QA Test Engineer

Tuknik Government Services, LLC, a Koniag Government Services company, is seeking a QA Test Engineer with a Secret security clearance to support TGS in supporting our government customer in the DC Metro area. This position is for a Future New Business Opportunity.   

Benefits include medical, dental, and vision insurance, 401(k) retirement plan, paid time off, paid parental leave, life and disability insurance, flexible spending accounts, commuter benefits and tuition reimbursement.

Tuknik Government Services, LLC, Koniag Government Services (KGS) is seeking qualified candidates for this role supporting our U.S. Army customer on a large-scale Army contracting systems modernization and automation program. Plans and executes functional verification for solution capabilities. The QA Test Engineer turns requirements and acceptance criteria into Government-visible evidence across Appian logic, APIs, workflows, interfaces, security roles, data, accessibility, regression, and user acceptance. This is a contingent recruiting profile; the opening, employing subsidiary, compensation, work location, and staffing remain subject to final contract authorization.

Essential Functions, Responsibilities & Duties may include, but are not limited to:

• Develop test strategies, plans, cases, data, expected results, traceability, and execution schedules for changes and migration waves.
• Test Appian expression rules, application logic, interfaces, Record Types, process models, security groups, and business workflows.
• Assess and reuse Government-furnished FitNesse/Selenium assets before creating replacement or supplemental regression tests.
• Execute smoke, functional, integration, regression, end-to-end, negative, accessibility, role-based access, and user-acceptance testing.
• Validate APIs, authentication, schemas, transformations, error handling, and external interface behavior using approved tools.
• Verify migration reconciliation, document-to-record relationships, calculations, permissions, audit history, and reporting parity.
• Record defects with reproducible evidence, severity, expected behavior, affected requirements, and retest results.
• Maintain test evidence and release-readiness status in Government-approved repositories and dashboards.
• Support deployment verification, rollback testing, production observation, and escaped-defect analysis.
• Coordinate with users, developers, security specialists, and the Government Product Owner to confirm acceptance.

Education and Experience Required:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems, engineering, or a related field; additional relevant experience may substitute for education.
• Four or more years of software quality assurance and test experience for enterprise web or workflow applications.
• Experience with manual and automated functional testing, defect management, requirements traceability, test data, and release evidence.
• Working knowledge of APIs, relational data, role-based security, accessibility, and Agile/DevSecOps delivery.
• U.S. citizenship and the active security clearance or eligibility required for the assigned work by the start of performance, with ongoing eligibility thereafter.
• Ability to communicate clearly with Government, technical, and business stakeholders and to maintain accurate work records in approved systems.
• Ability to protect Controlled Unclassified Information and classified information, when assigned, and comply with required access, training, and handling procedures.

Education and Experience Required:

• Experience testing Appian applications with FitNesse, Selenium/WebDriver, Postman, SoapUI, Cypress, or comparable tools.
• Experience validating Federal acquisition, financial, records-management, or other audit-sensitive workflows.
• ISTQB, Appian, accessibility, or Agile testing certification.

Education and Experience Desired:

• Functional, integration, regression, and UAT testing
• Appian and workflow test design
• API, data, security, and accessibility validation
• Defect analysis and traceability
• Government-visible test evidence

Work Environment and Travel:

Work may occur remotely when authorized, at Government facilities, or in controlled office and data-center environments. Work involving classified information or SIPRNet will be performed at a Government-approved secure location using authorized systems. The role generally supports Government business hours, with occasional release, incident-response, maintenance-window, or approved travel requirements. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Our Equal Employment Opportunity Policy

The company is an equal opportunity employer. The company shall not discriminate against any employee or applicant because of race, color, religion, creed, ethnicity, sex, sexual orientation, gender or gender identity (except where gender is a bona fide occupational qualification), national origin or ancestry, age, disability, citizenship, military/veteran status, marital status, genetic information or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. We are committed to equal employment opportunity in all decisions related to employment, promotion, wages, benefits, and all other privileges, terms, and conditions of employment.

The company is dedicated to seeking all qualified applicants. If you require an accommodation to navigate or apply for a position on our website, please get in touch with Heaven Wood via e-mail at accommodations@koniag-gs.com or by calling 703-488-9377 to request accommodations.

Koniag Government Services (KGS) is an Alaska Native Owned corporation supporting the values and traditions of our native communities through an agile employee and corporate culture that delivers Enterprise Solutions, Professional Services and Operational Management to Federal Government Agencies. As a wholly owned subsidiary of Koniag, we apply our proven commercial solutions to a deep knowledge of Defense and Civilian missions to provide forward leaning technical, professional, and operational solutions. KGS enables successful mission outcomes for our customers through solution-oriented business partnerships and a commitment to exceptional service delivery. We ensure long-term success with a continuous improvement approach while balancing the collective interests of our customers, employees, and native communities. For more information, please visit www.koniag-gs.com.

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