# Quality Assurance (QA) Engineer

**Company:** [Black Canyon Consulting](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/blackcanyonconsulting)
**Location:** Bethesda, MD
**Role:** QA Engineering
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** Playwright, Cypress, Selenium, REST APIs, Git, GitLab, Jira, Confluence, CI/CD, Agile, Scrum
**Posted:** 2026-04-08

> QA Engineer develops test strategies, executes manual/automated testing (functional, regression, integration), ensures backward compatibility with legacy systems, and collaborates in Agile teams for enterprise web applications. Requires 5+ years QA experience and bachelor's degree.

## Job Description

## Job Responsibilities

### Quality Strategy and Test Planning
- Develop and execute test strategies and test plans for complex, data-driven applications
- Ensure backward compatibility and functional parity with the legacy system
- Analyze requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria to identify gaps, risks, and ambiguities
- Partner with Product and BAs to clarify requirements and expected behavior
- Identify edge cases, regression risks, and impacts across integrated systems

### Manual and Automated Testing
- Design, write, and maintain automated test suites, including end-to-end tests
- Execute and document results for functional testing, regression testing, integration testing, cross-browser and cross-device testing
- Validate **API** integrations and data flows between frontend and backend systems
- Compare legacy and modern system behavior to ensure consistent outcomes
- Track, document, and verify defect resolution
- Integrate automated tests into **CI/CD** pipelines
- Improve test coverage, test reliability, and testing processes over time
- Contribute to improving QA standards, tools, and best practices across the program

### Agile Collaboration and Delivery
- Actively participate in Agile ceremonies, including sprint planning, backlog refinement, reviews, and retrospectives
- Collaborate closely with Frontend and Backend Engineers during development and testing
- Provide early and continuous feedback to help teams build quality into the product
- Support release validation and readiness activities
- Assist with troubleshooting production and pre-production issues as needed

## Required Skills and Experience
- **Bachelor’s degree** in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience)
- **5+ years** of experience in Quality Assurance for web-based or enterprise applications
- Experience testing complex, data-driven systems
- Strong experience with manual and automated testing
- Experience validating requirements and identifying gaps early in the development lifecycle
- Familiarity with **Agile/Scrum** methodologies
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and documentation skills
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills
- High attention to detail and commitment to quality

## Preferred Qualifications
- Experience supporting federal government or large enterprise systems
- Experience testing systems requiring legacy parity or backward compatibility
- Experience with test automation tools such as **Playwright**, **Cypress**, **Selenium**, or similar
- Experience testing **REST APIs** and backend services
- Experience in healthcare, life sciences, or regulated environments

## Tools and Technologies
- Test automation using **Playwright**, **Cypress**, or **Selenium**
- **REST APIs**
- **Git**, **GitLab**
- **Jira/Confluence**
- **Agile/Scrum**

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