{"id":3092561,"url":"https://alion.io/job/formativgroup-salesforce-qa-engineer-public-sector-government-cloud","title":"Salesforce QA Engineer - Public Sector / Government Cloud","company":{"id":673230,"name":"FormativGroup","domain":"formativgroup.io","url":"https://alion.io/company/formativgroup","size_band":"51-200","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Greenhouse","truth_index":{"grade":"A","score":85,"open_postings":5,"ghost_share":0,"stale_share":0.4,"repost_share":0,"time_to_fill_p50_days":77,"computed_at":"2026-10-26T05:57:25Z"}},"role":"QA","role_family":"QA","seniority":"senior","employment_type":null,"work_mode":"remote","remote_scope":"stated_countries","remote_scope_basis":"posting_text","remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"explicit","locations":["White Plains, United States","United States"],"countries":["US"],"hiring_countries":["US"],"hiring_countries_total":1,"salary":{"min":115000,"max":155000,"currency":"USD","period":"year","gross":null,"usd_annual":155000},"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":5,"visa_sponsorship":true,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"Agile","optional":false},{"name":"Apex","optional":false},{"name":"CI/CD","optional":false},{"name":"Copado","optional":false},{"name":"MuleSoft","optional":false},{"name":"Scrum","optional":false},{"name":"Agentforce","optional":true},{"name":"Azure","optional":true},{"name":"Azure DevOps","optional":true},{"name":"Gearset","optional":true},{"name":"Git","optional":true},{"name":"Jenkins","optional":true},{"name":"Selenium","optional":true}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-05-19T14:24:38Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-10-22","last_verified_at":"2026-10-26T22:37:31Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":160,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":160},"description":"Summary\nFormativGroup is seeking an experienced Salesforce QA Engineer with strong expertise supporting Public Sector and Government Cloud implementations. This role is responsible for validating, testing, and ensuring the quality, stability, security, and performance of Salesforce solutions across Government Cloud, Service Cloud, and Experience Cloud environments.\nThe ideal candidate brings a strong combination of manual and automated Salesforce testing experience, Agile delivery expertise, and an understanding of complex enterprise Salesforce ecosystems. This individual will collaborate closely with developers, business analysts, administrators, architects, and client stakeholders to validate business requirements, test integrations, support release cycles, and ensure high-quality platform delivery within regulated environments.\nThis is a highly collaborative and client-facing role requiring strong communication skills, analytical thinking, attention to detail, and the ability to operate effectively within fast-paced Agile consulting environments.\nThis is a remote project supporting a Public Sector / Government Cloud initiative, with potential for extension based on project needs and performance.\nWe're anticipating future openings and are connecting now with great talent who'd like to be considered when the time comes.\nResponsibilities\nDesign, develop, execute, and maintain comprehensive test strategies and test plans across Salesforce Government Cloud, Service Cloud, and Experience Cloud implementations.\nPerform functional, regression, integration, system, UAT, and end-to-end testing across complex Salesforce solutions and integrations.\nValidate Salesforce configurations, Flows, Lightning components, Apex functionality, APIs, security models, and custom platform enhancements.\nCollaborate with business analysts, developers, architects, and project teams to understand requirements, acceptance criteria, and business processes.\nDevelop and maintain automated testing frameworks and regression suites utilizing Copado and related Salesforce testing tools.\nParticipate in Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, backlog grooming, daily standups, retrospectives, and release readiness activities.\nIdentify, document, prioritize, and track defects through resolution while partnering closely with development teams on root cause analysis and remediation.\nValidate data integrity, migration accuracy, and platform behavior across environments and deployments.\nEnsure Salesforce solutions comply with security, governance, accessibility, and regulatory requirements within Government Cloud environments.\nSupport CI/CD deployment validation, release management activities, and production readiness testing.\nExecute API and integration testing involving MuleSoft, middleware platforms, and external enterprise systems.\nParticipate in client-facing discussions, testing reviews, and UAT coordination sessions as needed.\nMaintain accurate QA documentation including test cases, test scripts, traceability matrices, defect logs, and release validation reports.\nContribute to continuous improvement initiatives across QA processes, automation frameworks, and Agile delivery practices.\nRequired Experience\n5+ years of experience in Salesforce QA, Quality Engineering, or Salesforce testing roles within enterprise environments.\nProven experience supporting Public Sector and Government Cloud Salesforce implementations.\nExtensive experience Building and Executing automated test scripts using test automation tools.\nStrong hands-on experience testing Salesforce platforms including:\nGovernment Cloud\nService Cloud\nExperience Cloud\nLightning Experience\nSalesforce Flows and declarative automation\nStrong understanding of Salesforce platform functionality, security models, user roles, profiles, and sharing architecture.