Test Engineer (QA Automation)

Location: Washington, DC, USA, with work-from-home flexibility and on-site support in the Bethesda, Maryland area as directed.

Salary: $112,000–$137,000 per year.

Company

hirify.global delivers technology, data, and domain capabilities to government agencies, including federal health agencies.

What you will do

• Develop test plans, scenarios, cases, and data based on approved requirements and acceptance criteria.
• Build and maintain automated regression and integration tests, while executing functional, interface, negative-path, and exploratory testing.
• Validate APIs, database effects, integrations, performance, accessibility, and release readiness; document reproducible defects and supporting evidence.
• Integrate tests into CI/CD workflows and track coverage, failures, traceability, readiness risks, and escaped defects.
• Prepare test summaries, release recommendations, technical documentation, and knowledge-transfer materials.
• Coordinate with program leadership, Government stakeholders, engineers, and contractor teams; report blockers and dependencies.

Requirements

• At least 5 years of experience testing enterprise applications and documenting clear, reproducible defects.
• Hands-on experience designing and maintaining automated tests and conducting manual exploratory testing.
• Ability to derive test cases and data from requirements, interfaces, and business rules.
• Experience validating APIs, database effects, and application integration behavior.
• Familiarity with performance testing, accessibility testing, secure test-data handling, source control, CI/CD test execution, and requirements-to-test traceability.
• Ability to document work clearly, protect sensitive program information, and collaborate across Government and contractor teams.
• Ability to meet federal suitability and access requirements and provide on-site support in the Bethesda, Maryland area as directed.
• Must hold or be eligible for a Public Trust Moderate (Tier 2) background investigation and meet federal suitability, badging, and system-access requirements.
• Clear verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to explain findings, document decisions and procedures, and communicate risks and recommended actions.

Nice to have

• Experience with Selenium, Cucumber, JMeter, and Jira/Zephyr as applicable to assigned systems.
• Federal Section 508 testing and evidence-preparation experience.
• Experience building regression coverage and validating AI-assisted test generation.
• Experience supporting a federal IT services environment, preferably a federal health agency or comparable environment.
• Experience transferring knowledge from an incumbent team and maintaining reliable services during transition.
• Degree or relevant coursework in computer science, information systems, engineering, or a related discipline.
• Relevant software testing, test automation, or accessibility credentials.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time role with work-from-home flexibility.
• Mainly a routine office environment with possible on-site support in Bethesda and travel to Washington, DC.
• Flexible availability for extended working hours.
• May require lifting up to 10 pounds.
• Pre-employment screening is required.