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Job Location:
Washington, AR - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
30+ days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
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Job Summary
Description
At MetaPhase we believe Quirky is Cool and being authentic is the only way to be! We take the work we do very seriously and do a lot of important mission-focused work for our clients. We are individuals with different passions and strengths who take as much joy in the work we do as from those we work with. Today we have a team that is invested in creating new solutions that lean forward challenge the status quo but also reflect our intimate knowledge of our customers business. Over the years we have fostered a culture in which we are united by shared valuespassion solidarity generosity curiosity and boldnessand these come alive in the work we do and how we do it.
Together we know our people are our differencefor our clients and our colleagues.
Are you ready to:
Work alongside a dedicated and diverse set of people to offer honest advice and practical guidance to our clients
- Learn and grow by taking advantage of every opportunity available to you
- Be the difference and make it happen
MetaPhase is seeking a QA/ Test Engineer to maintain and modernize a public website. You will plan and execute manual and automated testing validate accessibility and performance and help ensure each release meets federal standards Section 508 WCAG 2.2 AA USWDS alignment and 21st Century IDEA. You will collaborate with product engineering content and security to deliver reliable and user centered experiences.
What You Will Be Doing:
- Own test planning test case design and traceability from requirements and user stories to results
- Execute functional regression smoke integration end to end and exploratory testing across browsers and devices
- Build and maintain automated tests for UI and API layers Cypress or Playwright or Selenium or WebDriverIO and integrate with CI CD
- Validate accessibility with automated and manual methods axe or Pa11y or WAVE keyboard only workflows color contrast checks and screen reader testing with NVDA JAWS and VoiceOver
- Verify USWDS components and patterns responsive behavior and content standards including plain language
- Measure performance with Lighthouse and WebPageTest raise issues on Core Web Vitals and verify optimizations
- Test analytics and tagging where permitted DAP and GA4 event schemas and data quality
- Validate CMS workflows content publishing permissions redirects links sitemaps robots and 404 or 500 handling
- Support security and privacy reviews by reproducing findings retesting fixes and documenting evidence
- Manage defects through the full lifecycle triage prioritize reproduce and verify fixes maintain clear defect narratives
- Maintain test data environments and mocks or stubs coordinate with DevOps on stable builds
- Create release readiness reports test summaries and artifacts that support ATO inputs and change control
- Contribute to continuous improvement refine acceptance criteria propose test coverage improvements and mentor teammates on quality practices
What We Need From You (Required):
- 4 or more years in software quality assurance for web applications including public facing sites
- Hands on experience with a modern test automation framework Cypress or Playwright or Selenium or WebDriverIO
- Strong manual testing skills clear bug writing reproduction steps and risk based prioritization
- Working knowledge of accessibility testing Section 508 and WCAG 2.1 or 2.2 AA automated and manual
- Cross browser and cross device testing expertise Chrome Edge Firefox Safari Android and iOS
- Experience testing REST APIs with tools such as Postman or similar
- Familiarity with USWDS patterns responsive design and content quality checks
- CI CD exposure for example GitHub Actions GitLab CI or Azure DevOps and version control with Git
- Test management in Jira and Confluence TestRail or Zephyr or similar
- U.S. citizenship and the ability to pass a Public Trust background investigation
Bonus Points (Desired):
- Trusted Tester v5 certification or DHS Section 508 credentials
- Experience with performance and accessibility monitoring in production Siteimprove or similar
- Basic security testing familiarity and tooling OWASP ZAP or dependency scanning
- Experience with Drupal 10 or headless CMS publishing workflows
- Knowledge of analytics validation for government sites DAP and Google Analytics where permitted
Work Setup & Travel:
- Hybrid - Based in Washington DC. Occasional travel may be required.
Clearance & Education:
- Must be able to obtain Public Trust
- Bachelors degree in Business Technology or related field
Benefits & Perks:
At MetaPhase we care about your well-being and success. Our benefits include generous PTO federal holidays parental leave and comprehensive health coverage (medical dental vision life and disability). We also offer a 401(k) with company match FSA/HSA options commuter benefits and much more.
About MetaPhase
MetaPhase is different with a purpose - demonstrating a new approach to the industry that puts employees and culture first! We continue to be recognized by industry as one of the fastest growing and most impactful consultancies in the nation and are aggressively hiring to grow our team:
Best Places to Work
- Washington Post Top Workplaces
- Washingtons Business Journals Best Places to Work
- Virginia Businesses Best Place to Work 2023
- Northern Virginia Technology Council Top 100 Technology Firms 2020
MetaPhase is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation national origin disability or veteran status or any other factors protected by federal state or local law.
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