QA/Test Automation Engineer – Journeyman

DecisionPoint Corporation

. Analyze requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria, business rules, workflows, and technical documentation to determine testing needs .

Posted 10/27/2026full-timeRemote • Illinois • United StatesMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in functional software testing, including the development and execution of test cases, defect tracking, and maintaining traceability among requirements. Proficient in automated testing practices and collaboration with cross-functional teams in government environments.

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Active Secret ClearanceFunctional Software TestingAutomated Regression TestingDefect Tracking and VerificationTest Case Development

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Hard Skills

Test Case DevelopmentFunctional TestingRegression TestingAutomated TestingDefect TrackingRequirements AnalysisUser Acceptance TestingWorkflow ValidationTest Data PreparationTechnical Documentation

Soft Skills

Analytical SkillsTroubleshootingOrganizational SkillsCommunication SkillsCollaboration

Tools & Technologies

SeleniumPostmanJiraAzure DevOpsTestRailCucumberCypressREST AssuredJMeterCI/CD Pipelines

Certifications & Qualifications

ISTQBCSTECSQA

Industry Keywords

Government Software TestingDepartment of DefenseAgileDevSecOpsRequirements TraceabilitySoftware DevelopmentAccession ProcessingRegulated WorkflowsPerformance TestingSection 508 Compliance

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AzureCyber SecurityCypressJavaJavaScriptJMeterPythonSeleniumTypeScript

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Analyze requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria, business rules, workflows, and technical documentation to determine testing needs
Develop and maintain functional test scenarios, test cases, test scripts, test data, and expected results
Validate accession-processing workflows, business rules, calculations, decision logic, integrations, data relationships, and exception paths
Ensure traceability among requirements, test cases, test results, defects, corrections, and release outcomes
Conduct functional, integration, system, exploratory, regression, smoke, and end-to-end testing
Develop, execute, maintain, or improve automated regression tests
Identify repeatable, stable, and high-value scenarios suitable for automation
Support automated test execution through approved build, test, or continuous-integration pipelines
Prepare representative test data while protecting sensitive information
Execute tests in Government-approved environments
Document test results and retain complete, repeatable, and auditable test evidence
Capture screenshots, logs, system responses, data comparisons, and other evidence demonstrating test outcomes
Identify, document, prioritize, and track software defects through resolution
Prepare defect reports with reproducible steps, expected results, actual results, severity, evidence, and affected requirements
Collaborate with developers and senior testers to reproduce issues, clarify expected behavior, and support root-cause analysis
Verify defect corrections and perform targeted regression testing
Participate in defect-triage meetings and communicate testing progress, unresolved issues, and quality concerns
Support Government user acceptance testing by preparing test cases and data, assisting users, documenting results, and tracking findings
Distinguish defects from training, configuration, data, environment, or requirements issues
Support sprint demonstrations, capability reviews, operational validation, and stakeholder-feedback activities
Coordinate with cybersecurity personnel to verify approved security corrections and regression impacts
Participate in sprint planning, backlog refinement, daily coordination, reviews, demonstrations, and retrospectives
Maintain test artifacts, defect records, evidence, status information, and quality metrics in approved tools and repositories
Contribute to continuous improvement of test coverage, automation, defect prevention, evidence management, and quality practices

Requirements

What you’ll need

Active Secret clearance or higher
Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information technology, software engineering, or a related field, or an equivalent permitted by the applicable labor category
At least six years of relevant professional experience
Experience performing functional software testing
Experience validating complex workflows, business rules, decision logic, integrations, or exception paths
Experience developing and executing functional test cases and test data
Experience conducting exploratory and regression testing
Experience documenting test results and retaining objective test evidence
Experience identifying, documenting, tracking, and verifying software defects
Ability to maintain traceability among requirements, test cases, test results, defects, and corrections
Ability to develop, execute, maintain, or support automated regression tests
Ability to analyze requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria to determine test coverage
Ability to support Government or customer user acceptance testing
Strong analytical, troubleshooting, technical documentation, organizational, and communication skills
Ability to collaborate effectively with analysts, developers, senior testers, cybersecurity personnel, DevSecOps engineers, and Government stakeholders
Preferred: recognized software-testing certification such as ISTQB, CSTE, CSQA, or equivalent
Preferred: experience supporting federal or Department of Defense software-development or modernization programs
Preferred: experience testing military accession processing, personnel processing, regulated workflows, or rules-intensive mission systems
Preferred: experience with Selenium, Playwright, Cypress, Cucumber, Postman, REST Assured, JMeter, or comparable technologies
Preferred: experience developing automated tests using Java, C#, Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, or another supported programming language
Preferred: experience testing web applications, APIs, databases, interfaces, batch processes, or event-driven services
Preferred: experience with requirements traceability matrices and test-management platforms
Preferred: experience using Jira, Azure DevOps, TestRail, Zephyr, Xray, Confluence, or comparable tools
Preferred: experience integrating automated tests with CI/CD pipelines
Preferred: familiarity with performance, security, accessibility, compatibility, or resilience testing
Preferred: familiarity with Section 508 accessibility testing and assistive-technology validation
Preferred: familiarity with Agile, DevSecOps, configuration-management, and secure software-development practices

Benefits

Comp & perks

Regular full-time employment
Opportunity to work remotely
Chicago-area candidates preferred
Opportunity to support a USMEPCOM ENLIST government program
Participation in sprint demonstrations, capability reviews, operational validation, and stakeholder-feedback activities
Equal employment opportunity and affirmative action protections