Senior Quality Assurance Engineer

Jobtailor; Maryland; On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Moderate Risk Public Trust Clearance

Job summary

Jobtailor is seeking a senior QA/ETL Test Lead to design and enforce testing strategies for two-week agile delivery sprints, ensuring government criteria are met before release. You will own automated test frameworks, CI/CD integration, data quality validation, and IV&V/UAT coordination, delivering transparent metrics and thorough release documentation for complex data pipelines.

This role requires strong communication with Product Owners, Data Officers, and engineers and the ability to obtain

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or four years of related experience in software testing/QA.
• Minimum of 8 years of software testing/QA experience, including leading QA for delivery teams.
• Hands-on experience with automated testing frameworks and CI/CD integration.
• Experience developing test plans, test cases, and traceable documentation for large, data-centric systems.
• Experience with code quality tooling, including code coverage measurement, static analysis, and dependency scanning.
• Experience supporting UAT with end users and resolving findings quickly.
• Strong understanding of QA methodologies, SDLC, and Agile practices; Jira/Confluence experience.

Responsibilities

• Define test strategies, quality gates, and Definition of Done for two-week agile iterations and ensure readiness for government acceptance criteria.
• Develop and maintain ETL Test Plans, test data, and validation criteria for data pipelines.
• Lead adoption of automated testing frameworks and CI/CD pipelines to protect against regressions.
• Manage code coverage measurement and progress toward 90% minimum.
• Coordinate IV&V and UAT cycles, address findings, and meet rapid timelines.
• Prepare CAPs when performance standards are not met and coordinate defect resolution.
• Ensure comprehensive release documentation accompanies every staging/production release.
• Verify data quality, including complete loads, XSD validation, and AWS Glue checks.
• Integrate static analysis, dependency scanning, and security scans; mitigate vulnerabilities.
• Support periodic load and performance testing and validate against acceptance criteria.
• Track quality metrics and provide status reports to Product Owner and leadership.
• Respond to data engineering inquiries per service standards.
• Collaborate with Product Owners, Data Officers, IV&V teams, and developers to align QA with enterprise ETL standards.

Skills

Automated Testing Frameworks

CI/CD Integration

Test Plan Development

Code Quality Tooling

Agile Methodologies

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related technical discipline

In lieu of a degree, four additional years of related experience

Tools

Jira

Confluence

AWS Glue

CI/CD Tools

Job description

• Define test strategies, quality gates, and the Definition of Done for two-week agile delivery iterations; ensure releases meet government acceptance criteria before deployment.
• Develop and maintain comprehensive ETL Test Plans, test cases, test data, and validation criteria ensuring data pipelines are functionally correct, reliable, and meet business and data quality requirements.
• Lead adoption of automated testing frameworks, including unit, integration, and user-facing functional tests executed automatically through CI/CD, providing consistent protection against regressions.
• Manage code coverage measurement and progression toward the contract standard of a minimum 90% test coverage, with metrics visible in real-time dashboards.
• Coordinate Independent Verification & Validation (IV&V) and User Acceptance Testing (UAT) cycles; ensure findings are fully addressed and resubmitted within rapid contractual timelines and iteration counts stay within contract quality thresholds.
• Prepare Corrective Action Plans (CAPs) when performance standards are not met; ensure defects are logged, prioritized, triaged, and resolved in collaboration with engineering.
• Ensure complete, accurate release documentation accompanies every staging and production release, including approved test cases and results, data flow diagrams, architecture diagrams, and all artifacts required by the program's ETL standards.
• Verify data quality standards, including complete record and field loads, XSD validation where required, duplicate load prevention, and Data Steward-approved quality checks (e.g., AWS Glue data quality facilities).
• Integrate static code analysis, dependency scanning, and security scans into the Definition of Done; support delivery of code free of medium- and high-level vulnerabilities (OWASP ASVS 4.0, Level 2).
• Support periodic load and performance testing and validate results against acceptance criteria.
• Track quality metrics and provide regular status reporting on quality, risks, and release readiness to the Product Owner and program leadership.
• Support timely, accurate responses to data engineering customer inquiries and tickets in accordance with program service standards.
• Collaborate with Product Owners, Data Officers, IV&V teams, and developers to align QA practices with the program's enterprise ETL standards and drive their continuous improvement.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related technical discipline
• In lieu of a degree, four additional years of related experience is required
• Minimum of 8 years of software testing/quality assurance experience, including experience leading QA activities for delivery teams
• Hands-on experience with automated testing frameworks and integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines
• Demonstrated experience developing test plans, test cases, and traceable test documentation for large, data-centric systems
• Experience with code quality tooling, including code coverage measurement, static analysis, and dependency scanning
• Experience supporting UAT with end users and resolving findings on rapid timelines
• Strong understanding of QA methodologies, SDLC, and Agile practices; experience with Atlassian Jira/Confluence or similar test management tools
• Excellent command of written and spoken English, with the ability to produce clear, complete government-ready documentation
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Moderate Risk Public Trust clearance; residing in the United States.

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in developing and maintaining comprehensive ETL Test Plans, automated testing frameworks, and ensuring data quality standards. Proficient in coordinating UAT cycles and managing code quality metrics to meet government acceptance criteria.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Automated Testing Frameworks
• CI/CD Integration
• Test Plan Development
• Code Quality Tooling
• Agile Methodologies

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

• Software Testing
• Quality Assurance
• ETL Testing
• Test Case Development
• Data Quality Validation
• Static Code Analysis
• Dependency Scanning
• Performance Testing
• UAT Support
• Metrics Tracking

Soft Skills

• Clear Documentation
• Collaboration
• Problem Solving
• Communication

Certifications & Qualifications

• Moderate Risk Public Trust Clearance

Industry Keywords

• Agile Practices
• SDLC
• Government Acceptance Criteria
• Independent Verification & Validation
• Data-Centric Systems

Tools & Technologies

• Atlassian Jira
• Atlassian Confluence
• AWS Glue
• CI/CD Tools
• Real-Time Dashboards