QA Test Engineer

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.  

Our benefits package includes medical, dental, and vision insurance, life and disability insurance, 401(k) plan with employer match, paid holidays, PTO (sick/vacation), commuter benefits, employee assistance program (EAP), and educational reimbursement, along with Pet Insurance.

Nationwide IT Services, Inc. provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all qualified applicants regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetics, disability, or protected veteran status.