Software Quality Assurance Specialist/Applications Tester – TS/SCI w/ Poly
General Dynamics Information Technology · Herndon, VA
$158,855–$214,921from the description
Jul 27, 2026
Herndon, VA
Jul 29, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior QA/testing role at GDIT supporting U.S. government agency IT systems from Herndon, VA. The position centers on designing and executing test plans, developing automated test scripts, analyzing requirements and user stories to define acceptance criteria, and collaborating with development teams in an Agile environment. Candidates must hold or be able to obtain a TS/SCI with polygraph clearance and bring 10+ years of QA/testing experience.
Senior level · 10+ years · Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV · Bachelor's required · TS/SCI clearance · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $129,128 (middle half $101,596–$152,655). 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 posting's header states 'Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: None' but the body explicitly requires 'TS/SCI + Poly' — the body requirement governs and clearance has been set accordingly.
Test plan design, automated testing, and regression testing are named as concrete required activities throughout the required-skills section; they are retained as skills despite being activity-oriented because they represent distinct, assessable QA competencies called out explicitly.
Docker and Kubernetes appear together under 'Highly desired' as interchangeable containerization options — emitted as one preferred skill with Kubernetes as the alternative.
DevOps appears under 'Highly desired' in the context of 'performing DevOps practices with COTS' — listed as preferred.
Agile is listed as a required practice ('Participating in Agile software development process') in the required-skills section.
Ignored 1 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): test plan design.
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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