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# QA/Test Automation Engineer

- **Company:** Blu Omega
- **Location:** Quantico, VA, United States
- **Salary:** $90,000.0 - $120,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Testing (Software), Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Agile Methodology, Agile Testing, Amazon Web Services, JIRA, Audit Trail, Automation of Tests, Microsoft Azure, Cloud Computing, Code Coverage, Software Documentation, Cyber Security, Continuous Integration, Data Cleansing, Data Integrity, Data Sharing, Apache JMeter, Selenium, Systems Integration, Test Management, Enterprise Software Applications, Postman, Cypress (Programming Language), Gitlab, Data Analytics, Devsecops, Jenkins, Vulnerability Analysis
- **Published:** July 12, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=21797f452f711e01

## About the Role

* Active Top Secret clearance
 * U.S. citizenship
 * Journeyman-level experience in software testing, QA engineering, test automation, or quality engineering
 * Experience creating and maintaining automated tests for enterprise applications, APIs, integrations, or data-driven systems
 * Experience with functional, regression, integration, smoke, and defect retest activities
 * Familiarity with Agile, DevSecOps, CI/CD, test management, and defect tracking practices
 * Ability to isolate defects across application, data, and environment layers
 * Strong written communication skills for test documentation and reports, * Experience supporting secure mission platforms involving case management, personnel or facility vetting, or workflow automation
 * Experience with tools such as Selenium, Cypress, Postman, JMeter, Jira, Azure DevOps, GitLab, Jenkins
 * Knowledge of RMF, ATO, STIG validation, vulnerability testing, and federal compliance requirements
 * Certifications such as Security+ CE, CTFL, AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner, AWS Developer Associate, or Agile testing credentials

## Description

* Develop and execute manual and automated tests for mission application functions, workflows, APIs, integrations, reports, and data exchanges.
 * Build and maintain automated regression, smoke, integration, API, and release validation test suites.
 * Analyze requirements, user stories, and technical designs to define test coverage.
 * Validate workflow behavior, case processing logic, reporting outputs, notification paths, user permissions, audit events, and exception handling.
 * Test cloud-hosted applications and services, preferably in AWS environments.
 * Identify, document, triage, retest, and track defects in coordination with development and security teams.
 * Support test planning, data preparation, deployment validation, post-release verification, and production issue analysis.
 * Maintain traceability between requirements, test cases, defects, release scope, and quality outcomes.
 * Support compliance testing including access control, audit logging, vulnerability validation, Section 508, data integrity, and security-sensitive functionality., We partner with government agencies and large integrators to provide expertise in cybersecurity operations, cloud and infrastructure modernization, data and analytics, and enterprise IT support. Our teams are experienced operating within federal contracting environments, supporting task orders, recompetes, and programs requiring cleared personnel and compliant delivery.


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