[Hiring] Quality Assurance System Tester @Guidehouse

Role Description

The Quality Assurance System Tester will support a large-scale agile software development program for the GrantSolutions contract, including both new software capabilities and ongoing support for legacy system functionality. This role will be embedded with software delivery teams to validate application features, integrations, data flows, legacy touchpoints, and release packages throughout the software development lifecycle.

The tester will:

• Design and execute manual and automated tests.
• Support developer-led quality practices.
• Analyze defects and verify code changes.
• Ensure that new and existing system capabilities meet functional, technical, security, accessibility, and operational requirements before production release.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Minimum of FOUR (4) years of experience in software quality assurance, software testing, application testing, test automation, systems testing, or related software development lifecycle roles.
• Hands-on experience designing, executing, and documenting test cases for application features, integrations, database changes, workflows, regression testing, smoke testing, and user acceptance testing.
• Hands-on experience developing, maintaining, and executing automated test scripts using test automation tools, frameworks, scripting languages, or code-based testing approaches.
• Experience testing web-based applications, data integrations, interfaces, reports, background processes, and end-to-end business workflows across multiple software environments.
• Experience with defect tracking, test management, requirements traceability, test evidence capture, test data preparation, release validation, and defect retesting.
• Understanding of the software development lifecycle, agile delivery, DevSecOps practices, version control, branching and merging concepts, CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and release management.
• Ability to interpret user stories, acceptance criteria, business rules, interface specifications, data mappings, architecture guidance, and technical design documentation.
• Ability to troubleshoot test failures, isolate defects, analyze logs, query data when needed, validate fixes, and communicate software quality risks clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Strong documentation skills, including the ability to maintain test plans, test cases, test scripts, traceability matrices, defect records, test evidence, and release readiness summaries.
• Strong problem-solving, collaboration, and communication skills, with the ability to work effectively as part of a software delivery team.
• Self-motivated, detail-oriented, and able to operate effectively in fast-paced, dynamic environments with competing testing priorities and release timelines.

Requirements

• Must be able to OBTAIN and MAINTAIN a Federal or DoD "PUBLIC TRUST"; candidates must obtain approved adjudication of their PUBLIC TRUST prior to onboarding with Guidehouse. Candidates with an ACTIVE PUBLIC TRUST or SUITABILITY are preferred.

Benefits

• Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision Insurance
• Personal and Family Sick Time & Company Paid Holidays
• Parental Leave
• 401(k) Retirement Plan
• Group Term Life and Travel Assistance
• Voluntary Life and AD&D Insurance
• Health Savings Account, Health Care & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Transit and Parking Commuter Benefits
• Short-Term & Long-Term Disability
• Tuition Reimbursement, Personal Development, Certifications & Learning Opportunities
• Employee Referral Program
• Corporate Sponsored Events & Community Outreach
• Care.com annual membership
• Employee Assistance Program
• Supplemental Benefits via Corestream (Critical Care, Hospital Indemnity, Accident Insurance, Legal Assistance and ID theft protection, etc.)
• Position may be eligible for a discretionary variable incentive bonus