Quality Assurance Specialist

This position may be filled prior to the posted deadline. Interested candidates are encouraged to apply as soon as possible.

Koniag IT Systems, LLC a Koniag Government Services company, is seeking a Quality Assurance Specialist to support KITS and our government customer in Baton Rouge, LA. This position requires the candidate to be able to obtain a Public Trust.

• medical, dental, and vision insurance
• 401(k) retirement plan
• paid time off
• paid parental leave
• life and disability insurance
• flexible spending accounts
• commuter benefits
• tuition reimbursement

Koniag IT Systems, LLC a Koniag Government Services company, is seeking a Quality Assurance Specialist to join our development team supporting mission-critical applications. The ideal candidate is a technically skilled QA professional with a strong development background who thrives in collaborative environments and is passionate about delivering scalable, secure, and high-performance web applications. This role requires strong technical leadership, expertise in modern testing frameworks and methodologies, and the ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams in an Agile environment.

This candidate will be responsible for QA and for driving the deployment process for regular releases.

The Quality Assurance specialist will design, develop, and maintain comprehensive test strategies and automated testing frameworks while collaborating with government stakeholders, development teams, and project management to deliver high-quality solutions. Drawing on a strong development background, this individual will bridge the gap between development and quality assurance to ensure applications meet the highest standards of performance, security, and reliability.

• Lead the design, development, and execution of comprehensive test plans, test cases, and test scripts across the full technology stack
• Develop, implement, and maintain automated testing frameworks and test suites for both front-end (React/Type Script) and back-end (.NET/C#) applications
• Perform functional, regression, integration, performance, and security testing across multiple environments
• Leverage development background to perform code reviews with a quality-focused perspective, identifying potential defects, vulnerabilities, and maintainability concerns
• Participate actively in Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, daily standups, retrospectives, and backlog refinement to ensure quality is built into every stage of the development lifecycle
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including Government stakeholders, QA, Development, Project Management, and Support to meet release and delivery requirements
• Coordinate release cycles across multiple environments, ensuring smooth deployments and minimal disruption through rigorous quality gates
• Maintain comprehensive test documentation including test plans, test cases, defect reports, and quality metrics
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives by identifying opportunities for test automation, process optimization, and enhanced quality practices
• Evaluate and ensure application quality against clean architecture principles, SOLID design patterns, and distributed system best practices
• Work with cloud platforms and containerized applications to design and execute environment-specific test strategies
• Contribute to and validate CI/CD pipeline implementations, ensuring automated testing is fully integrated into deployment workflows
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to QA team members and promote a culture of quality across the development organization
• Define and track quality metrics, KPIs, and reporting to communicate quality status to stakeholders at all levels

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