Scrum Master​/QA Test Engineer

About Aretum

Aretum is a mission-driven organization committed to delivering innovative, technology-enabled solutions to customers across defense, civilian, and homeland security sectors. Our teams work at the intersection of strategy, technology, and transformation, helping agencies solve their most critical challenges. We believe in investing in our people and creating a culture where collaboration, inclusion, and professional growth are at the forefront.

Aretum is seeking a highly skilled and motivated Scrum Master/QA Test Engineer to support a large-scale federal technology modernization program. As a Scrum Master, you will facilitate all scrum ceremonies (stand‑ups, backlog refinement, planning, reviews) and manage/updating documentation. As a QA Test Engineer, you will validate application quality across functional testing, test automation, integration, accessibility, and performance testing. The role requires embedded participation in an Agile scrum team, executing manual and automated tests within sprint cycles, building and maintaining automation frameworks, evaluating UI code for WCAG 2.1 AA compliance, and conducting load and performance testing before major releases.

This hands‑on role demands facilitation, communication, and deep testing expertise.

Due to the nature of our work as a federal consulting organization, employees may be expected to handle Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) and must adhere to applicable safeguarding and compliance requirements.

Public Trust eligibility is required for this position.

• Organize, conduct, and schedule all Scrum ceremonies, including stand‑ups, sprint planning, reviews, and retrospectives.
• Train and coach team members on agile processes, methods, and tasks to ensure consistent understanding and application of agile practices.
• Maintain and groom the backlog, facilitating thorough and productive backlog grooming sessions.
• Manage agile/project artifacts, ensuring all project tracking and documentation are up‑to‑date and accurately reflect project status.
• Track progress toward project delivery goals and provide leadership with high‑level summaries and updates on project progress.
• Execute functional testing of web application features, validating stories against acceptance criteria and documenting defects with clear reproduction steps, severity classification, and expected versus actual behavior.
• Build, maintain, and expand automated regression test suites using Playwright, Cypress, and Selenium with Cucumber/Gherkin BDD patterns, integrated into Git Lab CI pipelines for continuous feedback.
• Create and maintain automated API test collections using Postman and Rest Assured to validate microservice endpoints, inter‑service contracts, and integration points with external systems.
• Create and maintain integration test cases and scenarios.
• Perform digital accessibility evaluations on coded solutions using automated tools (aXe, pa11y, WAVE, ANDI) and manual techniques (JAWS and NVDA) per WCAG 2.1 AA and Section 508 standards, following the DHS Trusted Tester conformance test process.
• Document accessibility findings with specific WCAG success criteria references and actionable remediation guidance that enables developers to resolve issues efficiently.
• Execute load and performance tests using Neo Load, JMeter, or equivalent tools to validate response times, throughput, and error rates against defined thresholds before production releases.
• Maintain test plans and test cases in Confluence linked to Jira stories, with test evidence documented for sprint reviews.
• Collaborate with developers to define clear acceptance criteria and test criteria during backlog refinement, ensuring stories are testable before development begins.
• Maintain CI‑integrated test suites at a 95% pass rate or above and resolve flaky tests promptly to keep automation a reliable quality gate.
• Support production triage when assigned, diagnosing issues and verifying fixes through the standard CI/CD pipeline.
• Contribute to test strategy improvements, automation framework enhancements, and knowledge sharing across the project team.