Software Quality Assurance Specialist/Applications Tester - TS/SCI with Polygraph

Type of Requisition

Regular Clearance Level Must Currently Possess: Top Secret SCI + Polygraph Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: None Public Trust/Other Required: None Job Family: Software Engineering Job Qualifications: Skills: Automated Testing, Automation Testing Tools, Software Quality Certifications: None Experience: 6 + years of related experience US Citizenship Required: Yes

Job Description

GDIT is your place. You make it your own by embracing autonomy, seizing opportunity, and being trusted to deliver your best every day. We think. We act. We deliver. There is no challenge that we can’t turn into opportunity. And our work depends on a Software Applications Tester joining our team to support Government activities at McLean, VA.

GDIT is seeking an experienced Software QA Specialist/Applications Tester to join our team of building scalable, maintainable and high-performance backend services. As a Software Tester supporting the customer, you will be trusted to solve complex IT issues while delivering outstanding customer service. GDIT is seeking highly cleared candidates with active TS SCI w/ Poly to provide software development, engineering, database design and Software Testing in support of enterprise –wide systems and products for the Intelligence Community (IC). Work with the latest commercial products such as AWS and ServiceNow in an Agile environment on various applications designed and maintained for a broad range of IC customers.

Required Skills

• Develops and implements quality control methodologies to ensure compliance with quality assurance standards, guidelines, and procedures in a large computer-based organization.
• Develops and executes software test plans to identify software code discrepancies and their root causes.
• Establishes and maintains a process for evaluating hardware, software, and associated documentation and/or assists in the evaluation.
• Conducts and/or participates in formal and informal reviews at pre-determined points throughout the development life cycle.
• Manual testing
• Interpreting system requirements
• Writing test plans and test scripts
• Executing test scripts and documenting results
• Communicating with development teams the result of tests
• Agile JIRA/Confluence
• SQL/test validation
• MySQL/Oracle
• Selenium/Cypress or other automated testing tools
• Strong expertise with AWS
• Strong familiarity with ServiceNow
• Familiarity with Kubernetes

What You’ll Need to Succeed

Bring your technology expertise and drive for innovation to GDIT. A Software QA Specialist/Applications Tester must have:

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline, or the equivalent combination of education, technical certifications or training, or work experience.
• Experience: 6+ years
• Location: McLean, VA (On Customer Site)
• Security Clearance Level: Top Secret/SCI with Polygraph
• US Citizenship Required

GDIT Is Your Place

• 401K with company match
• Comprehensive health and wellness packages
• Internal mobility team dedicated to helping you own your career
• Professional growth opportunities including paid education and certifications
• Cutting-edge technology you can learn from
• Rest and recharge with paid vacation and holidays
• #WeAreGDIT
• #JET
• #GDITEnhanced2026
• #VA_2026Alumni

Total Rewards at GDIT

Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available. We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.

Identity Verification Process

As part of the hiring process, we will ask you to complete an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence to ensure authenticity and protect against identity fraud. You are expected to be on camera during virtual interviews. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud. By proceeding, you authorize the collection, processing, and use of your biometric data for identity verification and security purposes.

About Our Work

We are GDIT. A global technology and professional services company that delivers technology solutions and mission services to every major agency across the U.S. government, defense and intelligence community. Our 26,000 experts extract the power of technology to create immediate value and deliver solutions at the edge of innovation. We operate across 50+ countries worldwide, offering leading mission-ready capabilities in AI, cloud, cyber and software development.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Equal Opportunity Employer / Individuals with Disabilities / Protected Veterans Opportunity Owned From working with technologies like AI, cyber and cloud to careers in intelligence and health, we offer endless opportunities to apply your expertise to create a safer, smarter world.

Salary

The likely salary range for this position is $140,821 - $190,523. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

Scheduled Weekly Hours

40

Travel Required

Less than 10%

Telecommuting Options

Onsite

Work Location

USA VA McLean