Senior Quality Assurance Tester

Location: Tysons Corner, VA

Clearance Required: Active TS/SCI with CI Polygraph

Rapid Strategy is an award-winning, African-American-owned small business providing advanced cybersecurity, cloud engineering, and IT modernization services to federal and commercial clients. Our mission is to deliver secure, high-impact solutions that protect and enable mission success. We are currently seeking a Senior Quality Assurance Tester II to support a classified data and engineering initiative. This role provides critical QA support to ensure the accuracy, performance, and security of complex, data-driven systems operating within AWS IL6 environments. The ideal candidate will combine technical testing expertise, strong analytical capability, and a passion for validating mission-critical systems that directly support national objectives.

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct functional, regression, and integration testing across complex data-centric applications hosted in secure AWS IL6 environments.
• Develop and execute automated and manual test cases, scripts, and validation plans to ensure software quality and reliability.
• Prepare, manage, and validate large data sets, including generation of synthetic data or secure transformation of production data for testing.
• Collaborate with developers, data engineers, and cloud specialists to identify issues, validate performance, and ensure compliance with system requirements.
• Isolate, reproduce, and document software defects; coordinate with development teams to verify fixes and confirm issue resolution.
• Review and enhance testing frameworks to support scalability, repeatability, and compliance with mission requirements.
• Participate in agile development cycles and support CI/CD testing automation within DevSecOps environments.
• Contribute to quality metrics reporting and process improvement initiatives to ensure consistent delivery of secure, high-quality solutions.
  
  

Required Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI clearance with CI Polygraph.
• 7 years of experience in Information Technology with at least 5 years in software testing and quality assurance.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field; equivalent experience may be considered.
• Proven experience developing, executing, and maintaining testing plans and automated test scripts.
• Demonstrated success validating complex data workflows and ensuring end-to-end data integrity across distributed systems.
• Hands-on experience with AWS-based testing environments, including classified cloud deployments at IL6 .
• Strong understanding of defect management, root cause analysis, and performance validation.
• Experience with test management and automation tools such as Selenium, PyTest, or similar frameworks.
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with agile and DevSecOps methodologies supporting continuous testing and delivery.
• Experience applying STIGs and RMF control validation to testing frameworks.
• Knowledge of data validation tools, version control, and CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI).
• AWS or QA-related certifications (e.g., AWS Cloud Practitioner, ISTQB Certified Tester).
  
  

Why Rapid StrategyAt Rapid Strategy, we’re redefining what small businesses can achieve in the federal space. Our teams deliver mission-driven technology and cybersecurity solutions that protect, optimize, and transform how agencies operate. We build the frameworks that ensure quality, compliance, and performance in secure environments. If you’re passionate about testing systems that power national security, this is your opportunity to make an impact.