Quality Engineering & Application Modernization Specialist

Job Family: Software Engineering (STE) Travel Required: None Clearance Required: Ability to Obtain Public Trust What You Will Do: Partner with product owners, architects, developers, and cloud engineers to ensure quality is embedded throughout the software development lifecycle for application modernization and digital transformation initiatives. Analyze business, functional, technical, and cloud architecture requirements to develop comprehensive quality engineering strategies and test approaches. Design, develop, and maintain automated testing frameworks supporting web applications, APIs, microservices, cloud-native solutions, and data integration platforms. Develop and execute automated functional, regression, integration, performance, and user acceptance testing across modernized application environments. Support enterprise application modernization efforts, including migration of legacy Oracle-based applications and databases to AWS, Azure, or other cloud platforms. Validate data migration, data conversion, ETL processes, API integrations, and system interoperability throughout modernization initiatives. Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines and DevSecOps workflows to enable continuous testing, rapid feedback, and high-quality software releases. Collaborate with Agile Scrum teams to define acceptance criteria, ensure testability of requirements, and establish quality gates throughout the delivery lifecycle. Develop and maintain automation scripts, test data, test harnesses, and reusable testing assets to improve testing efficiency and coverage. Identify, troubleshoot, and perform root cause analysis of defects, working closely with development teams to resolve issues and prevent recurrence. Utilize modern testing and AI-enabled quality engineering tools to improve test coverage, reduce manual effort, and accelerate release cycles. Establish quality metrics, automation KPIs, and reporting dashboards to measure software quality, release readiness, and m