USAF - Software Quality Assurance Engineer

cFocus Software Incorporated; Linthicum (MD); On-site; USD 95,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

On-site role in MD

Active TS/SCI clearance required

Job summary

cFocus Software Incorporated seeks a Software Quality Assurance Engineer to join our program supporting the United States Air Force (USAF). This on-site role is based in Linthicum Heights, MD and requires an Active TS/SCI clearance.

You will review requirements, develop test plans, execute functional, integration, regression, system, and API tests, and coordinate with development, cybersecurity, and operations teams to ensure release readiness.

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI clearance required.
• BS/CS/IT or related field.
• Experience in software quality assurance and testing of enterprise applications.
• Ability to interpret requirements, develop test plans, and maintain test coverage and traceability.
• Experience with functional, integration, regression, system, and API testing.
• Experience documenting defects, supporting triage, verifying fixes, and analyzing quality trends.
• Knowledge of SDLC, DevSecOps, CI/CD, and automated testing.
• Understanding of configuration control, test data, and repeatable test environments.
• Ability to assess software deliverables and prepare test results and release readiness evidence.
• Strong analytical, documentation, and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Review requirements, designs, interfaces, and acceptance criteria for clarity and testability; document gaps for resolution.
• Develop and maintain software quality procedures, test plans, test cases, expected results, and requirements-to-test traceability.
• Plan and execute functional, integration, regression, system, and exploratory testing for assigned applications and services.
• Test APIs, data exchanges, and integrations against Government-approved requirements and interagency agreements.
• Validate workflows, data integrity, error handling, and configurations across on-prem, cloud, and hybrid environments.
• Coordinate authorized test data and representative test environments with development, infrastructure, and cybersecurity teams.
• Support automated testing and CI/CD quality checks; review execution results and identify coverage gaps or unreliable tests.
• Record reproducible defects with supporting evidence, assess severity and mission impact, and coordinate triage with developers.
• Verify fixes, perform regression testing, and track unresolved defects and residual risks for release readiness.
• Coordinate security testing, vulnerability remediation verification, and validation of Government-specified pipeline controls with cybersecurity personnel.
• Maintain versioned test artifacts and auditable records linking requirements, tests, results, defects, configuration changes, and releases.
• Review software deliverables and supporting documentation for accuracy, completeness, and conformance to approved requirements and quality procedures.
• Prepare test reports, quality metrics, defect summaries, and release recommendations; provide evidence for Government review and authorized deployment.
• Support user acceptance activities and resolution of Government comments; provide technical test evidence for ATO and continuous ATO activities.
• Analyze defect trends and causes, recommend preventive improvements, and support the program Quality Control Plan and corrective-action follow-through.

Skills

Active TS/SCI clearance

B.S. in CS/IT

Software QA experience

Test planning & traceability

API testing

Defect documentation & triage

DevSecOps & CI/CD

Test data & environments

Release readiness evidence

Strong communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Information Technology

Tools

CI/CD tooling

Job description

cFocus Software seeks a Software Quality Assurance Engineer to join our program supporting the United States Air Force (USAF). This position is on-site in Linthicum Heights, MD. This position requires an Active TS/SCI clearance.

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI clearance
• B.S. Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field
• Experience in software quality assurance and testing of enterprise applications or services.
• Ability to interpret requirements, develop test plans, and maintain test coverage and traceability.
• Experience with functional, integration, regression, system, and API testing.
• Experience documenting defects, supporting triage, verifying fixes, and analyzing quality trends.
• Working knowledge of software development lifecycles, DevSecOps, CI/CD, and automated testing.
• Understanding of configuration control, authorized test data, and repeatable test environments.
• Ability to assess software deliverables and prepare clear test results and release readiness evidence.
• Strong analytical, documentation, and communication skills for coordinating technical teams

Duties

• Review requirements, designs, interfaces, and acceptance criteria for clarity, completeness, consistency, and testability; document gaps for resolution.
• Develop and maintain software quality procedures, test plans, test cases, expected results, and requirements-to-test traceability.
• Plan and execute functional, integration, regression, system, and exploratory testing for assigned applications and services.
• Test Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), data exchanges, and integrations against Government-approved requirements and applicable interagency agreements.
• Validate application workflows, data integrity, error handling, and configurations across approved on-premises, cloud, and hybrid environments.
• Coordinate authorized test data and representative test environments with development, infrastructure, and cybersecurity teams.
• Support automated testing and CI/CD quality checks; review execution results and identify coverage gaps or unreliable tests.
• Record reproducible defects with supporting evidence, assess severity and mission impact, and coordinate triage and resolution with developers.
• Verify fixes, perform regression testing, and track unresolved defects and residual risks for release readiness reviews.
• Coordinate security testing, vulnerability remediation verification, and validation of Government-specified pipeline controls with cybersecurity personnel.
• Maintain versioned test artifacts and auditable records linking requirements, tests, results, defects, configuration changes, and releases.
• Review software deliverables and supporting documentation for accuracy, completeness, and conformance to approved requirements and quality procedures.
• Prepare test reports, quality metrics, defect summaries, and release recommendations; provide evidence for Government review and authorized deployment.
• Support user acceptance activities and resolution of Government comments; provide technical test evidence for ATO and continuous ATO activities.
• Analyze defect trends and causes, recommend preventive improvements, and support the program Quality Control Plan and corrective-action follow-through.