QA Automation Engineer at Accenture
Herndon, VA
$111,200–$139,800from the description
Jul 27, 2026
Herndon, VA
Jul 29, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A QA Automation Engineer role at Accenture Federal Services supporting US federal government clients, primarily remote with occasional travel to the DC/MD/VA area. The position centers on building and maintaining automated test suites integrated into CI/CD pipelines, covering web applications, backend APIs, and performance/security testing. Candidates must hold an active TS/SCI clearance and bring solid hands-on automation and coding experience.
Mid level · 4+ years · Remote · TS/SCI clearance · Full-time
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
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How this req sits in the market our data
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $106,594 (middle half $82,076–$136,109). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 29, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (7)
The 'Technical Skills' section reads as a requirements block (not a separate 'Nice to have' section), so all skills listed there are treated as hard gates even though many use 'or similar' / list alternatives — the alternatives are captured in each skill's alternatives field.
A Bachelor's degree is explicitly listed under 'Nice to have' and accepts equivalent hands-on experience, so no minimum degree is required.
The clearance clause states 'An active TS/SCI is required with the ability to obtain polygraph' — TS/SCI is a hard gate; the polygraph is an aspirational add-on, not a current requirement.
The compensation range ($111,200–$139,800/year) applies only to the listed states and DC; actual pay may differ in other locations.
The role is primarily remote but requires occasional travel to client sites in the DC/MD/VA (DMV) area, so the Washington metro is the relevant geography.
Seniority is assessed as Mid based on the 4-year minimum experience requirement and the scope described, despite the broad technical skill list.
Requires a TS/SCI clearance — the cleared population is a small fraction of this occupation, so the real candidate pool is materially smaller than the estimate below, which does not model clearance.
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