Automation / Section 508 / Performance Tester

🌍 Remote, USA 🎯 Full-time 🕐 Posted Recently

Job Description

About the position

C-HIT, a CMMI Maturity Level 5 company, focuses on delivering information technology and professional services to Federal and State agencies.

Design, develop, and maintain automated test scripts for APIs and application using tools like selenium, postman.
Automate regression, smoke, and integration test suites.
Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines.
Validate API functionality, data accuracy, and error handling.
Conduct Section 508 and WCAG 2.1 accessibility testing.
Validate screen reader compatibility (JAWS, NVDA).
Test keyboard navigation, color contrast, and form accessibility.
Document accessibility defects and remediation guidance.
Design and execute performance, load, stress, and endurance tests.
Use tools such as JMeter, LoadRunner.
Validate system SLAs, response times, and throughput.
Identify bottlenecks across APIs, databases, and infrastructure.
Test API Gateway integrations (MuleSoft or similar).
Validate data movement across real-time and batch pipelines.
Support testing of Kafka-based event streaming.
Verify logging, monitoring, and error recovery mechanisms.
Ensure testing aligns with CMS, HIPAA, FISMA, NIST, and Section 508 standards.
Support UAT and ATO documentation.
Produce test plans, reports, and compliance artifacts.
Collaborate with developers to resolve defects.

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field (or equivalent experience).
5+ years of experience in automation, accessibility, and performance testing.
Strong experience testing APIs and integration-heavy systems.
Hands-on experience with accessibility testing tools (axe, Wave, JAWS, NVDA).
Experience with performance testing tools (JMeter, LoadRunner, Gatling, k6).
Candidate must be able to obtain Public Trust clearance and must have lived in the United States for at least three (3) out of the last five (5) years.
Employees of C-HIT shall, as an enduring obligation throughout their term of employment, adhere to all information security requirements as documented in company policies and procedures.