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# Sr. Quality Assurance Tester I (6881)

- **Company:** METROSTAR, INC.
- **Location:** Vienna, VA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $130,000.0 - $150,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Automation of Tests, Big Data, Data Files, Data Integrity, Data Systems, Operational Databases, Cloud Services, Test Scripts
- **Published:** October 21, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.techcareers.com/job.asp?id=3462154265&tx=KJ4949FFL&pt=1&aff=0B19D771-A501-4A5E-8338-2A822B784D54&utm_source=Job%20Feed&utm_medium=textkernel&utm_campaign=DE&utm_term=0B19D771-A501-4A5E-8338-2A822B784D54

## About the Role

* Bachelor's degree ideally in an IT field or equivalent experience
 * Active TS/SCI + CI Poly
 * 5+ years' experience evaluating and executing testing procedures to ensure that software meets established quality standards
 * 5+ years' experience developing and writing testing scripts, plans, and test automation to ensure that software functions as expected
 * 7+ years' experience in IT
 * Strong experience preparing complex data sets to test logic, error handling and system workflows, including experience generating synthetic data sets or obfuscating production data sets for use in testing.
 * Strong experience isolating, reproducing, and tracking defects and verifying fixes
 * Extensive experience testing applications leveraging cloud services and deployed to classified AWS cloud environments at IL6SALARY RANGE: $130,000.00 - $150,000.00

The salary range for this position is determined based on qualifications, skills, and relevant experience. The final salary offered will be determined based on several factors including:

 * The candidate's professional background and relevant work experience
 * The specific responsibilities of the role and organizational needs
 * Internal equity and alignment with current team compensation

## Description

This role provides critical QA support to a mission-focused engineering and data initiative. The ideal candidate will collaborate with developers, analysts, and cloud engineers to ensure the accuracy, security, and performance of complex data systems. You will help validate data integrity, troubleshoot system workflows, and verify that solutions meet rigorous quality standards in a classified AWS environment.