Cloud Application Tester - Subject Matter Expert

Why AIS?

When you join AIS, you’re joining a mission-driven team that’s passionate about making a difference. You’ll work on projects that matter, alongside industry-leading experts, in an environment that fosters innovation, driving client success, and empowering our team to make a lasting impact. As an employee-owned company, we value collaboration, inclusivity, continuous growth, and shared success.

• Employee Ownership: Your contributions directly impact the company’s success, and you share in its achievements.

• Continuous Learning: Access to resources, training, and mentorship to support your professional growth.

• Inclusive Culture: A workplace where diversity is celebrated, and everyone’s voice is valued.

• Mission-Driven Work: Engage in projects that make a meaningful difference for our clients and communities.

What are we looking for?

At AIS, we're looking for more than just skills - we're looking for driven individuals who are passionate about making a difference, eager to grow, and aligned with our core principles.

Working@AIS

At AIS, we are dedicated to providing our employees with diverse opportunities to grow their careers while supporting a variety of impactful projects. For this position, we are seeking a talented individual to join AIS as a Lead QA Engineer.

• Core Knowledge & Skills: Develops strategic test plans, risk-based testing, advanced automation, compliance audits, and innovative testing solutions.

• Work & Complexity: Leads complex projects, creates test strategies, performs risk assessments, and mentors team members.

• Quality & Independence: Optimizes processes, defines quality metrics, ensures stakeholder satisfaction, and makes high-level decisions.

• Teamwork & Communication: Leads and mentors teams, aligns efforts with organizational goals, manages performance, and collaborates with stakeholders.

• Consulting & Engagement: Provides strategic guidance, consults on automation strategies, advises on metrics, and communicates with senior stakeholders.

As your initial project assignment, you will support the unique needs of our client as a Cloud Application Tester - Subject Matter Expert.

Project Summary

AIS is supporting federal customer with a program focused on architecture and infrastructure.

Key Responsibilities

• Performs activities related to cloud systems verification and validation - functional test, timeline analysis, detail trade studies, requirements allocation and interface definition studies for hardware and software specifications

• Utilize trends and metrics to identify opportunities for improvements within existing frameworks, tools and processes

• Develop and execute test plans, test cases, and test procedures for cloud-hosted applications and services.

• Coordinate with engineers to validate requirements, interfaces, and defect remediation.

• Automate repeatable test activities where feasible and document results for audits and stakeholders.

• Track defects, perform regression testing, and support release readiness decisions.

• Contribute to continuous improvement of test processes, tooling, and metrics.

Required For This Opportunity

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience).

• 8+ years of relevant experience supporting enterprise cloud and/or infrastructure environments.

• Certifications: IAT-2, 1 or more cloud certifications.

• Active Secret clearance (or higher).

• Experience working in regulated environments and following secure engineering / documentation practices.

Nice to Have Skills

• Experience supporting DoD/IC programs and mission systems.

At AIS, we are committed to offering competitive and fair compensation that reflects the skills, experience, and contributions of each team member. The targeted base salary range for this role is $116,000-$175,000 per year. Please note that this range is provided as a guideline and the final offer will be based on several factors, including but not limited to, skillset and competencies, level of experience, education, certifications, and location. We value transparency in our hiring process and are happy to discuss how your unique qualifications align with our compensation structure during the interview process.

Applied Information Sciences does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, religion, color, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other basis. Employment decisions are based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs.