track and report weekly on the team's progress against goals, and flag risks early.
• Help engineers plan tests and close coverage gaps.

Skills

QA experience

API automation

TypeScript

DevOps

CI/CD

AWS

AI tools

Tools

Terraform

Kubernetes

GitHub Actions

AWS

Job description

Knox is seeking a senior QA/test engineer to build automated test suites and the simulated environments they run in. You will own end-to-end tests for critical application flows, leveraging TypeScript, API testing, and cloud-based test setups.

The role requires 5+ years in QA/test engineering, hands-on DevOps with Terraform and Kubernetes, and experience with AWS. You will contribute to secure, scalable government-ready software with a focus on reliability and risk mitigation.