Tester (Functional / QA Engineer)

Role overview

Leidos is hiring a Tester (Functional / QA Engineer) to support quality assurance activities for system development and data migration efforts for a large government agency. The role is telework with a customer primarily located in the Washington DC area, and it will help shape the agency’s technology roadmap.

Responsibilities

• Requirements gathering & analysis: collaborate with business analysts and stakeholders to understand, gather, and document business requirements.
• Pega application build & configuration: design, configure, and build Pega applications (case management, workflows, user interfaces, business logic) using Pega App Studio and Pega Dev Studio.
• System integration: implement integrations with databases, REST/SOAP web services, and legacy systems.
• Testing & QA: perform unit and integration testing; debug applications; support system testing and User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
• Defects & quality: identify, document, track, and help validate defect resolution.
• Data migration validation: validate data integrity and support data migration testing.
• Documentation & maintenance: create and maintain documentation for design, configurations, and system changes; troubleshoot issues and enhance workflows.
• Best practices & collaboration: adhere to Pega development best practices/guardrails, participate in team meetings, and work within Agile/Scrum.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field (or equivalent experience).
• At least 5 years of experience in software testing or QA.
• Experience developing and executing functional, integration, and regression test cases.
• Experience supporting system testing and UAT, including defect validation.
• Ability to work with test documentation and traceability matrices.
• Familiarity with enterprise application testing and SDLC processes.
• Basic knowledge of SQL for data validation.
• Exposure/knowledge of test management tools and defect tracking systems.

Preferred qualifications

• Active Public Trust (MBI).