Sr. Test Engineer

WHY JOIN US

At AAMVA, your testing protects systems that millions of people rely on every day - the driver licensing and motor vehicle records that help keep roads safer and identities secure. You'll work hand-on with a modern, automation-first toolset, including AI-assisted test engineering that takes the busywork out of test design, and you'll partner directly with the state and federal jurisdictions and partners implementing our systems.

It's a place to deepen your craft, see the real-world impact of your work, and grow toward technical leadership.

The Senior Test Engineer is an experienced member of the AAMVA Quality Assurance Department within the IT Division, responsible for designing and executing comprehensive, automation-first testing of AAMVA applications and the REST services and microservices that compose them, and for coordinating extensive testing efforts with state and federal jurisdictions and commercial/third-party data consumers on motor vehicle administration and driver licensing systems.

This senior-level role requires a proficient QA professional who works independently with external customers, delivers exceptional service to government agencies and partners, and serves as a trusted technical advisor and testing partner to both internal teams and the jurisdictions implementing AAMVA solutions. The role includes mentoring junior team members, promoting modern testing practices, and providing technical guidance on complex testing initiatives.

The IT Division develops and operates information systems for state and federal agencies conducting business related to motor vehicle and driver license administration. Our systems support critical government functions across multiple jurisdictions. We are modernizing toward a cloud-native, microservices architecture on Azure with REST interfaces across all internal and external integrations, and we are investing in automation-first, AI-assisted test engineering. Our in-house test platform abstracts much of the underlying infrastructure, so we value strong test-design judgment, data and integration testing depth, and learning agility over pre-existing mastery of any single platform technology.

• Design, implement, and maintain comprehensive test plans and automated tests for AAMVA applications and their underlying REST services and microservices.
• Conduct functional, integration, system, regression, and end-to-end testing in alignment with AAMVA's business and technical specifications.
• Build, maintain, and optimize automated test scripts across UI, API/REST, service, and data layers, and integrate them into CI/CD pipelines.
• Perform API and contract testing of RESTful services - request/response and schema validation, status codes, authentication/authorization, and conformance to contract specifications.
• Test microservices in isolation using service virtualization and mocking of dependent services and third-party interfaces; manage test data (create/modify/reset) so tests are atomic and repeatable.
• Validate data integrity and behavior across relational and No
  
  SQL data stores (Azure SQL, Cosmos DB), and across service-to-service and external integrations.
• Apply AI-assisted testing techniques to accelerate test design, debugging, and reporting, and evaluate AI/ML approaches to improve defect prediction and testing analytics.
• Document test results with thorough defect analysis, root-cause identification, and full traceability to business and technical requirements.
• Mentor junior team members on testing best practices, automation techniques, and quality assurance methodologies.

• Track and manage defects throughout their lifecycle, ensuring timely resolution and accurate documentation in established tracking systems (e.g. Jira, Azure Dev Ops).
• Analyze defect trends and test metrics, providing clear insights and status updates to Technical Leads and Managers.
• Determine whether a failure originates in the application, the test data, the mock/virtualized dependency, or an intervening platform layer, and drive issues to the right owner.
• Conduct root-cause analysis on critical defects and recommend actionable solutions to prevent recurrence.

• Provide expert-level customer service and lead testing sessions with state and federal jurisdictions and commercial/third-party consumers (e.g. DLDV, consumer-access, and CDLIS third-party customers) implementing new or enhanced applications.
• Serve as a trusted technical advisor, addressing complex testing scenarios and providing guidance on best practices.
• Conduct customer outreach including surveys, scheduling, consultations, and technical presentations, and support the onboarding of new jurisdictions and partners.
• Develop and nurture strong, lasting relationships with internal and external customers in a collaborative environment.

• Conduct meetings on testing…