Engagement Type
Contract
Short Description
The Department of
Education is seeking a senior QA Tester. This position will do QA
testing on applications that support a variety of systems.
Complete Description
Position
Overview
The Department
of Education is seeking a Senior QA Tester to support ongoing
enhancements to applications used for monitoring and administering Individuals
with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) grants, including Parts B and C. Current
project initiatives include the addition of two AEA funding streams, a fiscal
monitoring tool, and three stand-alone form upload processes supporting budget
and claims workflows.
This role will
be responsible for both manual and automated testing, with a primary
emphasis on manual testing and automation where appropriate. The ideal
candidate will have experience developing and executing test plans, validating
business and technical requirements, performing API and database testing, and
supporting defect triage activities throughout the software development
lifecycle.
The Senior QA
Tester will collaborate closely with business analysts, developers, and
business stakeholders to ensure solutions meet functional, usability,
accessibility, and quality standards.
Key
Responsibilities
- Perform a variety of software testing activities
including:
- Functional Testing
- Regression Testing
- User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
- Usability Testing
- Accessibility Testing
- Develop, execute, and maintain manual test cases,
test scripts, and test plans.
- Utilize testing tools to support and expand
automated testing efforts where practical.
- Review business requirements and technical
documentation to ensure comprehensive test coverage.
- Collaborate with Business Analysts to clarify
requirements and develop test scenarios, including limited requirements
gathering activities necessary for test planning.
- Perform API testing and database validation to
ensure data accuracy and system integrity.
- Execute SQL queries to validate application
functionality and data processing.
- Document testing results, defects, and
recommendations.
- Participate in defect triage activities,
troubleshooting, and production support efforts as issues arise.
- Work closely with development teams to ensure changes
are successfully migrated into production environments.
- Support projects ranging from small enhancements to
large-scale application initiatives.
- Assist with maintaining user and system documentation
as business processes evolve.
- Participate in business process improvement and
validation activities.
Required
Qualifications
- 5+ years of Quality Assurance and Software Testing
experience.
- Strong experience with manual testing
methodologies and best practices.
- Certified in accessibility (e.g., CPACC, WAS, or equivalent) with a thorough, deep understanding of accessibility principles and WCAG 2.2 AA standards, not just surface-level familiarity.
- Experience creating and maintaining automated test
scripts.
- High-level proficiency with:
- SQL queries and database validation
- API testing and web service
validation
- Experience developing test plans, test cases, and
test documentation from business requirements.
- Ability to analyze requirements and translate them
into comprehensive testing strategies.
- Experience tracking and managing defects through the
software development lifecycle.
- Certification in Accessibility Testing.
- Knowledge of Section 508 Accessibility Standards.
- Experience testing applications for government
accessibility compliance.
- Familiarity with accessibility testing tools and
methodologies.
- Experience validating WCAG and Section 508 compliance
requirements
- Excellent troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills.
- Ability to work effectively with business
stakeholders, developers, project managers, and other IT teams.
- Experience working in Agile or similar collaborative
development environments.
Preferred
Qualifications
- Experience supporting government applications or
public-sector technology environments.
- Experience testing compliance-driven or grant
management systems.
Required/Desired Skills
| Skill | Required/Desired | Amount | of Experience |
| 5+ years of Quality Assurance and Software Testing experience. | Required | 5.0 | Years |
| Certified in accessibility (e.g., CPACC, WAS, or equivalent) with a thorough, deep understanding of accessibility principles and WCAG 2.2 AA standards | Required | | |
| not just surface-level familiarity. - Upload CERT in reference - Don't submit candidate if you don't have them. | Required | | |
| Strong experience with manual testing methodologies and best practices. | Required | 5.0 | Years |
| Experience creating and maintaining automated test scripts. | Required | 5.0 | Years |
| High-level proficiency with: | Required | 5.0 | Years |
| o SQL queries and database validation | Required | 5.0 | Years |
| o API testing and web service validation | Required | 5.0 | Years |
| Experience developing test plans, test cases, and test documentation from business requirements. | Required | 5.0 | Years |
| Ability to analyze requirements and translate them into comprehensive testing strategies. | Required | 5.0 | Years |
| Experience tracking and managing defects through the software development lifecycle. | Required | 5.0 | Years |
| Certification in Accessibility Testing. | Required | 5.0 | Years |
| Experience with Section 508 Accessibility Standards. | Required | 5.0 | Years |
| Experience testing applications for government accessibility compliance. | Required | 5.0 | Years |
| Experience with accessibility testing tools and methodologies. | Required | 5.0 | Years |
| Experience validating WCAG and Section 508 compliance requirements | Required | 5.0 | Years |
| Excellent troubleshooting and problem-solving skills. | Required | 5.0 | Years |
| Strong verbal and written communication skills. | Required | 5.0 | Years |
| Ability to work effectively with business stakeholders, developers, project managers, and other IT teams. | Required | 5.0 | Years |
| Experience working in Agile or similar collaborative development environments. | Required | 5.0 | Years |
| Experience supporting government applications or public-sector technology environments. | Highly desired | 5.0 | Years |
| Experience testing compliance-driven or grant management systems. | Highly desired | 5.0 | Years |
