Tester (QA / Security / 508) + Business Analyst

NuAxis Innovations; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 95,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

NuAxis Innovations is seeking a talented Tester (QA / Security / 508) + Business Analyst for a full-time, hybrid role in Washington, DC. You will elicit and document business requirements, define acceptance criteria, and verify software across functional, security, and accessibility dimensions.

Responsibilities include writing test plans, executing tests, performing Section 508/WCAG validation, supporting security testing, and maintaining traceability in Jira/Confluence.

Qualifications

• 6+ years combining business analysis and software QA on enterprise web apps.
• Strong requirements elicitation, user story writing, and acceptance criteria in Agile teams.
• Hands-on functional, regression, and integration test design and execution.
• Section 508 / WCAG testing with NVDA/JAWS and tooling (ANDI, axe).
• Familiarity with security testing concepts and basic vulnerability triage.
• SQL data validation and API testing with Postman.

Responsibilities

• Elicit, analyze, and document business requirements; write testable acceptance criteria.
• Model current and future business processes; identify gaps and edge cases.
• Build and execute test plans and cases traceable to requirements.
• Perform functional, regression, integration, and UAT testing across releases.
• Validate accessibility (Section 508 / WCAG 2.1 AA) and security testing evidence.
• Manage defects in Jira; report quality metrics and release readiness.
• Coordinate stakeholder demos and UAT; maintain regression tests with Cypress.
• Translate non-functional requirements into explicit criteria and coverage.
• Maintain end-to-end traceability in Jira/Confluence.

Skills

Requirements elicitation

User story writing

Agile testing

Written communication

SQL for data validation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Information Systems/CS

Tools

Cypress

GitLab CI/CD

Postman

NVDA

JAWS

ANDI

axe

Job description

We are a federal IT company on a mission to make customer experience (CX) the center of every government solution. Technology is our Passion. People are our Purpose.

We know tech, but we love people. NuAxis is home to thinkers and feelers; engineers and artists. We work hard and support each other along the way. Teamwork is more than just a buzzword for us, it’s a state of mind.

We believe happy employees do amazing work, so join our team NOW! We are currently seeking a talented and motivated Tester (QA / Security / 508) + Business Analyst for a Full-Time position.

Role Summary

Hybrid role spanning requirements definition and quality validation. Elicits and documents business requirements and acceptance criteria, then verifies that delivered software satisfies them across functional, security, and accessibility dimensions — closing the loop between what was asked for and what was built.

Key Responsibilities

• Elicit, analyze, and document business and functional requirements; write user stories with testable acceptance criteria.
• Model current- and future-state business processes; identify gaps, exceptions, and edge cases early.
• Build and execute test plans and test cases traceable to requirements; maintain a requirements traceability matrix.
• Execute functional, regression, integration, and user acceptance testing across releases.
• Perform Section 508 / WCAG 2.1 AA validation using approved tools and assistive technology; document defects and required remediation.
• Support security testing: scan result triage, vulnerability retest, security control validation evidence, and support to assessment teams.
• Manage defects in Jira through triage, retest, and closure; report quality metrics and release readiness.
• Facilitate stakeholder sessions, demos, and UAT coordination; capture and disposition feedback.
• Create and maintain automated regression tests for critical public-facing workflows using Cypress (preferred primary tool) and/or equivalent frameworks, and integrate them with CI/CD alongside API and accessibility checks.
• Translate business and non-functional requirements—including security, Section 508, browser/mobile, performance, audit logging, authentication, and data validation—into explicit acceptance criteria and traceable test coverage.
• Produce formal release test evidence and maintain end-to-end linkage among requirements, user stories, test cases, automated scripts, defects, and UAT outcomes in Jira/Confluence.

Required Skills & Experience

• 6+ years combining business analysis and software quality assurance on enterprise web applications.
• Strong requirements elicitation, user story writing, and acceptance criteria definition in Agile teams.
• Hands-on functional, regression, and integration test design and execution.
• Section 508 / WCAG 2.1 AA testing proficiency with NVDA/JAWS and validation tooling (ANDI, axe, automated scanners).
• Familiarity with application security testing concepts, common vulnerability classes, and scan triage.
• SQL for data validation; API testing with Postman or equivalent.
• Jira/Confluence proficiency and disciplined traceability practice.
• Excellent written communication — able to produce documentation that survives government review.
• Hands-on Cypress or comparable modern web test automation experience; JavaScript/TypeScript automation skills strongly preferred.
• Experience integrating automated tests into GitLab CI/CD or equivalent and using automation results as release-readiness evidence.
• Ability to test complex Drupal forms, REST APIs, authentication, file upload, data rules, accessibility, security findings, and cross-browser/mobile behavior.

Preferred Qualifications

• DHS Trusted Tester certification; CBAP, ISTQB, or equivalent.
• Additional automation experience with Playwright, Selenium, REST Assured, Postman/Newman, or equivalent tools.
• Experience with public-facing form-heavy applications and complex eligibility logic.
• Federal accessibility compliance program experience.

Education

Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Business, Computer Science, or a related field; equivalent experience considered.

Our Profile: We are an IT company with a unique mission—to make people the center of every federal IT solution. Our technologists have always gone the extra mile to help our federal clients succeed. And over the years, we saw a growing disconnect in how federal IT initiatives were built and managed. Time after time, programs failed because the focus was on the tools and products and not the people using them. Learn More

NuAxis is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment is contingent upon successful completion of a background investigation. Learn More about our Benefits and Culture!

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