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Senior Quality Assurance Automation Engineer

System One
Mc Lean, VA Contractor
POSTED ON 6/24/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 9/20/2026
Job Title: Senior Quality Assurance Automation Engineer
Remote – offsite
Security Clearance: U.S. citizenship or Green Card status is required, along with the ability to obtain a public trust clearance

Responsibilities
  • Lead the planning, design, and execution of quality assurance activities across the software development lifecycle to ensure product software and supporting infrastructure meet quality, reliability, and release-readiness standards
  • Develop and oversee test strategies, test plans, test cases, test data, and automated testing frameworks, while guiding QA team members in test execution, defect identification, and resolution tracking
  • Manage defect reporting, prioritization, root cause analysis, and quality metrics to support informed release decisions and continuous improvement
  • Drive the expansion of test automation and integration of automated tests into CI/CD pipeline tools, while maintaining clear test documentation, promoting QA best practices, and coordinating with development, product, and operations teams to improve overall delivery quality
  • Design and implement UI automation using tools such as Playwright, ensuring automated test coverage is reliable, maintainable, and aligned with release objectives
  • Conduct peer reviews of test automation code to promote quality, consistency, and adherence to engineering best practices
  • Communicate test execution results, defects, risks, and recommendations to stakeholders during each release cycle
Requirements
  • U.S. citizenship or Green Card status is required, along with the ability to obtain a public trust clearance
  • Minimum of four (6) years of experience in quality assurance, software testing, or application development for enterprise systems
  • At least two (2) years of experience providing quality assurance and testing support for AWS-based workloads
  • Bachelor’s degree or four (4) additional years of relevant experience in lieu of a degree
  • Demonstrated experience performing manual and automated testing, including defect documentation, issue reproduction, regression testing, and validation
  • Strong experience developing test automation using Playwright with JavaScript or TypeScript, along with API testing, performance testing, Swagger, and Postman
  • Experience designing, maintaining, and integrating CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions with AWS services such as Systems Manager and PostgreSQL
  • Proficiency testing applications and workloads built with AWS services and technologies, including Vue.js, Python, Django, and Amazon S3
  • Ability to work effectively in a remote environment while collaborating with, mentoring, and supporting team members to resolve complex technical issues
  • Experience working in Agile delivery environments, including planning, testing, and supporting iterative software releases
  • Ability to test and validate workloads against AWS Well-Architected Framework principles and related quality standards


System One, and its subsidiaries including Joulé and Mountain Ltd., are leaders in delivering outsourced services and workforce solutions across North America. We help clients get work done more efficiently and economically, without compromising quality. System One not only serves as a valued partner for our clients, but we offer eligible employees health and welfare benefits coverage options including medical, dental, vision, spending accounts, life insurance, voluntary plans, as well as participation in a 401(k) plan.

System One is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, family care or medical leave status, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.
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