QA Analyst (CTG)
Black Canyon Consulting2 months ago
Responsibilities
- Develop and execute test strategies and test plans for complex, data-driven applications.
- Analyze requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria to identify gaps, risks, ambiguities, edge cases, and regression impacts.
- Execute and document functional, regression, integration, cross-browser, and cross-device testing.
- Validate REST API integrations and data flows between frontend and backend systems.
- Compare legacy and modern system behavior to ensure backward compatibility and functional parity.
- Track, document, and verify defect resolution.
- Collaborate with Product, Business Analysts, Engineers, UX, client stakeholders, and frontend and backend developers.
- Participate in Agile ceremonies and provide continuous quality feedback throughout development.
- Support release validation and readiness activities and assist with production and pre-production troubleshooting.
- Contribute to QA standards, tools, and best practices across the program.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
- At least 5 years of quality assurance experience with web-based or enterprise applications.
- Experience testing complex, data-driven systems and validating requirements early in the development lifecycle.
- Familiarity with Agile/Scrum methodologies.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, documentation, communication, collaboration, and attention-to-detail skills.
- Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance.
- Must reside in and be authorized to work in the United States, with all work performed within the United States.
- Federal government or large enterprise systems experience is preferred.
- Experience with legacy parity, backward compatibility, REST APIs, backend services, or healthcare, life sciences, or regulated environments is preferred.
- Experience with test automation tools such as Playwright, Cypress, Selenium, or similar is preferred.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
- 401(k) plan with employer contribution.
- Paid holidays and vacation.
- Tuition reimbursement.
- Local candidates are strongly preferred, and all work must be performed within the United States.
About Black Canyon Consulting
Black Canyon Consulting is a privately held, woman-owned IT and program management services firm that delivers contract support to U.S. federal research and health agencies. The company provides systems engineering, custom software, bioinformatics, and project management through government contracts and IDIQ vehicles; it was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Fairfax, Virginia. Recent roles support the National Center for Biotechnology Information at the NIH/NLM.