Automated Test Engineer

UNAVAILABLE; McLean (VA); Vor Ort; USD 95.000 - 125.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

N/A is seeking a Test Engineer to join the DevSecOps practice. You will contribute to quality assurance across application, cloud, and data systems development, with 3–5 years of QA and test automation experience in Agile/DevSecOps environments.

The role emphasizes automated testing, CI/CD integration, and security-focused testing across multiple platforms and data sets. Candidates should be able to obtain a U.S. government security clearance.

Qualifikationen

• BS degree in IT or related field or equivalent experience
• 3 years of experience with Git SCM providers (GitHub/GitLab/Bitbucket)
• 3 years of programming or scripting experience
• 3 years of DevSecOps experience in Agile environment
• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes
• 3 years of test automation using Selenium, Appium, SoapUI, RestAssured, Postman
• CI/CD integration of test automation including performance, security, and functional tests
• Experience with cloud environments (AWS/Azure/GCP)

Aufgaben

• Understand stakeholder needs and communicate them to developers
• Meet with product design to determine testing parameters
• Write test plans, create test cases, bug reports, and QA reports
• Manage test data architecture and requests
• Troubleshoot issues and streamline test procedures
• Test code and analyze results across data validation, functional, performance/load, usability, and accessibility testing
• Establish automated testing tools and infrastructure for test automation
• Validate testing across cloud migrations and datasets
• Develop automated test scripts with parallelization and idempotency
• Automate and improve development, testing, deployment, and release processes
• Ensure systems are secure against cybersecurity threats
• Collaborate with developers to ensure processes are followed
• Document environment state, perform gap analysis, provide options and recommendations
• Leverage virtualization and containerization to optimize testing
• Drive continuous DevSecOps improvements and tool adoption
• Present status updates and provide cross-training to the team
• Act as individual contributor and mentor juniors

Kenntnisse

QA automation

DevSecOps

Git (GitHub/GitLab/Bitbucket)

Programming or scripting

Docker

Kubernetes

Selenium

Appium

SoapUI

Postman

Ausbildung

BS in IT or related field

2 years IT experience if non-IT degree

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Git

Selenium

Appium

SoapUI

RestAssured

Postman

Jobbeschreibung

Overview

As a Test Engineer, you will work with our growing DevSecOps practice delivering quality assurance services to support application, cloud, and data systems development. We are looking for candidates with 3-5 years experience with experience with quality assurance and test automation practices in an Agile/DevSecOps work environment.

Responsibilities

• Understand the needs of stakeholders and conveying this to developers
• Meet with product design team to determine testing parameters
• Write test plans, create test cases, test procedures, bug reports, final QA reports for products
• Manage test data architecture definition and requests
• Troubleshoot errors and streamline the test procedures
• Test and examine code written by others and analyze results, including three or more of the following:
  • Data validation testing
  • Functional testing
  • Performance and load testing
  • Usability testing
  • Accessibility (508) testing
• Establish automated testing tools and infrastructure for test automation
• Provide validation testing of different system and data sets for cloud migrations
• Develop automated testing scripts considering parallelization and idempotency
• Automate and improve development, testing, deployment,and release processes
• Ensure that systems are safe and secure against cybersecurity threats
• Work with software developers and software engineers to ensure that development follows established processes and works as intended
• Document as-is state of the environment, perform a gap analysis, and produce artifacts that articulate options and recommendations
• Leverage virtualization and containerization to optimize testing software systems
• Work with teams to bring continuous improvement to DevSecOps processes and tools.
• Engineer and implement solutions and provide recommendations for continuous improvement for the services provided
• Present regular status updates and provide cross training to other DevOps team members
• Act as an individual contributor and mentor more junior team members

Qualifications

• Ability to obtain a U.S. government Security Clearance
• BS Degree in an IT field OR BS in a non-IT field and 2 years related IT experience
• 3 Years of Experience with Git SCM providers such as GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket
• 3 Years of Experience with one or more programming or scripting languages
• 3 Years of application DevSecOps Experience in an Agile environment
• Experience utilizing docker containers and utilizing platforms such as Kubernetes
• 3 Years of Experience implementing test automation, using tools such as Selenium, Appium, Soap UI, RestAssured, Postman
• Experience integrating test automation including performance, security, and functional tests into CI/CD Pipelines
• Experience with performance and load testing
• Experience in one or more cloud computing environments (e.g. AWS, Azure, or GCP)

Preferred:

• Certifications:
  • CAST (Certified Associate in Software Testing)
  • International Software Testing Qualifications Board (ISTQB) Certification
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, interpersonal and collaborative skills
• Experience with documenting an as-is state of the environment, perform a gap analysis, and produce artifacts that articulate options and recommendations