Functional Tester with Security Clearance

Job Description
Functional Tester Location: Washington, DC
Clearance: Top Secret clearance The Functional Tester will support the product team by planning, executing, and documenting functional, regression, and smoke testing activities across a modern services-based application environment. This role focuses on validating requirements, ensuring traceability, and supporting high?quality feature delivery. Candidates should be comfortable executing structured manual testing with some exposure to modern automated testing tools (Swagger/OpenAPI, unit-level testing).

Key Responsibilities: Execute requirement?level functional tests, smoke tests, and regression test cycles. Create, document, and maintain test cases, test data, and test results in Jira or similar tools. Validate defects, isolate issues, reproduce failures, and coordinate retest activities. Ensure adherence to 508 accessibility requirements. Support automated testing efforts where possible (API testing tools, Swagger/OpenAPI validation, unit test review). Ensure end?to?end traceability between requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria, and test cases.

Participate in backlog refinement and requirement clarification sessions with the Product Owner and Business Analysts. Provide feedback to developers and product staff regarding system behavior, edge cases, and risk areas. Support integration testing and verification of data flows across services as needed.

Required Skills and Experience: Recommended 5+ years of testing experience. Experience performing functional, regression, and smoke testing. Familiarity with API testing, Swagger/OpenAPI, and basic automated testing concepts. Understanding of Agile delivery and iterative testing approaches. Ability to translate acceptance criteria and requirements into clean, repeatable test cases.

Clearance
Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information; Top Secret clearance required Compensation and Benefits
Salary Range: $120,000 - $130,000 (Compensation is determined by various factors, including but not limited to location, work experience, skills, education, certifications, seniority, and business needs.

This range may be modified in the future.) Benefits: Gridiron offers a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision insurance, HSA, FSA, 401(k), disability & ADD insurance, life and pet insurance to eligible employees. Full-time and part-time employees working at least 30 hours per week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in Gridiron’s benefits programs. Gridiron IT Solutions is an

Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status or disability status. Gridiron IT is a Women Owned Small Business (WOSB) headquartered in the Washington, D.C. area that supports our clients' missions throughout the United States. Gridiron IT specializes in providing comprehensive IT services tailored to meet the needs of federal agencies.

Our capabilities include IT Infrastructure & Cloud Services, Cyber Security, Software Integration & Development, Data Solution & AI, and Enterprise Applications. These capabilities are backed by Gridiron IT's experienced workforce and our commitment to ensuring we meet and exceed our clients' expectations.