Software Tester / QA Engineer Senior at ASM Research, An Accenture Federal Services Company
Fairfax, VA
$110,000–$132,469from the description
Jul 24, 2026
Fairfax, VA
Jul 25, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior QA role focused on building and owning end-to-end test strategy for mission-critical software in a regulated federal IT environment. Day-to-day work spans designing automation frameworks, executing a broad range of test types, integrating quality gates into CI/CD pipelines, and reporting defect and release-risk metrics to both technical and business stakeholders. Suits an experienced quality engineer with an active or obtainable SECRET clearance.
Senior level · 8+ years · Secret clearance
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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 $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 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (7)
Location is not specified in the posting; the role is with ASM Research, a federal IT contractor, so work is likely on-site at a government facility, but no city or metro is named.
The degree requirement states 'Bachelor's degree … or equivalent relevant experience,' so no hard degree gate is set.
Secret clearance is a hard gate: candidates must hold an active Secret clearance or be able to obtain and maintain one. U.S. citizenship is also explicitly required.
ISTQB certification appears under Preferred Qualifications, as does experience in regulated/government environments and a Master's degree — all marked as preferred.
The posting names broad testing types (functional, integration, system, end-to-end) and general tool categories ('performance, security, API, and automated test-management tools') without specifying particular products, so no specific tool names beyond the categories could be extracted.
The alt SOC (15-1211 Computer Systems Analysts) is noted because the role includes significant requirements analysis, traceability, and stakeholder communication work alongside core QA duties.
Requires a Secret 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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