We are seeking a versatile and forward-thinking QA Test Engineer to join our development team supporting the Citizens Security & Public Services, State and Local East, Rhode Island DMV Account.
In this role, you will be responsible for ensuring the quality, reliability, and performance of both our legacy and modern software suites. Your primary focus will balance maintaining and testing desktop-based VB.NET applications with validating modern, web-based applications driven by RESTful APIs.
Additionally, we are looking for a tech-savvy professional who is actively leveraging or implementing modern testing tools to optimize test suites, generate synthetic data, and accelerate our automation maturity.
Key Responsibilities
- Application Testing: Perform end-to-end, functional, regression, and integration testing on legacy VB.NET desktop environments and modern web applications.
- API Validation: Design, write, and execute comprehensive test scripts to validate backend RESTful APIs, checking data integrity, security, and edge-case handling.
- Modern Testing Tool Integration: Evaluate and Implement modern testing tools to optimize test generation, execute smart healing scripts, and automate manual workflows.
- Defect Management: Identify, document, and track software defects to resolution using tools like Jira, collaborating closely with developers to reproduce complex bugs.
- Test Strategy & Planning: Author detailed test cases, test matrices, and user-acceptance criteria from technical documentation and legacy code logic.
Required Skills & Qualifications
- 2 years’ experience with a Bachelors Degree
- 2+ years of experience in Software Quality Assurance (both manual and automated).
- Proven experience testing VB.NET applications (Windows Forms, WPF, or related .NET architecture) and understanding legacy codebases.
- Strong background in functional and system testing for modern, cloud-hosted web applications.
- Proficiency in writing SQL queries to verify backend data changes and perform data validation.
- Extensive hands-on experience using Postman, SoapUI, or similar API client tools.
- Strong proficiency in testing RESTful APIs (validating JSON payloads, HTTP status codes, authentication protocols, and endpoint performance).
- Experience with automated API testing frameworks (e.g., RestAssured, Newman, or Postman automated collections).
- Experience leveraging modern tools to generate test cases, write automation fragments, or formulate edge-case test ideas.
- General QA Competencies
- Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
- Experience working within an Agile/Scrum environment.
- Candidate must be local to Cranston, RI.
- Must be a US Citizen or a permanent resident (Green Card Holder)
Peraton Overview
Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world’s leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees do the can’t be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit peraton.com to learn how we’re keeping people around the world safe and secure.
Target Salary Range$66,000 - $106,000. This represents the typical salary range for this position. Salary is determined by various factors, including but not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the position, the individual’s experience, education, knowledge, skills, and competencies, as well as geographic location and business and contract considerations. Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. EEOEEO: Equal opportunity employer, including disability and protected veterans, or other characteristics protected by law.Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree
- At least 2 years of software quality assurance experience, including manual and automated testing
- Experience testing VB.NET applications, including Windows Forms, WPF, or related .NET architectures
- Experience testing modern cloud-hosted web applications
- Proficiency writing SQL queries for backend data verification and validation
- Hands-on experience with Postman, SoapUI, or similar API client tools
- Strong RESTful API testing experience, including JSON payloads, HTTP status codes, authentication, and endpoint performance
- Experience with automated API testing frameworks such as RestAssured, Newman, or automated Postman collections
- Experience using modern tools to generate test cases, automation fragments, or edge-case test ideas
- Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills
- Experience working in an Agile/Scrum environment
- Must be local to Cranston, Rhode Island
- Must be a US citizen or permanent resident Green Card holder
Peraton Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Peraton and has not been reviewed or approved by Peraton.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare offerings are described as broad, including medical, dental, vision, mental health support, and specialty programs like virtual physical therapy and surgical/cancer care navigation. Medical coverage is also characterized as a standout part of the overall package in terms of perceived quality.
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Retirement Support — Retirement support includes a 401(k) with employer matching and is repeatedly positioned as a strong component of total rewards. The 401(k) benefit is frequently singled out as one of the most valued parts of the package.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time-off benefits are positioned as robust, including PTO, holidays, paid sick days, and floating holidays, with some roles offering notably generous accrual. Leave breadth is reinforced by related programs such as short/long-term disability and bereavement leave.
Peraton Insights
What We Do
Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world’s leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees do the can’t be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit peraton.com to learn how we’re keeping people around the world safe and secure.
Why Work With Us
We are fearlessly solving the world’s most complex challenges to keep people safe and secure. You can be a part of protecting and promoting that freedom around the world.
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