Manual Test Engineer – Hybrid in Bossier , LA

Manual Test Engineer

Transform technology into opportunity as a Manual Test Engineer pe what’s next for mission‑critical government projects while shaping what’s next for your engineering career.

The Case Management Modernization (CMM) Program is an initiative to support the Administrative Office of the US Courts develop a modern cloud‑based solution to support all federal courts across the United States which are grouped into three types, namely Appellate, District, and Bankruptcy. This modernized case management system will eventually replace the current Case Management and Electronic Case Filing (CM/ECF) system.

Skills:

Manual QA Testing, Testing, Testing Methodology

Certifications:

None

Experience:

5 + years of related experience
US Citizenship

Required:

No

The Manual Test Engineer supports the CMM Program by performing manual test design, execution, and validation of system functionality, integration, and user experience. This role works closely with developers, quality analysts, and automation testers to verify that application components developed meet functional requirements and compliance standards. The Manual Test Engineer ensures test accuracy, documentation quality, and traceability for all system releases in alignment with Agile and SAFe delivery models.

As a Manual Test Engineer, the work you’ll do at GDIT will be impactful to the mission of the Administrative Office (AO) of the US Courts. You will play a crucial role in the following areas:

• Develop detailed manual test cases from user stories, acceptance criteria, and design specifications.
• Execute functional, regression, and end‑to‑end testing for web and cloud‑based CMM applications.
• Validate user interface (UI), workflow, and data integrity across integrated modules.
• Identify, document, and prioritize defects using Jira, Azure Dev Ops, or equivalent tools.
• Log bugs clearly and accurately, collaborating with developers to resolve issues.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies (daily standups, sprint reviews, retrospectives) to ensure quality integration at each stage of delivery.
• Analyze functional documents to ensure test coverage aligns with business needs.
• Verify Section 508 accessibility compliance and assist in validating FedRAMP or NIST control adherence.
• Support the QA & Compliance Lead in test documentation, metrics tracking, and readiness reporting.
• Perform smoke and sanity testing during deployment cycles to confirm release readiness.
• Collaborate with Automation and Performance Testers to align manual validation coverage with automated regression scope.
• Assist in user acceptance testing and verify software readiness before deployment.
• Maintain comprehensive test evidence and contribute to audit readiness documentation.

Bring your engineering expertise along with a drive for innovation to GDIT. The Manual Test Engineer must have:

• Strong experience developing automated test scripts on React
  
  JS and NodeJS, with Selenium, Playwright, jest, mocha, chai, et al.

• Proven expertise in designing and executing manual test cases in Agile or SAFe environments.

• Experience defining Test strategies for Cloud based ‘green field’ application development initiatives.

• Working knowledge of test management tools such as Jira, Test Rail, or Zephyr.

• Ability to validate front‑end (React) and API (NodeJS) functionality in distributed environments.

• Strong attention to detail and ability to detect edge‑case issues.

• Familiarity with browser developer tools for debugging and UI inspection.

• Strong communication skills for test reporting and defect documentation.

• Experience working in federal software modernization or cloud‑native environments.

• Experienced in testing containerized applications utilizing docker, k8s, Open Shift etc.

• Understanding of API testing concepts (Postman, Ready
  
  API).

• Exposure to test automation frameworks and scripting logic (Selenium, Playwright).

• Managing and executing tests using NUnit and TestNG

• Knowledge of performance testing and load validation processes.

• Familiarity with FedRAMP, NIST,…