Tester

At MetaPhase, we believe Quirky is Cool and being authentic is the only way to be! We take the work we do very seriously and do a lot of important mission-focused work for our clients. We are individuals with different passions and strengths who take as much joy in the work we do as from those we work with. Today, we have a team that is invested in creating new solutions that lean forward, challenge the status quo, but also reflect our intimate knowledge of our customers’ business. Over the years we have fostered a culture in which we are united by shared values—passion, solidarity, generosity, curiosity, and boldness—and these come alive in the work we do and how we do it.

Together, we know our people are our difference—for our clients and our colleagues.

Are you ready to:
* Work alongside a dedicated and diverse set of people to offer honest advice and practical guidance to our clients?
* Learn and grow by taking advantage of every opportunity available to you?
* Be the difference and make it happen?

MetaPhase is seeking a QA/ Test Engineer to maintain and modernize a public facing .gov website. You will plan and execute manual and automated testing, validate accessibility and performance, and help ensure each release meets federal standards, Section 508, WCAG 2.2 AA, USWDS alignment, and 21st Century IDEA. You will collaborate with product, engineering, content, and security to deliver reliable and user centered experiences.

What You Will Be Doing:
* Own test planning, test case design, and traceability from requirements and user stories to results
* Execute functional, regression, smoke, integration, end to end, and exploratory testing across browsers and devices
* Build and maintain automated tests for UI and API layers, Cypress or Playwright or Selenium or WebDriverIO , and integrate with CI CD
* Validate accessibility with automated and manual methods, axe or Pa11y or WAVE, keyboard only workflows, color contrast checks, and screen reader testing with NVDA, JAWS, and VoiceOver
* Verify USWDS components and patterns, responsive behavior, and content standards including plain language
* Measure performance with Lighthouse and WebPageTest , raise issues on Core Web Vitals, and verify optimizations
* Test analytics and tagging where permitted , DAP and GA4, event schemas, and data quality
* Validate CMS workflows, content publishing, permissions, redirects, links, sitemaps, robots, and 404 or 500 handling
* Support security and privacy reviews by reproducing findings, retesting fixes, and documenting evidence
* Manage defects through the full lifecycle, triage, prioritize, reproduce, and verify fixes, maintain clear defect narratives
* Maintain test data, environments, and mocks or stubs, coordinate with DevOps on stable builds
* Create release readiness reports, test summaries, and artifacts that support ATO inputs and change control
* Contribute to continuous improvement, refine acceptance criteria, propose test coverage improvements, and mentor teammates on quality practices

What We Need From You (Required):
* 4 or more years in software quality assurance for web applications, including public facing sites
* Hands on experience with a modern test automation framework, Cypress or Playwright or Selenium or WebDriverIO
* Strong manual testing skills, clear bug writing, reproduction steps, and risk based prioritization
* Working knowledge of accessibility testing, Section 508 and WCAG 2.1 or 2.2 AA, automated and manual
* Cross browser and cross device testing expertise , Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Safari, Android and iOS
* Experience testing REST APIs with tools such as Postman or similar
* Familiarity with USWDS patterns, responsive design, and content quality checks
* CI CD exposure, for example GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or Azure DevOps, and version control with Git
* Test management in Jira and Confluence, TestRail or Zephyr or similar
* U.S. citizenship, and the ability to pass a Public Trust background investigation

Bonus Points (Desired):
* Trusted Tester v5 certification or DHS Section 508 credentials
* Experience with performance and accessibility monitoring in production, Siteimprove or similar
* Basic security testing familiarity and tooling, OWASP ZAP or dependency scanning
* Experience with Drupal 10 or headless CMS publishing workflows
* Knowledge of analytics validation for government sites, DAP and Google Analytics where permitted