QA / Tester

Key Responsibilities

Test Planning & Design

• Analyze user stories and acceptance criteria during backlog refinement to identify gaps and testability concerns before sprint commitment.
• Develop and maintain test plans, test scenarios, test cases, and test data for new features, bug fixes, and technical debt items.
• Produce test scripts and data to support sprint reviews and UAT with stakeholders and the Federal Project Manager.

Test Execution (Each Production Release)

• Execute and coordinate System Integration, Regression, Smoke, and Functional testing across Appian, Drupal, and Data Hub components.
• Support Performance/Load testing ahead of peak filing seasons and for newly developed medium and major features; capture response time, latency, and resource utilization metrics against SLAs.
• Conduct Section 508 / WCAG 2.1 AA accessibility testing using customer-required tools; verify core 508 requirements pass at 100%.
• Validate API, event-streaming, and data integrity for integrations with external and interagency systems.
• Perform post-deployment smoke testing and support hypercare following production releases.

User Acceptance Testing (UAT) Support

• Prepare UAT scenarios, schedule UAT kickoff sessions, and provide hands-on user support during UAT.
• Troubleshoot UAT issues with developers and business analysts to move stories through acceptance efficiently.

Defect Management, Automation & Reporting

• Log, categorize, and track defects in JIRA per customer-defined categories, maintaining end-to-end traceability (Roadmap → User Story → Task → Defect).
• Build and maintain automated regression test suites; expand automation coverage wherever feasible to reduce cycle time.
• Document test results and upload artifacts to the program repository; record changes in configuration management tools.
• Contribute quality metrics (pass/fail rates, defect density, escaped defects) to sprint and release reporting.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field (additional relevant experience may substitute).
• 3–5 years of software QA/testing experience on enterprise or government IT systems.
• Hands-on experience with functional, regression, integration, smoke, and UAT testing in Agile/Scrum environments.
• Experience testing web applications and low-code platforms (Appian strongly preferred).
• Proficiency with JIRA (and test management add-ons such as Xray or Zephyr) for test case management and defect tracking.
• Working knowledge of Section 508 and WCAG 2.1 AA accessibility testing tools and techniques (e.g., ANDI, axe, screen readers).
• Basic SQL skills for data validation against relational databases (Oracle preferred).
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Federal Public Trust suitability determination.

Preferred Qualifications

• Certification: DHS Trusted Tester Section 508 certification (or ability to obtain within 90 days of hire).
• Additional Certs: ISTQB Foundation Level, Appian Certified Associate Developer, or equivalent QA credential.
• Automation: Experience with test automation frameworks (Selenium, Playwright, Cypress, or Appian-compatible tooling such as FitNesse for Appian).
• Performance: Experience with performance/load testing tools (JMeter, LoadRunner, k6, or similar).
• Integration: Experience with API testing (Postman, REST Assured) and validating event-driven/Kafka data flows.
• Domain: Experience supporting public-facing federal systems, ideally in labor, immigration, or benefits adjudication programs.
• Innovation: Exposure to AI-assisted test generation or self-healing test automation tools.

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