IT Quality Assurance- Senior/Specialist

Washington State Department of Transportation

Remote in Olympia, WA, US • Posted 16 hours ago • Updated 3 hours ago

Full Time

On-site

USD 92,760.00 - 124,752.00 per year

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Skills

• Information Technology

• Preventive Maintenance

• Project Management

• Performance Management

• Software Development Methodology

• Problem Solving

• Conflict Resolution

• Agile

• Collaboration

• Research

• System Requirements

• User Stories

• Test Plans

• Test Cases

• Usability Testing

• UI

• ADA

• Emerging Technologies

• Public Sector

• Data Governance

• Privacy

• SAFE

• Telecommunications

• Test-driven Development

• Documentation

• Authorization

• Finance

• Life Insurance

• Health Care

• Insurance

• Payroll

• Taxes

• Medicare

• SAP BASIS

• Recruiting

• Military

• FMLA

• Testing

• Software Development

• Writing

• Smoke Testing

• System Testing

• Performance Testing

• Regression Testing

• Test Scripts

• Acceptance Testing

• Supervision

• Quality Assurance

• Management

• Training

• Higher Education

• Automated Testing

• Scripting

• Selenium

• C#

• Java

• SQL

• Database

• Software Testing

• Artificial Intelligence

• Network

• Job Boards

• Information Technology

• Preventive Maintenance

• Project Management

• Performance Management

• Software Development Methodology

• Problem Solving

• Conflict Resolution

• Agile

• Collaboration

• Research

• System Requirements

• User Stories

• Test Plans

• Test Cases

• Usability Testing

• UI

• ADA

• Emerging Technologies

• Public Sector

• Data Governance

• Privacy

• SAFE

• Telecommunications

• Test-driven Development

• Documentation

• Authorization

• Finance

• Life Insurance

• Health Care

• Insurance

• Payroll

• Taxes

• Medicare

• SAP BASIS

• Recruiting

• Military

• FMLA

• Testing

• Software Development

• Writing

• Smoke Testing

• System Testing

• Performance Testing

• Regression Testing

• Test Scripts

• Acceptance Testing

• Supervision

• Quality Assurance

• Management

• Training

• Higher Education

• Automated Testing

• Scripting

• Selenium

• C#

• Java

• SQL

• Database

• Software Testing

• Artificial Intelligence

• Network

• Job Boards

• Show more

• Summary

• Salary: 92,760.00 - 124,752.00 Annually

• Location: Thurston County - Olympia, WA

• Job Type: Full Time - Permanent

• Remote Employment: Flexible/Hybrid

• Job Number: 2026-08207

• Department: Dept of Children, Youth, and Families

• Division: Information Technology

• Opening Date: 10/06/2026

• Closing Date: 10/20/2026 11:59 PM Pacific

Description

• Our vision is to ensure that "Washington state's children and youth grow up safe and healthy-thriving physically, emotionally and educationally, nurtured by family and community."

• Job Title: IT Quality Assurance- Senior/Specialist

• Location: Olympia, WA, Thurston County (Flexible/Hybrid)

• Closes: October 20th, 2026

• Salary: 92,760.00 - 124,752.00 Annually

• IT plays an important role in helping DCYF support children, youth, and families by providing the technology and systems staff need to deliver effective services. From supporting social workers and Juvenile Rehabilitation facilities to developing innovative solutions, DCYF IT helps staff work more efficiently and improve outcomes for children and families across Washington.

The Opportunity:

• This position leads Quality Assurance (QA) Test activities for assigned projects and plays a critical role in the DCYF IT software development process. It is responsible for designing and executing comprehensive testing strategies, including defining test approaches, developing acceptance criteria, creating and managing test data, and building both manual and automated test scripts. The role independently evaluates software solutions and development processes to ensure they meet business objectives, while identifying defects, risks, and opportunities for improvement. It also involves analyzing performance and security, maintaining test artifacts, and leveraging advanced tools and methods to support high-quality, reliable system delivery.

Some of what you will get to do:

• Manage test activities on assigned project teams.
• Leads, mentors, and coaches lower-level testers by assigning and reviewing their work, providing advanced support in complex problem-solving.
• Represent QA in agile team meetings and design sessions to collaborate with development staff on test approach and to refine acceptance criteria.
• Research system requirements, user stories, topic papers, technical documents, and design documents to design test plans for each release.
• Create system and business relevant test cases, system test scripts & dependency data.
• Conduct usability testing to verify software meets UI standards and complies with ADA requirements.
• Oversee test resources, maintain shared test environments, and coordinate test activities.
• Develop, maintain and execute manual and automated test scripts, run system batches and coordinate testing with interface partners.
• Conduct User Acceptance Testing by setting up complex dependency data and validating potential incidents.
• Develop and conduct performance and stress tests using automated testing tools.
• Oversee 5 IT QA Journey positions in performing day-to-day QA testing activities.
• Track test results, document outcomes using the incident tracking application.

Required Qualifications:

• Ten years of testing experience in a software development environment such as: writing manual and automated test scripts, executing test scripts, smoke test, system test, performance test, regression test, user-acceptance test.
• OR
• A bachelor's degree and 7 years of testing experience in a software development environment such as: writing manual and automated test scripts, executing test scripts, smoke test, system test, performance test, regression test, user-acceptance test.
• AND
• The ability to take action to learn and grow.
• The ability to take action to meet the needs of others.

Additional Qualifications:

• Five years of experience in leading QA test projects such as; coding automated test scripts, design test automation platform, executing test scripts, generating test data, managing user acceptance test programs, troubleshooting test systems, running bug triage meetings, evaluating conformance to technical requirements. (may be gained concurrently with the experience above).

• Experience may be gained concurrently.

• Preferred/Desirable Competency Statement

• Demonstrated ability to learn and apply emerging technologies, including artificial intelligence, in a public sector environment

• Ability to evaluate automated or AI-generated outputs for accuracy, fairness, and appropriateness

• Understanding of data governance, privacy, and ethical considerations in technology use

• Commitment to continuous learning and adaptation to evolving technologies

• Applicants who meet the minimum qualifications and wish to claim Veteran's Prefer