QA Engineer

Responsibilities

You will design, build, and scale manual and automated testing frameworks across legacy and containerized environments. Additionally, you will partner with development and DevSecOps teams to integrate quality gates into the CI/CD pipeline.

Requirements

The role requires at least 2 years of software quality assurance experience and a bachelor's degree. Candidates must have experience managing test workloads on legacy and container platforms like AWS, OpenShift, or Kubernetes.

Skills

• Manual testing
• Automated testing
• CI/CD
• DevOps
• Selenium
• Playwright
• AWS EC2
• OpenShift
• Kubernetes
• API testing
• Regression testing
• Test frameworks
• Test metrics
• DevSecOps
• Cloud infrastructure

About this role

At Accenture Federal Services, nothing matters more than helping the US federal government make the nation stronger and safer and life better for people. Our 13,000+ people are united in a shared purpose to pursue the limitless potential of technology and ingenuity for clients across defense, national security, public safety, civilian, and military health organizations.
Join Accenture Federal Services, a technology company within global Accenture. Recognized as a Glassdoor Top 100 Best Place to Work, we offer a collaborative and caring community where you feel like you belong and are empowered to grow, learn and thrive through hands-on experience, certifications, industry training and more.
Join us to drive positive, lasting change that moves missions and the government forward!
We are seeking a Quality Engineer to design, build, and scale manual and automated testing across our legacy and containerized and DevOps-driven environments. You will own test frameworks end-to-end, manage containerized test infrastructure, and partner with development and DevSecOps teams to embed quality gates throughout the CI/CD pipeline.
Key Responsibilities
Design, develop, and maintain manual test suites covering UI, API, and regression testing.
Troubleshoot and stabilize unstable or failing scripts to keep test suites reliable and trusted by the team.
Deploy and manage test execution, including CronJob scheduling, resource configuration, and troubleshooting.
Integrate testing into CI/CD pipelines, working with DevSecOps on environment access, secrets management, and pipeline gating.
Manage test data workflows, including S3 file drops, and coordinate access/support for cloud-based Selenium Grid or Playwright execution environments.
Track and triage defects, define and report test metrics (pass/fail rates, coverage, flake rate), and publish clear, accessible test results to stakeholders.
Define and evolve test strategy, including risk-based test coverage and shift-left testing practices.
Required Qualifications
2 years of software quality assurance experience.
Experience deploying or managing test workloads on legacy and container platforms (AWS EC2, OpenShift or Kubernetes).
Proven ability to define test strategy, quality metrics, and reporting processes for a team or product.
Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to work effectively across cross-functional teams.
Bachelor's degree required.
Preferred Qualifications
Hands-on experience with Selenium and/or Playwright, including framework design (not just script writing).
Working knowledge of CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Jenkins, GitHub Actions) and how automated tests integrate into them.
As required by local law, Accenture Federal Services provides reasonable ranges of compensation for hired roles based on labor costs in the states of California, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, and the District of Columbia. The base pay range for this position in these locations is shown below. Compensation for roles at Accenture Federal Services varies depending on a wide array of factors, including but not limited to office location, role, skill set, and level of experience. Accenture Federal Services offers a wide variety of benefits. You can find more information on benefits here. We accept applications on an on-going basis and there is no fixed deadline to apply.
The pay range for the states of California, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, and the District of Columbia is:
$74,500—$92,500 USD
What We Believe
As a company wholly dedicated to serving the US federal government, we bring together the best talent to help reinvent how federal agencies operate and deliver greater value for their mission and the American people. We have an unwavering commitment to creating a culture in which all our people are respected, feel a sense of belonging, and have equal opportunity. As a business imperative, every person at Accenture Federal Services has the responsibility to create and sustain a culture where everyone feels welcomed and included. This is grounded in our core values and our experience that hiring and developing great people who reflect different perspectives, experiences, and backgrounds is key to driving innovation and delivering the results that our clients and the country count on.
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Accenture Federal Services is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. Additionally, as an Affirmative Action Employer for Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities, Accenture Federal Services is committed to providing veteran employment opportunities to our service men and women.
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