QA Lead – Web Application Development

Responsibilities

• Define and lead the overall QA strategy for a complex, interactive web application
• Make decisions about testing frameworks, automation strategy, and quality gates within CI/CD pipelines
• Determine the appropriate balance of automated, exploratory, regression, integration, and performance testing
• Establish strong configuration management and release validation practices across services and environments
• Ensure quality across a microservices architecture deployed via Docker and Kubernetes
• Partner with engineering and UX teams to identify risk, improve testability, and prevent defects
• Lead defect triage, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement efforts
• Raise the organization’s quality standards and mentor junior QA engineers on the team
• Willingness to travel as needed, approximately 10% of the year.

• B.S. or equivalent in a technical degree with 8 years or more experience as software or data integration developer OR 6 years experience with MS degree
• Significant experience testing modern web applications with complex, interactive front ends
• Experience leading or shaping QA strategy, not just executing test cases
• Familiarity with microservices architectures and distributed systems, including testing of interfaces and API’s
• Experience validating containerized deployments (Docker) and Kubernetes-based environments
• Understanding of CI/CD pipelines and quality controls within Dev Sec Ops  workflows
• Strong grasp of configuration management and release integrity across environments
• Ability to collaborate effectively with engineers, UX designers, product owners, and government stakeholders
• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Security Clearance

• B.S. in technical degree
• M.S. in technical degree
• U.S. Security Clearance