Senior QA/Test Automation Engineer

DecisionPoint Corporation

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

Posted 10/27/2026full-timeRemote • Illinois • United StatesSeniorWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in functional and automated software testing, including the development and maintenance of test cases, test data, and traceability. Proficient in collaborating with cross-functional teams and communicating quality risks while supporting Government user acceptance testing.

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Active Secret ClearanceFunctional Software TestingAutomated Regression TestingTest Case DevelopmentDefect Tracking

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Hard Skills

Test Plan DevelopmentRegression TestingExploratory TestingRequirements AnalysisDefect VerificationData ValidationWorkflow ValidationIntegration TestingAcceptance Criteria AnalysisTest Evidence Documentation

Soft Skills

Analytical SkillsTroubleshootingOrganizational SkillsCommunication SkillsCollaboration

Tools & Technologies

SeleniumPostmanJiraAzure DevOpsCucumberCypressREST AssuredJMeterTestRailConfluence

Certifications & Qualifications

ISTQBCSTECSQA

Industry Keywords

Government Software TestingMilitary Accession ProcessingAgile PracticesDevSecOpsRequirements Traceability

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AzureCyber SecurityCypressJavaJavaScriptJMeterPythonSeleniumTypeScript

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Analyze requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria, business rules, workflows, interface requirements, and technical designs to determine testing needs
Develop and maintain risk-based test plans, scenarios, cases, scripts, test data, and expected results
Validate complex accession-processing workflows, decision logic, business rules, data relationships, integrations, and exception paths
Maintain traceability among requirements, test cases, results, defects, corrections, and release decisions
Conduct functional, integration, system, exploratory, regression, smoke, and end-to-end testing
Develop, execute, maintain, and improve automated regression tests
Identify stable, high-value scenarios suitable for automation
Support integration of automated tests into build, continuous-integration, and delivery pipelines
Prepare and manage representative test data while protecting sensitive information
Verify data processing, calculations, field validation, role-based behavior, interfaces, and error handling
Execute tests in Government-approved environments
Document test results and retain complete, repeatable, auditable evidence, including screenshots, logs, data comparisons, and system responses
Identify, document, prioritize, and track defects through resolution
Collaborate with technical teams to reproduce issues, analyze root causes, and clarify expected behavior
Verify corrected defects and perform targeted regression testing
Support defect triage and communicate quality risks, unresolved defects, and release impacts
Prepare test status, defect metrics, coverage information, evidence summaries, and release-readiness recommendations
Support Government user acceptance testing by preparing cases and data, coordinating execution, documenting results, and tracking findings
Assist Government users during acceptance testing and distinguish defects from training, configuration, data, or requirements issues
Support sprint demonstrations, capability reviews, operational validation, and stakeholder-feedback activities
Coordinate with cybersecurity personnel to verify security corrections and regression impacts
Participate in sprint planning, backlog refinement, daily coordination, reviews, demonstrations, and retrospectives
Contribute to continuous improvement of test strategy, automation coverage, defect prevention, evidence management, and quality practices
Mentor testers and share knowledge of complex workflows, business rules, test techniques, and automation practices
Work with Government stakeholders, mission liaisons, analysts, developers, architects, cybersecurity personnel, DevSecOps engineers, and other testers

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 eight 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 maintaining test cases, test data, expected results, and traceability
Experience documenting test execution results and retaining objective test evidence
Experience identifying, documenting, tracking, and verifying software defects
Experience conducting exploratory and regression testing
Ability to support development, execution, or maintenance of 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
Ability to communicate test results, quality risks, unresolved defects, and release impacts clearly
Strong analytical, troubleshooting, technical documentation, organizational, and communication skills
Ability to collaborate with analysts, developers, architects, cybersecurity personnel, DevSecOps engineers, testers, and Government stakeholders
Preferred: recognized software-testing certification such as ISTQB, CSTE, CSQA, or equivalent
Preferred: federal or Department of Defense software-development or modernization experience
Preferred: experience testing military accession processing, personnel processing, regulated workflows, or rules-intensive mission systems
Preferred: hands-on experience with Selenium, Playwright, Cypress, Cucumber, Postman, REST Assured, JMeter, or comparable technologies
Preferred: automated test development using Java, C#, Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, or another supported programming language
Preferred: testing web applications, APIs, databases, system interfaces, batch processes, or event-driven services
Preferred: requirements traceability matrices and test-management platforms
Preferred: Jira, Azure DevOps, TestRail, Zephyr, Xray, Confluence, or comparable tools
Preferred: integrating automated tests with continuous-integration and continuous-delivery pipelines
Preferred: performance, security, accessibility, compatibility, or resilience testing
Preferred: Section 508 accessibility testing and assistive-technology validation
Preferred: Agile, DevSecOps, configuration-management, and secure software-development practices
Preferred: mentoring testers or providing technical testing leadership

Benefits

Comp & perks

Regular full-time employment
Active competitive government contract opportunity
Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer