Senior Software Tester / QA Engineer leads quality assurance for mission-critical software across the full development lifecycle in a regulated federal IT environment. This role develops comprehensive test strategies, plans, and traceability, and validates both functional and non-functional requirements across integrated environments. The engineer designs and maintains automation frameworks spanning UI, API, services, databases, and integrated applications to broaden coverage and accelerate feedback. Responsibilities include planning and executing functional, regression, integration, system, performance, security, and end-to-end testing to confirm software quality and deployment readiness. You will manage test environments, dependencies, and test data, coordinating with delivery teams to ensure stable, representative conditions and validated release readiness. You will document, triage, and track defects through root-cause analysis and confirmation testing, driving timely resolution and preventing recurrence. You will integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines and enforce quality gates, providing clear reporting on results, coverage, and pipeline health. You will analyze quality metrics and release risk to stakeholders to support informed go/no-go decisions, and participate in requirements and design reviews to improve testability and overall product quality.

Senior Software Tester / QA Engineer leads quality assurance for mission-critical software across the full development lifecycle in a regulated federal IT environment. This role develops comprehensive test strategies, plans, and traceability, and validates both functional and non-functional requirements across integrated environments. The engineer designs and maintains automation frameworks spanning UI, API, services, databases, and integrated applications to broaden coverage and accelerate feedback. Responsibilities include planning and executing functional, regression, integration, system, performance, security, and end-to-end testing to confirm software quality and deployment readiness. You will manage test environments, dependencies, and test data, coordinating with delivery teams to ensure stable, representative conditions and validated release readiness. You will document, triage, and track defects through root-cause analysis and confirmation testing, driving timely resolution and preventing recurrence. You will integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines and enforce quality gates, providing clear reporting on results, coverage, and pipeline health. You will analyze quality metrics and release risk to stakeholders to support informed go/no-go decisions, and participate in requirements and design reviews to improve testability and overall product quality.