Senior Software QA Engineer - IAM & Security (Hybrid)

Creative Information Technology India; Falls Church (VA); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Creative Information Technology Inc (CITI) in Falls Church, VA, seeks a Sr Software QA Engineer for a hybrid role. The candidate will support testing for an IAM solution across Java-based backend and .NET applications, interfacing with middleware and backend services.

The role requires 5+ years of QA experience, security-focused testing, and willingness to travel to Europe. Active Secret clearance is required; DoD/federal program experience is preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field.
• 5+ years of software quality assurance and testing experience.
• Strong understanding of Windows OS, web apps, Java, .NET, API testing tools, and SQL.
• Active Secret Clearance required.
• Willingness to travel to Europe as needed.
• Experience with IAM solutions and DoD/federal programs preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute test plans, test cases, and test procedures for the platform and applications.
• Perform functional, regression, integration, user acceptance, and end-to-end testing.
• Validate data flow between the application, middleware, and backend services.
• Verify authentication, identity verification, enrollment, and credential management workflows.
• Identify, document, and track software defects through resolution.
• Test integrations between .NET-based application, Java-based backend, REST/SOAP web services, Active Directory and identity repositories.
• Validate API functionality, error handling, logging, and system interoperability.
• Participate in deployment validation and environment readiness testing.
• Execute security-focused test scenarios including authentication, authorization, session management, and audit logging.
• Validate compliance with security requirements and hardening standards.
• Support vulnerability validation and remediation testing.
• Conduct load, stress, and performance testing to ensure system reliability.
• Develop and maintain automated test scripts where applicable.
• Support CI/CD validation and automated testing processes.
• Create repeatable test procedures for future releases and deployments.
• Produce detailed test reports, defect documentation, and quality metrics.
• Support customer demonstrations, operational acceptance testing, and deployment activities.
• Maintain testing artifacts and traceability to customer requirements.

Skills

Software QA experience

Functional testing

Regression testing

Integration testing

User acceptance testing

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field

Tools

Windows OS

Web applications & web services

Java-based applications

.NET applications

API testing tools (Postman, SoapUI, etc.)

SQL databases & query validation

Job description

Creative Information Technology Inc (CITI) in Falls Church, VA, seeks a Sr Software QA Engineer for a hybrid role. The candidate will support testing for an IAM solution across Java-based backend and .NET applications, interfacing with middleware and backend services.

The role requires 5+ years of QA experience, security-focused testing, and willingness to travel to Europe. Active Secret clearance is required; DoD/federal program experience is preferred.