UI Tester – Manual Front-End Validation (Secret-Clearance)

Applied Res; Dayton, Northern (OH, KY); Hybrid; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Applied Research Solutions is seeking a UI Tester to validate interface functionality, usability, and consistency while collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality user-facing features. The UI Tester focuses on validating user interfaces across web and application environments to ensure functional correctness, usability, visual consistency, and alignment with UX expectations.

This role collaborates with developers, UX designers, and automation engineers to identify

Qualifications

• Must be a US citizen.
• 3+ years experience with manual UI or functional testing.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to spot usability or visual issues.
• Familiarity with GitLab for issue tracking and test documentation.
• Experience reviewing or collaborating on automated test suites (ideally with VS Code).
• Strong communication skills to work effectively with UX and engineering teams.
• Must have or be able to obtain a Secret Clearance.
• Bachelor's Degree.

Responsibilities

• Execute manual UI testing across dev, QA, Ephemeral Cluster, and pre-production environments
• Validate layout consistency, navigation flows, accessibility behaviors, and general usability
• Document defects, results, and reproducible steps in GitLab
• Review and collaborate on automated test suites built using VS Code
• Participate in Agile ceremonies, contributing to testing strategy, readiness criteria, and user workflow validation
• Support testing across AVD, LaunchPad 2.0, and other app-specific interfaces
• Maintain clear UI test cases, workflows, and testing documentation in SharePoint
• Work with developers and automation engineers to resolve UI and environment-specific issues
• Support creation, organization, and maintenance of user guides, onboarding materials, and internal documentation across SharePoint and GitLab
• Assist teams in gathering technical details and converting them into clear, user-friendly content aligned with Agile workflows
• Help identify documentation gaps, ensure consistency, and contribute to ongoing content improvements
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Manual UI testing

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Secret Clearance eligible

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

GitLab

VS Code

Job description

Applied Research Solutions is seeking a UI Tester to validate interface functionality, usability, and consistency while collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality user-facing features. The UI Tester focuses on validating user interfaces across web and application environments to ensure functional correctness, usability, visual consistency, and alignment with UX expectations.

This role collaborates with developers, UX designers, and automation engineers to identify