Software Tester​/QA Automation Engineer

Position: Software Tester / QA Automation Engineer
We are a federal it company on a mission to make customer experience (cx) the center of every government solution. Technology is our passion. People are our purpose. We know tech, but we love people. Nuaxis is home to thinkers and feelers; engineers and artists. We work hard and support each other along the way. Teamwork is more than just a buzzword for us, it’s a state of mind.

We believe happy employees do amazing work, so join our team now! We are currently seeking a talented and motivated software tester / qa automation engineer for a full-time position. Job summary we are seeking a software tester / qa automation engineer to own functional, integration, regression, accessibility, api, and performance validation for the modernized application. This role is expected to build and maintain a robust automated testing capability, with cypress as a core browser/end-to-end automation framework, and integrate automated quality gates into ci/cd pipelines.

Education bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, or a related field, or equivalent qa/testing professional experience. Required experience & qualifications
· 4+ years of software qa/testing experience across web applications, rest apis, data integration, and multi-tier enterprise systems.
· hands-on experience designing, developing, and maintaining automated test frameworks and reusable test suites.
· strong hands-on cypress experience for ui, end-to-end, regression, and integration testing of modern web applications; java script/typescript test scripting experience required.
· experience with api automation/testing tools or libraries such as cypress api testing, postman/newman, rest assured, or equivalent.
· experience integrating automated tests into ci/cd pipelines and enforcing pass/fail quality gates for builds and releases.
· experience validating oracle-backed applications, data integrity, service integration, and authentication mechanisms such as saml/oauth2/oidc.
· dhs trusted tester certification or equivalent demonstrated section 508/wcag 2.1 aa testing competency required.
· experience with performance/load testing tools such as jmeter, locust, k6, or equivalent.
· familiarity with fisma/nist-informed testing evidence, secure sdlc controls, and compliance-oriented documentation. Key responsibilities
· develop the overall test approach and maintain traceability from requirements and acceptance criteria to test cases, automated tests, defects, and release evidence.
· design, implement, and maintain cypress automation covering critical user journeys, functional regression, negative scenarios, cross-browser behavior, and integration workflows.
· create reusable test utilities, fixtures, data-management patterns, page/component abstractions, mocks/stubs where appropriate, and stable selector strategies to reduce flaky tests.
· automate rest api validation and combine api- and ui-level testing to provide efficient end-to-end coverage.
· integrate cypress and other automated suites into ci/cd pipelines; configure repeatable execution, reports, artifacts/screenshots/videos where supported, and build/release quality gates.
· execute functional, system, integration, regression, smoke, exploratory, and release-readiness testing across ui, middleware, oracle data, and external interfaces.
· validate authentication, authorization, session behavior, error handling, data integrity, and workflow orchestration across application tiers.
· perform section 508/wcag accessibility testing using dhs trusted tester methodology and appropriate automated/manual accessibility tools; document evidence and remediation findings.
· design and execute performance/load tests for medium and major features against defined slas and nonfunctional requirements; analyze response time, throughput, latency, errors, and resource behavior.
· manage defects through triage, severity/priority assignment, reproduction evidence, retesting, regression analysis, and closure; identify recurring defect patterns and quality risks.
· maintain test data and environment dependencies in coordination with developers, dba, security, and operations staff.
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