Software Quality and Testing Analyst II at CTIS, Inc.
Rockville, MD
$120,000–$130,000from the description
Aug 16, 2026
Rockville, MD
Sep 25, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A QA automation engineer role supporting Clinical Trials Research Management applications at a CMMI Level 3 company. The position centers on designing, building, and maintaining automated test frameworks for web, API, and mobile platforms within an Agile/DevOps environment, with additional responsibilities for CI/CD pipeline integration, accessibility testing, and cloud-hosted application validation on AWS.
Senior level · 5+ years · Full-time
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What the occupation pays Median $106,594 (middle half $82,076–$136,109). This posting is about at that midpoint.
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Location is not specified in the posting; no CBSA or state could be determined. The role appears office-based (Monday–Friday, 8:30–5:30) with no travel, but the physical office location is not named.
A Bachelor's degree in a technical field is listed as 'preferred' in the required qualifications block — treated as preferred rather than a hard gate since the posting explicitly qualifies it with 'preferred'.
REST Assured is listed in the required section with 'or equivalent API automation frameworks'; Postman/Newman and ReadyAPI are named as named equivalents in the qualifications block and are captured as alternatives.
Jenkins and GitHub Actions appear in the responsibilities narrative alongside Bamboo and Bitbucket; Bamboo and Bitbucket are explicitly called out in the required qualifications, while Jenkins and GitHub Actions are listed as 'or similar' options in the narrative — captured as preferred.
Docker and Kubernetes appear only under 'Preferred Education and Experience' and are marked accordingly.
GraphQL appears in the Competencies section (not the Required qualifications block); however, it is paired with REST and SOAP in a knowledge requirement and is included as a required skill given the overall framing of API testing competency throughout the posting.
Experience with AI/ML-assisted development tools is noted as 'beneficial' in the responsibilities section — no specific tool is named, so no skill entry was created.
Clinical trials domain knowledge and CMMI environment experience appear only under Preferred qualifications and were not captured as named technology skills.
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