Salesforce Quality Assurance Analyst

Please note: This role is contingent upon a contract award. While it is not an immediate opening we are actively conducting interviews and extending offers in anticipation of the award.

The Work:

ICF seeks an experienced Quality Assurance Analyst to support the phased implementation of an enterprise grants management platform built on Salesforce Agentforce Public Sector. The Quality Assurance Analyst will develop test plans test cases scripts and traceability artifacts to validate grants lifecycle workflows integrations data migrations security controls and accessibility requirements. This role will perform functional regression integration and release testing; document and manage defects through resolution; support automated testing; and coordinate user acceptance testing with business analysts developers product owners and government stakeholders. The Quality Assurance Analyst will help confirm that each release meets acceptance criteria and is ready for secure reliable production deployment.

Job Location: Remote work is authorized. Must support US Eastern time zone working hours.

*If you accept this position you should note that ICF does monitor employee work locations blocks access from foreign locations/foreign IP addresses and prohibits personal VPN connections.

What You Will Do:

• Develop document and execute comprehensive test plans test cases and test scripts to validate Salesforce application functionality workflows configuration changes integrations reports dashboards and user experience.
• Perform functional integration regression smoke accessibility and release validation testing across Salesforce environments including Integration Stage and Production readiness activities.
• Support testing for major releases minor releases hotfixes modernization activities and platform-wide Salesforce changes.
• Validate Salesforce enterprise tools and operational capabilities such as release management portals ticketing workflows license tracking user separation helpdesk reporting and other internal platform capabilities.
• Collaborate with developers administrators business analysts release engineers technical architects and stakeholders to understand requirements user stories acceptance criteria technical design documents and system workflows.
• Participate in Technical Design Document reviews and provide QA input on testability regression impact acceptance criteria data needs integration dependencies and release risks.
• Identify document prioritize and track defects using tools such as Jira ServiceNow or similar platforms ensuring timely resolution retesting and closure.
• Support incident response and production issue validation by reproducing defects validating fixes supporting root cause analysis and confirming that hotfixes resolve reported issues without introducing regression risk.
• Perform integration testing involving APIs service accounts connected applications Salesforce org-to-org app-to-app and third-party integrations.
• Support user acceptance testing by preparing test scenarios coordinating with business users documenting outcomes and validating that delivered functionality meets stakeholder needs.
• Validate data quality data integrity field mappings reporting outputs and migration or synchronization results when data changes are introduced.
• Create and maintain QA documentation including test plans test scripts test evidence defect reports traceability matrices release validation summaries and quality metrics.
• Support Quality Control Metrics reporting by tracking testing progress defect trends release readiness escaped defects retest results and other quality indicators.
• Validate compliance with Section 508 requirements for user-facing functionality reports portals dashboards and documentation where applicable.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of QA processes test automation opportunities regression test libraries release checklists and defect management workflows.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies including sprint planning backlog refinement daily stand-ups reviews retrospectives and release planning sessions.
• Support occasional off-hours release validation hotfix testing or urgent production issue support as needed.

Basic Qualifications

• 3 years of experience as a Quality Assurance Analyst developing documenting and executing test plans test cases scripts and requirements traceability for software implementations.
• 3 years of experience performing functional regression integration and release testing and supporting user acceptance testing.
• Bachelors degree in information technology computer science business or a related field.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a federal Public Trust.
• U.S. citizenship is required.
• Must reside in and be authorized to work in the United States. All work must be performed within the United States.

What We Would Like You to Bring With You:

• 1 years of experience testing a large Salesforce implementation preferably Salesforce Agentforce Public Sector or Experience Cloud.
• Experience reviewing requirements user stories and acceptance criteria for completeness and testability.
• Experience documenting prioritizing tracking retesting and closing defects.
• Proficiency working in Agile delivery environments using Jira or comparable requirements and defect-management tools.
• Experience supporting a federal grants management case management or comparable enterprise platform implementation.
• Experience with automated testing tools and incorporating regression testing into CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience validating Section 508 accessibility compliance.
• Familiarity with federal cybersecurity testing security controls and ATO processes.
• Experience testing system integrations APIs data migrations reconciliation results and role-based access controls.
• Salesforce software testing Agile or accessibility-related certification.

Professional Skills:

• Highly effective analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
• Demonstrated critical thinking attention to detail and the ability to produce polished and well-organized written deliverables.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to interface effectively with team members and federal clients.
• Organized detail-oriented and able to prioritize and multitask.

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Working at ICF

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