Software Quality Assurance Specialist/Apps Tester
Ardent Principles, Inc. · Herndon, VA
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Jul 16, 2026
Herndon, VA
Jul 20, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A full-time, onsite QA role focused on testing software systems for a government sponsor. Day-to-day work involves designing test plans, writing and maintaining automated test scripts, conducting regression and acceptance testing, and keeping validation documentation current throughout a product's lifespan. The role suits candidates with hands-on software testing experience who hold an active TS/SCI clearance with Full Scope Polygraph.
Mid level · Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV · TS/SCI clearance · Full-time
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Why we read it this way (7)
An active TS/SCI with Full Scope Polygraph is an explicit hard gate — candidates without it cannot be considered.
The role is fully onsite in Herndon, VA; no remote or hybrid option is mentioned.
No specific tooling or frameworks for test automation are named anywhere in the posting (e.g., Selenium, Cypress, pytest). The skills extracted reflect the functional capabilities described in the responsibilities section.
No minimum years of experience or degree requirement is stated. Seniority is assessed as Mid based on the described scope — collaborative, execution-focused QA work without explicit leadership or architectural ownership.
Compensation is described only as 'highly competitive salary' with no figures provided.
Ignored 1 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): test planning.
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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