Senior Tester​/Quality Assurance; QA Engineer – Clinical Data Services

Position

Description:

Senior Tester / QA Engineer – Clinical Data Services

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.

• 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, Ready
  
  API, or similar frameworks.
• Identify, document, and track software defects using issue tracking systems (e.g., Jira, Azure Dev Ops, or similar).

• 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, Git Lab CI, Git Hub Actions) to support continuous testing and deployment.
• Work closely with developers to create mock data and stubs for testing microservices and data exchange endpoints.

• 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 Gov Cloud environments
  .

• 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.

• 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.

• 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 Gov Cloud or VA Enterprise Cloud environments).
• Familiarity with Agile / Dev Sec Ops methodologies and continuous integration tools (Jenkins, Git Lab, Azure Dev Ops).
• Certifications such as ISTQB
  , Certified Software Tester (CSTE), or AWS Certified Developer/Tester
  .
• Active VA clearance or ability to obtain Public Trust
  .

• 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.