Senior Tester / Quality Assurance (QA) Engineer - Clinical Data Services
Overview
The Senior Tester / QA Engineer will provide quality assurance and validation support for clinical applications and data services developed and hosted for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). This position ensures that all software releases, data pipelines, and integration services meet functional, performance, and security requirements before deployment into production. The candidate will collaborate with developers, software architects and system administrators to implement automated testing frameworks and continuous integration practices that improve system reliability and traceability.
Key Responsibilities
Testing and Validation
- Develop, maintain, and execute test plans, test cases, and test scripts for web applications, APIs, and data services.
- Conduct functional, regression, integration, and system testing for clinical and health-related applications.
- Validate data accuracy, completeness, and transformation logic in ETL pipelines and data interfaces.
- Perform API testing using tools such as Postman, ReadyAPI, or similar frameworks.
- Identify, document, and track software defects using issue tracking systems (e.g., Jira, Azure DevOps, or similar).
Automation and Continuous Integration
- Design and implement automated test suites for APIs, databases, and application workflows using frameworks such as Selenium, SOAP UI, PyTest, JUnit, Postman/Newman, UIPath or Test Complete.
- Integrate automated tests into the CI/CD pipeline (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions) to support continuous testing and deployment.
- Work closely with developers to create mock data and stubs for testing microservices and data exchange endpoints.
Data & Clinical Domain Testing
- Validate data exchange, transformation, and normalization between clinical data sources and FHIR-based APIs or VA data services.
- Support HL7, FHIR, DICOM, and other healthcare interoperability standards testing, ensuring data integrity and compliance.
- Ensure compliance with VA data governance, security, and privacy standards (HIPAA, FISMA, RMF).
- Collaborate with VA stakeholders to test systems within VA Enterprise Cloud (VAEC) or GovCloud environments.
Documentation and Reporting
- Maintain detailed test documentation, including test plans, traceability matrices, and results reports.
- Participate in release readiness reviews and provide go/no-go quality recommendations.
- Develop and maintain automated testing dashboards or reports to visualize test coverage and defect trends.
Qualifications
Required
- 3+ years of experience as a QA Engineer, Software Tester, or Automation Engineer supporting enterprise or clinical applications.
- Experience testing data-centric or API-based systems (REST, SOAP, JSON, XML).
- Strong knowledge of test design techniques, defect tracking, and quality assurance methodologies.
- Hands-on experience with test automation frameworks and scripting languages (Python, JavaScript, Java, or similar).
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills; attention to detail.
Preferred / Desired
- Experience working with Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) systems or healthcare applications.
- Knowledge of clinical data formats and standards (FHIR, HL7, DICOM).
- Experience with cloud-based testing in AWS (including GovCloud or VA Enterprise Cloud environments).
- Familiarity with Agile / DevSecOps methodologies and continuous integration tools (Jenkins, GitLab, Azure DevOps).
- Certifications such as ISTQB, Certified Software Tester (CSTE), or AWS Certified Developer/Tester.
- Active VA clearance or ability to obtain Public Trust.
Work Environment
- Remote work supporting cloud-hosted VA clinical data services.
- Collaboration with multidisciplinary teams including developers, end users, and cybersecurity personnel.
- May participate in release cycles, regression testing, and after-hours validation activities as needed.
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Ellumen
120-130k
remote work
Oct 07, 2025