Role & seniority: QA Test Engineer (2+ years experience; Intermediate level)

Stack/tools: Web/UI automation (Playwright, Selenium, Cypress); API automation (Postman/Newman, RestAssured, Karate); manual testing across UI, backend, integrations; REST/SOAP API validation; CI/CD integration; RTM/traceability; test planning, risk-based testing, reporting

Top 3 responsibilities

Translate requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria into comprehensive test plans, cases, and risk-based strategies
Design, implement, and maintain automated regression suites (UI and API); integrate tests into CI/CD with monitoring and flakiness reduction
Execute manual tests across multi-environment setups; ensure traceability (requirements → test cases → defects → verification) and produce test documentation (plans, reports, runbooks, release notes inputs)

Must-have skills

Active Secret clearance (preferred) or ability to obtain
2+ years in software QA for enterprise apps
Experience testing web applications and APIs (REST/SOAP)
Hands-on automation with UI and API frameworks (Playwright/Selenium/Cypress; Postman/Newman/RestAssured/Karate)
Strong QA methodologies, test design, defect lifecycle, and traceability

Nice-to-haves

Bachelor’s degree in CS or Information Systems
Accessibility, performance, and security validation experience
Experience integrating tests with DevSecOps and release pipelines
Location & work type: Hybrid; commutabl

Full Description

QA Test Engineer Active Secret Preferred Hybrid-within commutable distance to Northern VA/DCA

Nationwide IT Services, NIS, is seeking a QA Test Engineer for the following potential opportunity

Analyze requirements, user stories, ICDs, and acceptance criteria; translate them into comprehensive test plans and test cases.
Define test strategies covering functional, regression, integration, end-to-end, performance, accessibility (as required), and security validation support.
Develop test estimates, schedules, entry/exit criteria, and risk-based test approaches aligned to release milestones.
Maintain traceability from requirements to test cases to defects to final verification (RTM/trace matrices).
Execute manual tests across UI, backend services, and integrations in multiple environments (dev/test/stage/prod-like).
Validate API behavior (REST/SOAP as applicable) including authentication, authorization, input validation, error handling, and contract compliance.
Design and implement automated regression suites for UI and API layers using program-approved frameworks (e.g., Selenium/Playwright/Cypress for UI; Postman/Newman/RestAssured for APIs).

Build maintainable automation: reusable components, page objects, test data management, tagging, and reporting. Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines (smoke tests, gated builds, nightly runs) in partnership with DevSecOps. Monitor automation outcomes; triage failures, reduce flakiness, and continuously improve coverage.

Produce and maintain test documentation: test plans, procedures, test reports, RTM, automation runbooks, and release notes inputs.

Primary Objectives: Assist in the Discovery Phase activities of gathering user requirements, business analysis, legacy system analysis, Epic/Story creation, external data integration planning, and product backlog management.

Preferred Qualifications

Active Secret Clearance Preferred
Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or Information Systems
2+ years (or program-equivalent) experience in software testing/QA for enterprise applications.
Strong knowledge of QA methodologies, test design techniques, and defect lifecycle management.
Hands-on experience executing tests for web applications and APIs.

Test automation experience with one or more

UI: Playwright, Selenium, Cypress

API: Postman/Newman, RestAssured, Karate

About Nationwide IT Services NIS is an IT and Management consulting company that is a CVE-verified Service-Disabled Veteran- Owned Small Business. Our mission is to deliver value-added services to our customers, leveraging technology, people, and industry best practices to implement innovative solutions through our trusted employees and team members.