Senior Software Quality Assurance Aanlyst and Tester

American Systems; Colorado Springs (CO); On-site; USD 105,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare benefits

Paid leave

Retirement plans

Education and training assistance

Job summary

AMERICAN SYSTEMS is a premier employee-owned federal contractor delivering IT, test and evaluation, and program support across national priority programs. The role leads QA strategy, develops automated test scripts, and oversees the release management process for baseline IT infrastructure, ensuring traceability and production readiness.

Applicants must have a Bachelor's degree, 8–10 years of related experience, TS/SCI clearance, and US citizenship.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required with 8–10 years of related experience.
• Active TS/SCI clearance and US citizenship required.
• Experience leading QA and test strategy for complex IT systems.

Responsibilities

• Leads QA and test strategy for software maintenance, CDS changes, and customer additions.
• Develops and executes test scripts to ensure production-ready releases.
• Produces expert-level test plans and requirements documents.
• Manages test control databases and regression testing processes.
• Performs solution testing to confirm business requirements are met.
• Maintains and validates test databases for integrity and currency.
• Develops, runs, and documents automated test scripts and procedures.

Skills

Quality assurance

Test strategy

Automation testing

Release management

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Test automation tools

Job description

Overview

AMERICAN SYSTEMS is an employee-owned federal government contractor supporting national priority programs through our strategic solutions in the areas of Information Technology, Test & Evaluation, Program Mission Support, Engineering & Analysis, and Training.

Responsibilities

• Leads quality assurance and test strategy for Bifrost, software maintenance, interface changes, CDS-related modifications, and customer additions. Develops and manages test approaches, requirements-to-test traceability, regression and mission-thread testing, defect adjudication, assessment evidence, release readiness, and final test reporting before operational implementation.
• Independently develops and executes test scripts to ensure that quality software is provided forrelease to production and to certify system changes.
• Produces expert level test plan documents and requirements.
• Develops test control databases.
• Performs solution testing confirming business requirements.
• Maintains test databases and ensures their integrity and currency.
• Distributes test data from control database to development staff to satisfy adequate unit testing.
• Develops, compiles, documents and runs automated test scripts and test procedures.
• Runs regression tests. Tracks status of defects.
• Provides quality assurance testing for all systems to ensure the development and distribution of quality products.
• Assists with roll-out of systems documentation.
• Produces lists of defects that are to be resolved and incorporated into future releases of the application as required.
• Communicates with analysts and programmers about formal testing plans, problems, and results.
• Develops technical documentation and reports.
• Manages the Release Management process for all changes to the baseline IT infrastructure.
• Ensures all processes are adhered to appropriately throughout project lifecycles.
• Ensures all existing processes are fully documented, suggesting improvements, updating documentation, and communicating all process changes to relevant stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree
• 8-10 years of related work experience
• Active TS/SCI Clearance
• US Citizenship

Pay Transparency Statement

AMERICAN SYSTEMS is committed to pay transparency for our applicants and employee-owners. The salary range for this position is USD $105,000.00/Yr. - USD $160,000/Yr. Actual compensation will be determined based on several factors permitted by law. AMERICAN SYSTEMS provides for the welfare of its employees and their dependents through a comprehensive benefits program by offering healthcare benefits, paid leave, retirement plans, insurance programs, and education and training assistance.

EEO Statement

EEO Race/Sex/Disability Status/Veteran Status