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# QA Automation Engineer

- **Company:** Integral Consulting Services
- **Location:** Tysons, VA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Agile Methodology, JIRA, Automation of Tests, Code Coverage, Continuous Integration, Extract Transform Load (ETL), Relational Databases, Github, Oracle (Applications), Scrum Methodology, Systems Development Life Cycle, Selenium, SoapUI, SQL Databases, System Testing, Software Vulnerability Management, Performance Testing, Information Technology, Devsecops
- **Published:** August 20, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.disabledperson.com/jobs/74391518-qa-automation-engineer

## About the Role

* Bachelor's Degree in computer science or IT related degree with 6-10 years' experience
 * Experience covering functional, regression, performance, 508 accessibility, and security testing.
 * Experience supporting Agile/Scrum teams and contributing to CI/CD pipelines and DevSecOps automation.
 * Experience conducting pre and postrelease testing, synthetic monitoring, and load/performance testing.
 * Experience producing Release Quality Metrics Reports and contributing to independent testing (IV&V, ISQA
 * Familiarity with GitHub, Jira, CI/CD pipelines, and DevSecOps practices
 * Demonstrated performance with Oracle/SQL; relational/non-relational data; APIs; ETL/ELT; data models/dictionaries; migration architecture; reconciliation
 * Public Trust

Preferred:

 * Performance using Selenium, SOAPUI; Section 508 automation; CI/CD-integrated testing

## Description

The QA/Automation Engineer is responsible for building, maintaining, and executing automated testing capabilities that ensure the quality, reliability, accessibility, performance, and security for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Office of Information and Technology (OIT), Product Delivery Services (PDS), Benefits and Memorials (BAM), Memorial and Benefit Services (MBS) deliver secure, reliable, and effective Information Technology (IT) solutions that support the Department's mission., * Create and maintain automated testing frameworks, including functional, regression, performance, Section 508 accessibility, and security testing.

 * Use automated unit and system tests, test cases, and test plans to support TDD and security validation.
 * Ensure test coverage aligns with Agile requirements, integrations, and sprint deliverables.
 * Support Sprint testing activities and ensure traceability across requirements * configurable items * test cases * results
 * Support IV&V, ISQA, and independent quality validation.
 * Ensure compliance with Section 508, vulnerability remediation, and VA SDLC requirement.


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