Overview
DecisionPoint seeks a QA/Test Engineer (CMS) to support the design, testing, and validation of an enterprise Case Management System (CMS) serving Department of Defense mission stakeholders. The QA/Test Engineer ensures traceability from requirements through test execution and deployment validation, maintaining system quality, compliance, and user acceptance across Agile development cycles.
The ideal candidate will bring expertise in automated testing, traceability, and validation across multiple environments (IL2–IL5), with a focus on secure, high-availability applications.
This position is fully remote.
Duties & Responsibilities
The QA/Test Engineer (CMS) will:
- Develop and execute test plans, test cases, and validation scripts ensuring full traceability from requirements through deployment.
- Maintain traceability matrices linking user stories, functional requirements, and test results to ensure compliance and coverage.
- Implement automated test frameworks (e.g., Selenium, PyTest, JUnit) supporting regression, integration, and performance testing in Agile pipelines.
- Collaborate with developers and analysts to define acceptance criteria and establish reusable test scenarios within CI/CD environments.
- Support continuous integration and automated validation in AWS GovCloud through pipeline tools such as Jenkins, GitLab CI, or AWS CodePipeline.
- Execute functional, regression, smoke, and UAT testing across multiple enclaves (IL2–IL5).
- Validate data integrity, access controls, and security compliance across environments during release validation.
- Record, track, and report defects and test results using defect management tools such as Jira or Azure DevOps.
- Collaborate with configuration management and development teams to ensure synchronized release readiness.
- Provide deployment validation testing support and confirm successful system implementation post-release.
- Contribute to process improvements through continuous service improvement (CSI) feedback loops and test automation refinements.
Qualifications
Clearance Requirement:
- Must hold an active Secret clearance.
Education:
- Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or related field.
Experience:
- Minimum 5 years of experience in software testing, QA automation, or system validation for enterprise or defense systems.
- Experience supporting Agile software development and CI/CD pipelines.
- Familiarity with requirements management, traceability, and test automation frameworks.
Technical Knowledge:
- Hands-on experience with test automation tools (Selenium, Postman, Robot Framework, or equivalent).
- Knowledge of requirements traceability tools and defect management platforms (e.g., Jira, TestRail).
- Experience executing tests in AWS GovCloud or similar secure environments.
- Familiarity with DISA STIGs, RMF validation, and cybersecurity compliance testing.
- Strong understanding of RESTful APIs, data validation, and database query testing (SQL).
Certifications (Preferred):
- Certified Software Tester (CSTE) or ISTQB Foundation Level.
- CompTIA Security+ CE or DoD 8570-compliant certification.
- AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner or equivalent.
Skills:
- Excellent analytical, documentation, and organizational skills.
- Strong collaboration with developers, PMO, and cybersecurity teams.
- Ability to translate business requirements into executable test scripts.
Our Equal Employment Opportunity Policy
- EEO and Affirmative Action Policy: DecisionPoint Corporation is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. It is the policy of DecisionPoint Corporation to provide equal employment opportunity in accordance with all applicable Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action laws, directives and regulations to all employees and qualified applicants without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other protected status under Federal, State or Local laws.
- Pay Transparency Policy: In accordance with Presidential Executive Order 13665, DecisionPoint Corporation will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information.
- Authorization to Share Resume and Personal Information: By expressing your interest and submitting your resume for this position, you authorize DecisionPoint Corporation to share your resume, as well as personal information included on the resume, with its subsidiaries, affiliates and teaming partners for the purpose of considering you for this position and other available positions requiring comparable skills, education and experience. Should DecisionPoint Corporation. or its affiliates and teaming partners wish to initiate pre-employment discussions, you will be asked to complete an employment application and related employment documents.
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