Sr. Quality Assurance Tester I (6881)
Senior QA tester providing cross-team quality assurance for a large, data-centric project deployed in a classified AWS environment. Day-to-day work includes writing test plans/scripts and automation, preparing complex and synthetic data sets, validating data integrity, and isolating and tracking defects; requires an active TS/SCI with CI polygraph.
- Compensation
- $130K–$150K / yr
- Location
- Tysons Corner, VA
- Work setup
- Not specified
- Seniority
- Senior
- Employment
- Full time
- Experience
- 5+ years
- Category
- Qa
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- Bachelor's degree, ideally in an IT field, or equivalent experience
- Active TS/SCI + CI Poly clearance
- 5+ years' experience evaluating and executing testing procedures to ensure software meets quality standards
- 5+ years' experience developing and writing testing scripts, plans, and test automation
- 7+ years' experience in IT
- Strong experience preparing complex data sets to test logic, error handling, and system workflows, including generating synthetic or obfuscating production data sets
- 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 IL6+
Full description
As Sr. Quality Assurance Tester I, you’ll provide cross-team QA support to developers supporting a large data centric project
We know that you can’t have great technology services without amazing people. At MetroStar, we are obsessed withour people and have led a two-decade legacy of building the best and brightest teams. Because we know our future relies on our deep understanding and relentless focus on our people, we live by our mission: A passion for our people. Value for our customers.
If you think you can see yourself delivering our mission and pursuing our goals with us, then check out the job description below!
What you’ll do:
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.
What you’ll need to succeed:
- 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 IL6+
SALARY 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
- This role is also eligible for additional compensation, subject to the terms and policies of MetroStar, which may include: