Quality Assurance Specialist, Avum Inc., CA, US

Description

Position Summary

Avum is seeking a motivated Mid-Level Quality Assurance (QA) Specialist to join our growing team. In this role, you’ll work closely with developers, analysts, and QA peers to ensure high-quality delivery of Appian-based systems. You’ll contribute to test planning, execute a variety of tests, and play a key role in identifying issues across the SDLC.

This role is well-suited for professionals with a strong QA foundation who are ready to take ownership of test processes and collaborate in a fast-paced Agile environment. You will play an important role in supporting the quality testing efforts for Department of Defense Appian-based Contract Writing Systems. Familiarity with federal acquisition systems or regulations like FAR/DFARS is helpful but not required. We provide training and mentorship to help you build expertise in both QA best practices and federal procurement processes

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborate with the QA team to develop, execute, and maintain test cases and scripts.
• Participate in a range of testing activities including:
• Functional Testing
• Regression Testing
• Integration Testing
• User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
• Performance Testing (as needed)
• Review technical and business requirements to ensure full test coverage.
• Support defect management, triage, and root cause analysis.
• Provide input on test strategies and continuous improvement of QA processes.
• Assist in automation efforts and CI/CD testing initiatives.
• Communicate testing progress, blockers, and findings to QA leads and stakeholders.
• Contribute to documentation (e.g., test plans, test summaries, traceability matrices).
  

Required Qualifications

• US Citizenship with active TS/SCI with Polygraph security clearance required.
• Ability to be onsite 100% in Chantilly, VA in a Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility (SCIF).
• 5+ years of experience in quality assurance, software testing, or related roles.
• Experience working in Agile environments (Scrum or SAFe preferred).
• Strong understanding of testing methods, defect tracking, and test planning.
• Familiarity with QA tools like Jira, Zephyr or equivalents.
• Experience executing functional, regression, and integration tests.
• Excellent problem-solving, documentation, and communication skills.
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Exposure to or experience with Appian-based systems.
• Familiarity with automated testing tools or frameworks (e.g., Selenium, Cucumber).
• Knowledge of federal procurement or interest in developing expertise.
• Appian Associate Developer Certification or relevant coursework.
• ISTQB Certification or similar a plus.
• Experience with CI/CD environments and tools like Jenkins or GitLab.
• Performance testing experience using JMeter or similar tools.
• DAWIA Test and Evaluation (T&E) Certification.
  
  

Location

This role is a 100% onsite in Chantilly, VA.

About Avum

Avum, Inc. is a certified Small Disadvantaged Business that has delivered advanced software, database, and business intelligence systems to the Department of Defense (DoD), Intelligence Community, and federal, state, local, and commercial clients since 1991. We manage technical programs, provide strategic guidance, and support system engineering efforts, including mission-critical sustainment in secure environments.

Our engineers specialize in rapid prototyping, Agile development, and customer-focused iterations to produce complex applications, predictive analytic data environments, and NIST SP 800-53 compliant system architectures deployed within Navy and DoD networks. Avum’s expertise spans application development, large-scale database design, data engineering, and data visualization. Through results-driven, agile collaboration, we consistently deliver secure solutions that exceed customer expectations, meeting or beating project budgets and schedules.

Avum, Inc. is committed to upholding the highest standards of ethical behavior and professional integrity. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, color, religion, age, national origin, marital status, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other legally protected status in the provision of employment opportunities and benefits.