QA Automation Test Engineer
Integral Federal2 days ago
Tysons, VA, USAMid Level / Senior
Base Salary
$120k - $130k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design, execute, and maintain automated unit, integration, API, regression, and end-to-end tests.
- Coordinate test coverage with developers and the QA Lead.
- Review AI-generated test cases and scripts for meaningful coverage, valid assertions, boundary cases, negative paths, representative synthetic data, and reproducible results.
- Support performance/load testing, Section 508 accessibility checks, and security-related validation with platform specialists.
- Validate workflows, interface contracts, data migration outputs, and defect fixes.
- Document test evidence and trace results to acceptance criteria.
- Publish defects, monitor CI test results, and contribute to UAT preparation, release readiness, and regression stability.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in an IT-related field and 3–6 years of experience; additional years of experience may substitute for the degree.
- Hands-on test automation experience for web applications and REST APIs, including regression frameworks and CI/CD integration.
- Proficiency writing or reviewing automated test scripts and validating expected outcomes against functional requirements.
- Ability to identify false positives, brittle tests, incomplete AI-generated tests, and the need for human-designed checks.
- Experience with defect management, test evidence, SQL/data checks, and Agile collaboration.
- Preferred experience with C#/.NET testing stacks, Playwright, xUnit or NUnit, Postman, k6 or JMeter, accessibility tools such as axe or WAVE, performance/load testing, VA Section 508, federal UAT/release environments, and EISS/VA/NCA workflows.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
- Flexible spending accounts.
- Short-term and long-term disability insurance.
- Life insurance.
- Paid time off and holidays.
- Paid parental leave.
- Immediate vesting in the 401(k).
- Earned bonuses and awards.
- Professional training reimbursement.
- Employee assistance program.
About Integral Federal
Integral Federal provides IT and mission support services to U.S. defense, intelligence, and civilian agencies, with offerings in cybersecurity, identity intelligence/biometrics, cloud, and systems engineering. Headquartered in McLean, Virginia and privately held, it operates on government contracts and task orders, including work supporting U.S. Army biometric systems and fielding activities.