812211 Test Engineer $70,000.00

B4Corp; Bethesda (MD); On-site; USD 63,000 - 77,000; Full time

Job summary

B4Corp is seeking a Test Engineer in Bethesda, MD, requiring a Top Secret/SCI clearance with polygraph. The role focuses on designing, developing, and executing automated tests in a CI/CD pipeline for cloud environments, ensuring quality and reliability of software applications.

Responsibilities include Agile testing, test automation you will implement robust frameworks using Selenium or Katalon Studio, and collaborate with Scrum roles to deliver functionality per acceptance criteria.

Qualifications

• Experience in software quality assurance with a strong focus on automation testing.
• Experience with creation, authoring, execution and documentation of test cases in agile cadence.
• Hands-on experience in designing and implementing robust automation frameworks using Selenium or Katalon Studio.
• Strong programming skills in Java or Python for writing scalable test scripts.
• Experience with CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitHub) and integration with automated tests.
• Experience with software performance testing and testing within Commercial Cloud Platforms (AWS).
• Ability to work in a SAFe Agile and DevOps development environment.

Responsibilities

• Participate in Agile software development initiatives (standup, planning) to support testing of features in a cloud environment.
• Collaborate to assess StoryPoint/complexity for testing and delivery of functionality per acceptance criteria.
• Develop automated test approaches with emphasis on regression testing and tool-assisted automation.
• Develop automated test cases for custom applications using GUI/COTS tools.
• Leverage DevOps practices to maintain and improve test scripts and configurations.
• Document end-to-end test case narratives and support performance evaluation activities using JIRA/Confluence and JMeter.

Skills

Automation testing

Test automation frameworks

Selenium

Katalon Studio

Java

Python

Jenkins

GitHub

AWS

CI/CD

SAFe Agile

DevOps practices

Education

BS degree in Computer Science or related field

Master’s degree (optional)

Tools

Selenium

Katalon Studio

Job description

Description

Position Requires a Top Secret (TS/SCI) Clearance with a Polygraph.

Labor Category: Test Engineer
Position Title: Test Engineer
Position Level: Level 5 – Developmental
Salary: Up to $70,000.00 per year
Core Hours: 9am to 4pm
Location: Bethesda MD

Description

Position Requires a Top Secret (TS/SCI) Clearance with a Polygraph.

As a Test Engineer on this program, you will have the opportunity to design, develop, and execute automated tests to ensure the quality and reliability of software applications and services in a Continuous Integration / Continuous Delivery Pipeline within a commercial cloud environment. You will play a crucial role in the software development lifecycle, aiming to streamline testing processes, reduce defects, and accelerate software releases.

Primary Responsibilities

• Participate in program Agile software development initiatives (standup, planning, increment planning) to support innovation and enhancement of custom applications through iteration/functionality testing within a commercial cloud environment.
• Participate and collaborate with team members to assess StoryPoint/complexity efforts (using best practices) to ensure proper testing and delivery of functionality per User Story Acceptance Criteria
• Collaborate with team members (Scrum Master, Product Owner, Software Developers) to develop test approaches with emphasis on automation of recurring/regression test cases through selected toolsets
• Develop automated test cases using knowledge of custom Applications through designated GUI/COTS products (ex: Selenium and Katalon Studio)
• Leverage DevOps practices to ensure repeatability and Configuration Management of test cases/scripts are maintained and continuously improved
• Develop and document end-to-end functionality test case narratives using task management system (JIRA/Confluence) and support performance testing/evaluation activities using tools such as Jmeter

Details

Labor Category: Test Engineer
Position Title: Test Engineer
Position Level: Level 5 – Developmental
Salary: Up to $70,000.00 per year
Core Hours: 9am to 4pm
Location: Bethesda MD

Mandatory Requirements

• Developmental (0-2 years’ experience)
• Full Performance (3-5 years’ experience)
• Senior (6-10 years’ experience)
• Expert (11-15 years’ experience)
• SME (16+ years’ experience)
• Experience in software quality assurance with a significant focus on automation testing.
• Experience with creation, authoring, execution and documentation of test cases/result sets for software products in an agile cadence
• Hands-on experience in designing and implementing robust automation frameworks using tools like Selenium or Katalon Studio
• Strong programming skills in languages such as Java or Python enabling the ability to write efficient and scalable test scripts.
• Experience with CI/CD tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitHub) and their integration with automated tests.
• Direct experience with software performance testing practices
• Experience working/testing within Commercial Cloud Platforms (ex: AWS) and DevOps tools, and working in a SAFe Agile and DevOps development environment
• Demonstrated ability to work within collaborative environment to execute test cases complimentary to development efforts
• BS degree with and 4-8 years of prior relevant experience or Master’s 2-6 years of prior relevant experience. Will consider experience in lieu of a degree

Optional Requirements

Hands-on experience with Katalon Studio and Katalon Runtime Engine

• Direct experience with AWS environments

B4CORP Company Information

B4Corp is a small defense contracting company that focuses on providing an optimum environment for mission-focused, highly skilled consultants to support the United States of America’s intelligence community and other defense organizations. B4Corp provides a low overhead, highly efficient, high salary environment that allows employees to excel at meeting the client’s needs. B4Corp is looking for information technology professionals that have a high sense of personal responsibility, self-motivation, and mission drive.

B4Corp’s dedication and care for its employees is reflected in our outstanding compensation and benefits package. B4Corp’s benefits reflect the company’s policy of putting the employees first. B4Corp’s maximum flexibility comp / makeup time policy, along with the company’s cafeteria-style benefit plan that allows employees to maximize their Benefit Dollars, reflects B4Corp’s commitment to its employees.

Compensation

• Outstanding Salaries

Retirement

• Full Vanguard 401k Plan – Featuring a full scope of investment options – 100% employer matched contribution up to 6% of employee’s salary – Ability to max out 401k savings $57k ($63.5k if over 50)
• Employees receive B4Corp phantom stock each year (2-year vesting period)

Insurance

• Medical – United Health Care (UHC) (multiple plan options)
• Dental – United Concordia (UC) Flex Plan
• Vision – Vision Service Plan Insurance Co (VSP) Signature Plans
• Mutual of Omaha short-term disability (60% of salary up to $2,000.00/week)
• Mutual of Omaha long-term disability (60% of salary up to $10,000.00/month)
• Mutual of Omaha life insurance ($200,000.00)

Employee Referral Bonus

• Refer a friend or a coworker and receive $3,000 per year for every year the person works for B4CORP

Paid Time Off (PTO)

• Seven weeks of leave per year (including ten federal holidays)
• Flexible work schedule with comp time (with customer approval)

B4Corp is an EEO and e-Verify employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation or national origin. Please take the time to review and complete these three voluntary identification forms if you choose to do so and email them to [e-mail].