Senior Test Engineer (QA / Automation)

Zip Zap IT Solutions, LLC; Manassas (VA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Zip Zap IT Solutions, LLC in Manassas, VA seeks an experienced QA/test engineer to develop and maintain automated test suites and validate complex applications for compliance and quality. You will work closely with developers and business analysts to translate user stories into robust test scenarios and verify acceptance criteria.

The role emphasizes collaboration, executing functional, regression, and release validation testing, and contributing to test strategy and continuous improvement in an

Qualifications

• 7+ years of QA/test engineering experience.
• Experience with test automation frameworks (Cucumber, Selenium, Playwright).
• Experience validating applications against Agile user stories and acceptance criteria.
• Experience with both manual and automated testing approaches.
• Experience supporting release validation in Agile environments.
• Experience in federal or legislative systems.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain automated test suites using Cucumber, Selenium and/or Playwright.
• Execute functional, regression, and release validation testing.
• Validate system functionality against user stories and acceptance criteria.
• Collaborate with developers and business analysts to refine acceptance criteria.
• Diagnose test failures and support defect resolution.
• Contribute to test strategy, coverage, and continuous improvement.

Skills

Cucumber

Selenium

Playwright

Manual testing

Automated testing

Agile

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

AKS

Job description

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintainautomated test suites using Cucumber, Selenium and/or Playwright
• Executefunctional, regression, and release validation testing
• Validate system functionality againstuser stories and acceptance criteria
• Collaborate with developers and business analysts to refine acceptance criteria
• Diagnose test failures and support defect resolution
• Contribute totest strategy, coverage, and continuous improvement

Required Qualifications

• 7+ years of QA/test engineering experience
• Experience withtest automation frameworks (Cucumber, Selenium, Playwright)
• Experience validating applications againstAgile user stories and acceptance criteria
• Experience with bothmanual and automated testing approaches
• Experience supportingrelease validation in Agile environments
• Experience infederal or legislative systems

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience withcontainerized environments (Docker/Kubernetes, AKS)
• Experience migrating legacy test frameworks to modern tools (e.g., Playwright)
• Experience testingmicroservices and API-driven systems
• Familiarity withCI/CD pipelines and automated test integration