Quality Assurance Automation Engineer (QA)

Position Overview Northramp is seeking a detail-oriented Quality Assurance (QA) Automation Engineer to support the delivery of secure, reliable, and accessible software solutions in a federal environment. In this role, you will lead the design, implementation, and continuous improvement of automated testing solutions across cloud-based applications and development environments. You will help ensure that new functionality, enhancements, integrations, and production releases meet established standards for quality, security, accessibility, performance, and reliability. The Senior QA Automation Engineer will collaborate with software engineers, architects, DevSecOps engineers, product owners, security personnel, and program leadership within a SAFe or similar Agile delivery environment. This position will also contribute to the program’s broader Quality Assurance and Quality Control strategy, including test planning, quality metrics, defect prevention, and federal audit support. Location & Work Arrangement This is a primarily remote position supporting a federal program in the Washington, DC metropolitan area. Candidates must live in MO, OR, NV, CO, AL, IL, PA, TX, DC, FL, MD, PA, TX, NC, or VA and be available for occasional onsite meetings, planning sessions, or other program activities as required. Key Responsibilities Test Automation & Quality Engineering Design, develop, execute, and maintain automated tests for functional, regression, integration, API, performance, security, and accessibility testing. Build and enhance scalable test automation frameworks, reusable components, and testing standards that improve coverage and support frequent software releases. Translate requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria into traceable test cases and automated test scenarios. Apply test-driven development and shift-left testing practices throughout the software development lifecycle. Validate application functionality across development, integration, staging, pre-production, and production-like environments. CI/CD & DevSecOps Integration Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines using Harness or comparable orchestration tools. Establish automated quality gates to prevent defective, insecure, or noncompliant code from progressing through the delivery pipeline. Partner with DevSecOps and engineering teams to troubleshoot failed builds, test failures, environment issues, and deployment defects. Incorporate automated performance, security, API, and accessibility testing into continuous delivery workflows. Test Planning, Documentation, & Compliance Develop and maintain test plans, test cases, test scripts, test data, execution results, traceability records, and audit-ready testing documentation. Support updates to Quality Assurance and Quality Control plans, application test plans, test strategy documents, and applicable federal systems lifecycle documentation. Maintain accurate testing artifacts in…