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 cceptance 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 cceptance criteria, executed tests, and sign-off.