[Hiring] Senior QA Tester @Real Soft

Role Description

The Department of Education is seeking a Senior QA Tester to support ongoing enhancements to applications used for monitoring and administering Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) grants, including Parts B and C. Current project initiatives include:

• Addition of two AEA funding streams
• Fiscal monitoring tool
• Three stand-alone form upload processes supporting budget and claims workflows

This role will be responsible for both manual and automated testing, with a primary emphasis on manual testing and automation where appropriate. The ideal candidate will have experience in:

• Developing and executing test plans
• Validating business and technical requirements
• Performing API and database testing
• Supporting defect triage activities throughout the software development lifecycle

The Senior QA Tester will collaborate closely with business analysts, developers, and business stakeholders to ensure solutions meet functional, usability, accessibility, and quality standards.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of Quality Assurance and Software Testing experience
• Strong experience with manual testing methodologies and best practices
• Certified in accessibility (e.g., CPACC, WAS, or equivalent) with a thorough understanding of accessibility principles and WCAG 2.2 AA standards
• Experience creating and maintaining automated test scripts
• High-level proficiency with SQL queries and database validation
• API testing and web service validation
• Experience developing test plans, test cases, and test documentation from business requirements
• Ability to analyze requirements and translate them into comprehensive testing strategies
• Experience tracking and managing defects through the software development lifecycle
• Certification in Accessibility Testing
• Knowledge of Section 508 Accessibility Standards
• Experience testing applications for government accessibility compliance
• Familiarity with accessibility testing tools and methodologies
• Experience validating WCAG and Section 508 compliance requirements
• Excellent troubleshooting and problem-solving skills
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to work effectively with business stakeholders, developers, project managers, and other IT teams
• Experience working in Agile or similar collaborative development environments

Requirements

• Certification document must be uploaded with the submission. Do not submit candidates without the required certification.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting government applications or public-sector technology environments
• Experience testing compliance-driven or grant management systems

Required / Desired Skills

• Quality Assurance and Software Testing - Required
• Accessibility certification (CPACC, WAS, or equivalent) with deep understanding of accessibility principles and WCAG 2.2 AA standards - Required
• Manual testing methodologies and best practices - Required
• Creating and maintaining automated test scripts - Required
• SQL queries and database validation - Required
• API testing and web service validation - Required
• Developing test plans, test cases, and test documentation from business requirements - Required
• Analyzing requirements and translating them into comprehensive testing strategies - Required
• Tracking and managing defects throughout the software development lifecycle - Required
• Accessibility Testing Certification - Required
• Section 508 Accessibility Standards - Required
• Testing applications for government accessibility compliance - Required
• Accessibility testing tools and methodologies - Required
• Validating WCAG and Section 508 compliance requirements - Required
• Troubleshooting and problem-solving skills - Required
• Verbal and written communication skills - Required
• Collaboration with business stakeholders, developers, project managers, and IT teams - Required
• Agile or similar collaborative development environments - Required
• Government applications or public-sector technology environments - Highly Desired
• Compliance-driven or grant management systems - Highly Desired