Quality Assurance Specialist - Clearance Required
LMI Consulting · Remote, UNAVAILABLE, US
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## Quality Assurance Specialist - Clearance Required ### Overview LMI is seeking a **Quality Assurance Specialist** to support **Army Acquisition, Training, and Readiness (AT&R)** and provide advanced technical support for the **Army Contract Writing System (ACWS)**, built on the **Appian Platform**. You will plan, design, execute, and document software testing activities across the ACWS software development lifecycle. ### Responsibilities - Work with end users, functional SMEs, developers, Appian specialists, database administrators, DevSecOps engineers, cybersecurity personnel, and other technical teams to maintain **ACWS availability, reliability, and user support quality** - Develop formal **test plans, test procedures, test reports**, and other QA deliverables per project/contract requirements - Review business, functional, and technical requirements to ensure **adequate test coverage** and **clear acceptance criteria** - Develop and execute test cases for **functional, regression, integration, system, and user acceptance testing** - Validate **sprint user stories** against acceptance criteria and support **Agile testing** throughout iterative delivery - Log, document, and track defects with **reproduction steps, expected vs. actual results, screenshots, logs**, and supporting evidence - Maintain **traceability** among requirements, test cases, defects, and test results; ensure QA documentation is **complete and audit-ready** - Participate in **defect triage** and assist with root cause analysis and defect resolution - Communicate testing progress, risks, quality metrics, defect trends, and recommendations to leadership, stakeholders, and government customers - Support continuous improvement of **test strategies, procedures, tools, and QA processes** - Collaborate with cross-functional teams on requirements clarification and defect resolution - Support **release testing**, regression testing, implementation activities, and release readiness/sign-off - Participate in **Scrum and Agile ceremonies**; provide QA input to sprint planning, reviews, retrospectives, and delivery planning - Support **manual testing** and transition toward **automated testing** where practical ### Qualifications **Minimum Qualifications** - Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, IT, Engineering, Business, or related field (equivalent experience may be considered) - **5+ years** of professional software QA/testing experience - Experience with **Jira test management** (or equivalent) - Experience working in **Agile** environments (Scrum or SAFe preferred) - Experience developing formal **test plans, procedures, reports, and status reports** - Experience preparing **contract deliverables** and supporting documentation - Experience developing **requirements traceability matrices (RTMs)** and ensuring end-to-end test coverage - Excellent verbal and written communication skills - Experience presenting testing results, risks, and recommendations to management/customers/stakeholders - Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills - **Active Secret clearance required** - **U.S. citizenship required** **Desired Skills** - Experience testing applications built on the **Appian Platform** - Experience testing **government procurement/acquisition systems** (interfaces, data exchanges, contract writing, financial, and related federal applications) - Familiarity with **FAR/DFARS** and federal acquisition processes - **DAWIA T&E Level 2+**, **ISTQB Advanc
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