Azure AppDev QA Engineer
The Azure AppDev QA Engineer is responsible for establishing, enforcing, and continuously improving quality assurance practices across the client Modernization Program. This role ensures that modernization and operational development efforts maintain production stability, reduce regression risk, and meet defined reliability and resiliency standards.
The QA Engineer drives implementation of automated testing frameworks, integrates testing into CI/CD pipelines, and ensures release readiness criteria are consistently applied. This position plays a critical role in protecting business continuity during large-scale modernization efforts by validating functionality, performance, and recovery capabilities.
This role operates as the quality authority within the application delivery team, partnering closely with engineering and Azure systems resources to improve release confidence and operational stability across all workstreams.
- Define and execute test strategies across legacy and modernized applications (functional, regression, integration).
Define and execute test strategies across legacy and modernized applications (functional, regression, integration).
- Build and maintain automated testing suites and ensure they are executed consistently in CI/CD pipelines.
Build and maintain automated testing suites and ensure they are executed consistently in CI/CD pipelines.
- Implement quality gates and release readiness criteria (test coverage, regression pass rates, defect thresholds).
Implement quality gates and release readiness criteria (test coverage, regression pass rates, defect thresholds).
- Perform exploratory testing and coordinate defect triage with engineering teams.
Perform exploratory testing and coordinate defect triage with engineering teams.
- Support performance and reliability testing where needed; validate key user journeys and critical flows.
Support performance and reliability testing where needed; validate key user journeys and critical flows.
- Validate resiliency and DR readiness from an application behavior perspective (failover, recovery validation support).
Validate resiliency and DR readiness from an application behavior perspective (failover, recovery validation support).
- Produce quality reporting (defect trends, root cause patterns, release quality metrics).
Produce quality reporting (defect trends, root cause patterns, release quality metrics).
- Maintain test documentation aligned to enterprise delivery standards..
Maintain test documentation aligned to enterprise delivery standards..
- Develop or contribute to the technical backlog, epics and user stories in conjunction with the architect.
Develop or contribute to the technical backlog, epics and user stories in conjunction with the architect.
- Other responsibilities as assigned by management.
Other responsibilities as assigned by management.
- Experience: 8+ years QA experience supporting enterprise web applications.
Experience: 8+ years QA experience supporting enterprise web applications.
- Experience creating and executing test plans and documenting results clearly.
Experience creating and executing test plans and documenting results clearly.
- Experience with automated testing frameworks and test design patterns.
Experience with automated testing frameworks and test design patterns.
- Familiarity integrating tests into CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps preferred).
Familiarity integrating tests into CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps preferred).
- Strong defect management skills (repro steps, severity classification, verification).
Strong defect management skills (repro steps, severity classification, verification).
- Strong communication skills and ability to partner effectively with engineering teams
Strong communication skills and ability to partner effectively with engineering teams
- Experience testing .NET applications and Azure-hosted services.
Experience testing .NET applications and Azure-hosted services.
- Experience with performance/load testing approaches and tools.
Experience with performance/load testing approaches and tools.
- Experience with security testing concepts (OWASP awareness, auth testing, vulnerability validation support).
Experience with security testing concepts (OWASP awareness, auth testing, vulnerability validation support).
- Experience with Playwright/Selenium/Cypress and API testing tools (Postman/Newman, similar).
Experience with Playwright/Selenium/Cypress and API testing tools (Postman/Newman, similar).
- Experience validating observability signals (logs/metrics/traces) and supporting production readiness checklists.
Experience validating observability signals (logs/metrics/traces) and supporting production readiness checklists.
CORE VALUES
We are seeking highly motivated individuals who have the willingness and ability to demonstrate Ascend core values:
- Committed to Client Success: Our actions and our words always align with the best interest of the client.
Committed to Client Success: Our actions and our words always align with the best interest of the client.
- One Team: We work collaboratively to overcome challenges with humility and respect and do what it takes to find innovative solutions.
One Team: We work collaboratively to overcome challenges with humility and respect and do what it takes to find innovative solutions.
- Integrity: We are unquestionably committed to doing the right thing even when it is hard.
Integrity: We are unquestionably committed to doing the right thing even when it is hard.
- Accountability: We hold ourselves and each other accountable for keeping our commitments to our clients, our communities, and one another.
Accountability: We hold ourselves and each other accountable for keeping our commitments to our clients, our communities, and one another.
- Transparency: We create open lines of communication with each other and our clients, fostering relationships founded on candor and trust.
Transparency: We create open lines of communication with each other and our clients, fostering relationships founded on candor and trust.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
Must be able to sit, stand, and bend for the duration of shift. The position is mainly sitting, with occasional lifting up to 50 lbs, such as laptop, server equipment, and, driving to the work site to meet with client(s).