Mid-Level Quality Assurance Specialist (Cybersecurity)

Location: Alexandria, VA, United States

Salary: $95,000–$120,000 USD per year

Company

hirify.global is a mission-driven IT services company and systems integrator supporting digital transformation and modernization for federal government agencies.

What you will do

• Develop and maintain the Quality Management Plan across three Agile teams and five program objectives.
• Define acceptance criteria and validate deliverables against federal quality standards and CPARS evaluation dimensions.
• Test Wiz Federal DSPM configurations, GitLab CI/CD security gates, AWS reporting outputs, and ServiceNow remediation workflows.
• Validate Kubernetes admission controls, runtime scanning thresholds, security findings, SLA timers, exception workflows, and queue routing.
• Review technical documentation for accuracy, completeness, formatting consistency, and content-taxonomy alignment.
• Track defects and corrective actions, escalate quality risks, and integrate QA into sprint reviews and retrospectives.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree with 5 years of relevant experience, or a Master’s degree with 3 years of relevant experience in QA, software engineering, IT, or a related field.
• Experience developing quality management plans and QA/QC methodologies for complex federal IT programs.
• Experience testing CI/CD security gates, cloud configurations, or ITSM workflow logic in a structured test environment.
• Ability to validate metrics and reporting outputs using AWS CloudWatch, AWS S3-backed reports, or SIEM telemetry.
• Proficiency with structured test case management, API testing tools such as Postman, basic Python or SQL scripting, and GitLab issues or boards.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills for documenting findings, defects, and corrective actions.

Nice to have

• Experience with federal cybersecurity, DSPM, data governance, or DevSecOps programs.
• Familiarity with Wiz, GitLab, ServiceNow, Netskope, Kubernetes security, or multi-cloud security tools.
• Knowledge of ATDD, BDD, definition-of-done checklists, automated test frameworks, or CI-integrated GitLab test stages.
• CSTE, ISTQB, ASQ Certified Quality Engineer, or AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner certification.
• Experience validating Okta SSO/MFA role-based access behavior.

Culture & Benefits

• Mission-driven work supporting federal agencies and public-sector outcomes.
• Employee-first environment built around trust, ownership, innovation, and accountability.
• Opportunities to grow skills, contribute ideas, and support meaningful modernization programs.
• Equal employment opportunity and accessibility support throughout the application process.
• Veteran and disability self-identification support in accordance with federal contractor requirements.