QA Engineer (DevOps)

QA Engineer (DevOps)
Fairfax, VA Onsite 100%
local candidates only



Job Summary: Quality assurance engineer responsible for planning, executing, and documenting
initial testing required to place defined DevOps-delivered internal-use software enhancements
into service, including functional, integration, and release readiness validation.

Key Responsibilities:
? Create and maintain test plans, test cases, and traceability to development-stage
requirements and deliverables.
? Execute initial functional and integration tests for defined releases; capture and
retain test evidence.
? Validate AI-assisted code outputs and ensure expected behavior aligns to
acceptance criteria.
? Document defects, support triage during development-stage testing, and verify
fixes prior to go-live.
? Support release readiness sign-off for initial go-live and defined enhancement
releases.

Required Qualifications:
? 3+ years of QA experience for web and/or platform applications.
? Experience writing test plans/cases and executing functional and integration
testing.
? Familiarity with defect tracking workflows and release readiness practices.
? Ability to document test evidence clearly for auditability and stakeholder review.
Preferred Qualifications:
? Experience with test automation tools and CI-integrated test execution.
? Experience validating data-intensive or AI/ML-enabled features.
? Familiarity with API testing and integration validation.
Deliverables / Success Measures: Approved test plans/cases; documented initial test evidence
for each defined release; reduced production defect leakage; clear traceability between
acceptance criteria, executed tests, and sign-off.