\nExperience performing:\nFunctional testing\nRegression testing\nIntegration testing\nUser Acceptance Testing (UAT)\nEnd-to-end testing\nAPI testing\nExperience utilizing Copado for Salesforce DevOps, automated testing, and release validation.\nExperience validating integrations involving APIs, web services, middleware, and external systems.\nFamiliarity with Agile/Scrum software delivery methodologies and release cycles.\nStrong analytical and troubleshooting skills with attention to detail and process discipline.\nAbility to collaborate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders in client-facing environments.\nExperience working within regulated, compliance-driven, or government-focused delivery environments.\nStrong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to clearly document defects, testing outcomes, and validation results.\nPreferred Experience\nCannabis industry experience highly preferred\nSalesforce certifications such as:\nSalesforce Administrator\nSalesforce Advanced Administrator\nSalesforce Business Analyst\nSalesforce Platform App Builder\nExperience working within Salesforce consulting, systems integrator (SI), or professional services environments.\nExposure to MuleSoft or enterprise integration platforms.\nExperience with additional Salesforce DevOps and automation tools including:\nGearset\nGit\nJenkins\nAzure DevOps\nSelenium\nProvar\nFamiliarity with Salesforce Experience Cloud sites, portals, and digital experiences.\nExperience supporting large-scale Salesforce migrations, modernization initiatives, or multi-org implementations.\nExposure to AI-enabled Salesforce tools including Einstein AI, Agentforce, or GenAI-assisted workflows.\nBusiness Analyst experience considered highly advantageous.\nLOCATION\nThis role is a US-based remote role with potential travel. \nTo be considered for this position, candidates must reside in one of the following U.S. states: AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DE, FL, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, MA, MD, MI, MN, MO, NC, NH, NJ, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, TN, TX, VA, WI, and Washington DC.\nCandidates residing outside of these states are not currently eligible for consideration. \nApplicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa currently.\nWe are committed to pay equity and transparency. The compensation range for this position represents our good faith estimate of the range we reasonably expect to pay for this role at the time of posting. The actual compensation offered will be determined based on factors such as the candidate’s experience, skills, education, work location, and internal equity. \nIn addition to base pay, employees may be eligible for discretionary bonuses, commissions, or other incentive programs, as well as a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, 401(k), paid time off, etc. \nEstimated Compensation Range:\n$115,000—$155,000 USD\nFormativGroup operates within the critical middle layer of business technology, where applications and systems connect infrastructure to business processes. We are specialists who help the middle market take full advantage of their technology investments with deep, industry-centric expertise, all in one place, to unify fragmented systems. With deep technical expertise across cloud architecture, system integration, AI, and data strategy, we bridge the gap between business goals and modern platforms. \nFormativGroup is an equal opportunity employer providing opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.\nADA Specifications: Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position. \n#formativgroupcareers #WorkWithUs\nClick here to view our Privacy Policy","description_format":"text","description_chars":7754,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":5,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Equity"],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"United States","iso":"US","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Government","Enterprise Apps Implementation Partners"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-22T15:20:16Z"}],"visa":[{"country":"US","licensed_sponsor":true,"evidence":"H-1B filings in 12 months: 8","filings_12m":8,"filings_prev_12m":0,"green_card_filings_12m":0,"median_offered_wage_usd":122500,"route":null,"cap_exempt":false,"checked_at":"2026-10-15T11:24:14+00:00","sources":["US Department of Labor: LCA disclosure data (H-1B, H-1B1, E-3)"],"filings_for_role_12m":0}],"liveness":{"score":17,"band":"cold","label":"Long shot","p_open":1,"p_active":0.6,"p_room":0.28,"age_days":159,"expected_fill_days":77,"reasons":["conf:2","velocity","win:tail","crowd:"],"computed_at":"2026-10-26T05:57:25Z"},"pay":{"stated_usd_annual":155000,"is_top_pay":true},"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/formativgroup-salesforce-qa-engineer-public-sector-government-cloud","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/formativgroup-salesforce-qa-engineer-public-sector-government-cloud.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-26T23:57:23Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":32862,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-27T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":673230},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=673230"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fformativgroup-salesforce-qa-engineer-public-sector-government-cloud"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fformativgroup-salesforce-qa-engineer-public-sector-government-cloud"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fformativgroup-salesforce-qa-engineer-public-sector-government-cloud"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/formativgroup-salesforce-qa-engineer-public-sector-government-cloud\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fformativgroup-salesforce-qa-engineer-public-sector-government-cloud"}]}