Systems QA Engineer

Location:

Evendale, OH 45215.

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$85,000.00/yr - $95,000.00/yr

Ensure secure, reliable, and compliant delivery of mission‑critical systems through rigorous quality assurance across physical, virtual, and cloud environments supporting DoD programs. Validate that solutions meet requirements and end‑user expectations.

• Quality Engineering
• Lead test strategy, planning, and execution for integration, system, regression, and user acceptance testing (UAT); maintain traceability to requirements.
• Communicate both quantitative and qualitative findings from test results; inform the project team of defects and errors; lead defect triage to closure.
• Participate in testing efforts, including the design and execution of an overall test strategy; define and enforce entry/exit criteria.
• Environments and Tooling
  • Provide support for multiple development/non‑production environments spanning physical, virtual, cloud, and air‑gapped environments.
  • Work closely with Architects, Systems Engineers, and Systems Administrators to ensure environment readiness, test data availability, configuration control, and testability.
  • Operate within an ITIL framework, contributing to standardized processes (e.g., incident, change, and problem management) and documentation quality.
• Stakeholder Collaboration and UAT
  • Work with clients onsite to understand their technological needs and assist with their UAT processes; capture acceptance criteria and sign‑offs.
  • Establish strong relationships with key sponsors, stakeholders, and team members by building trust and rapport.
  • Strategic alignment with Program/Project Managers and stakeholders to define requirements; drive and govern common standards and guidelines.
• Process, Documentation, and Improvement
  • Develop and document IT processes and procedures; create SOPs; contribute to creation and maintenance of a process and documentation repository.
  • Conduct gap analysis, redesign business processes, develop roadmaps and proofs‑of‑concept to improve quality, security, and efficiency.
  • Stay updated with emerging trends and technologies in the IT industry and apply them to continuous improvement.

• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills; self‑starter able to work independently or in a team.
• Hands‑on experience participating in or leading QA activities such as test planning, execution, and defect management in systems/infrastructure or enterprise application contexts.
• US citizens and have (or be eligible to obtain) a DoD Secret security clearance, with investigation date within the last five years.
• Have (or be able to obtain) the CompTIA Security+ certification or the equivalent.
• On‑site position only (no remote or hybrid).

• Proven expertise across technical domains (e.g., scripting, network administration, software/hardware installation and configuration, and virtualization).
• Exceptional interpersonal skills, including teamwork, facilitation, and negotiation.
• Strong leadership skills and competency: able to influence others based on earned respect and experience.
• Quality Assurance mindset and practices.
• Ability to deal with ambiguity.
• Motivating others.
• Excellent analytical and technical skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience facilitating UAT and collaborating directly with end users and business stakeholders.
• Experience contributing to standards, governance, and documentation repositories.

This position offers a salary rate of $85,000-$95,000.

Benefits may include health care, dental, vision, life insurance; 401(k); education assistance; paid time off including PTO, holidays, and any other paid leave required by law.

Associate

Full‑time

Information Technology and Quality Assurance

IT Services and IT Consulting and Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing

Belcan is an equal opportunity employer. Your application and candidacy will not be considered based on race, color, sex, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.