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Empower, Innovate, Impact!   At Team A-TEK, we EMPOWER people to drive INNOVATION that IMPACTS mission! A-TEK operates at the intersection of mission and innovation by applying our deep domain expertise across the federal markets. Embracing our digital-first strategy, A-TEK provides enhanced capabilities in application development, digital transformation, enterprise IT, and scientific services. Our solutions are designed to modernize, automate, secure, protect, and enhance the operations of our federal clients, ensuring they stay ahead in a rapidly evolving digital landscape. Our work is fueled by a passion to serve our clients’ needs and to protect the safety and welfare of Americans. That passion shapes how we nurture our most valuable asset – Our Employees. A-TEK actively cultivates the talent that drives our success and fosters a creative, challenging, and mission-driven work environment for current and future employees.   A-TEK Inc. is searching for a  Quality Assurance Engineer  to support the delivery and modernization of mission-critical, web-based digital resources for a federal government client. This role will play a critical part in ensuring the quality, reliability, and backward compatibility of a modernized, enterprise-scale platform. The QA Engineer will work closely with Product, Business Analysts (BAs), Engineers, User Experience (UX), and client stakeholders to validate requirements, define test strategies, and ensure new functionality meets both user expectations and feature parity with the legacy system. This role requires strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and a collaborative mindset, as well as hands-on experience with automated and manual testing in Agile environments. This is a hybrid position based in Rockville, MD. Employment visa sponsorship is not available for this position.    Job Responsibilities Quality Strategy and Test Planning Develop and execute test strategies and test plans for complex, data-driven applications. Ensure backward compatibility and functional parity with the legacy system. Analyze requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria to identify gaps, risks, and ambiguities. Partner with Product and BAs to clarify requirements and expected behavior. Identify edge cases, regression risks, and impacts across integrated systems. Manual and Automated Testing Design, write, and maintain automated test suites, including end-to-end tests. Execute and document results for: Functional testing Regression testing Integration testing Cross-browser and cross-device testing Validate application programming interface (API) integrations and data flows between frontend and backend systems. Compare legacy and modern system behavior to ensure consistent outcomes. Track, document, and verify defect resolution. Integrate automated tests into Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery/Deployment (CI/CD) pipelines. Improve test coverage, test reliability, and testing processes over time. Contribute to improving QA standards, tools, and best practices across the program. Agile Collaboration and Delivery Actively participate in Agile ceremonies, including sprint planning, backlog refinement, reviews, and retrospectives Collaborate closely with Frontend and Backend Engineers during development and testing. Provide early and continuous feedback to help teams build quality into the product. Support release validation and readiness activities. Assist with troubleshooting production and pre-production issues as needed. Qualifications Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience) 5+ years of experience in Quality Assurance for web-based or enterprise applications Experience testing complex, data-driven systems. Strong experience with manual and automated testing Ability to obtain and retain a public trust l