Automation Test Engineer - TS/SCI Clearance | DevSecOps

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

Benefits offered by this job

100% employer matched 401(k)

Comprehensive health insurance

Seven weeks paid time off

Job summary

A defense contracting company in Bethesda, MD is seeking a Test Engineer to provide technical expertise in developing automated testing scripts and participating in Agile software development. The ideal candidate will have a Master’s or Doctorate degree with relevant experience, and an expert-level command of scripting languages such as Python. This position involves collaborating with team members to ensure effective testing of applications in a cloud environment and offers a competitive salary along with robust benefits.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree with 15-20 years experience or Doctorate with 15 years experience.
• Ability to automate tasks using Python.
• Knowledge of software performance testing.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute automated testing scripts.
• Participate in Agile software development initiatives.
• Collaborate to develop test approaches focusing on automation.

Skills

Proficient in Agile practices

Expert in scripting languages

Experience in test data/script development

Excellent communication skills

Education

Master’s degree or Doctorate with relevant experience

Tools

JIRA

Confluence

AWS

JMeter

Selenium

Katalon Studio

Job description

Description

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

Labor Category: Test Engineer

Position Title: Tester

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.

“This role provides technical expertise with developing and executing automated testing scripts as part of a tailored SAFe Agile DevSecOps pipeline. This role performs software development to implement scripts, evaluate test results, and implement a feedback loop in a Continuous Integration Continuous Delivery Pipeline. Flexible cross-training to also provide systems engineering, software development, training, security, and testing is also desired.

This role is responsible for technical planning, verification and validation, and fielding. Duties include performing integration, system testing, and quality assurance. This role also requires generating test data in multiple environments.

Details

Labor Category: Test Engineer

Position Title: Tester

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)
  
  

This role provides technical expertise with developing and executing automated testing scripts as part of a tailored SAFe Agile DevSecOps pipeline. This role performs software development to implement scripts, evaluate test results, and implement a feedback loop in a Continuous Integration Continuous Delivery Pipeline. Flexible cross-training to also provide systems engineering, software development, training, security, and testing is also desired.

Participate in program Agile software development initiatives (standup, planning, Increment planning) to support innovation and enhancement of custom applications through iteration/functionality testing

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 test validation scripts using program designated languages (ex: Python)

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 the continuously improved

Develop and document end-to-end functionality test case narratives using task management system (JIRA/Confluence)

Generate test data and identify use/corner cases required to meet User Story/Customer needs

Support performance testing/evaluation activities using tools such as Jmeter

Perform job duties within Commercial cloud development environments

Basic Qualifications

Candidate must have Masters with 15-20 years of prior relevant experience or Doctorate with 15 years of prior relevant experience.

Proficient with common Agile practices and DevOps development practices

Expert experience with scripting languages (ex: Python) to automate tasks

Expert experience in test data/script development

Ability to test both front end changes and back end applications processes

Knowledge of or direct experience with software performance testing practices

Expert experience with creation, authoring, execution and documentation of test cases/result sets for software products in an agile cadence

Expert experience working in an Agile development environment and tempo

In-depth experience working/testing within Commercial Cloud Platforms (ex: AWS) and DevOps tools

Demonstrated ability to work within agile team collaborative environment with ability to execute test cases complimentary to development efforts

Excellent communication skills (written and verbal)

Working knowledge of SAFe Agile, its goals and practices

Optional Requirements

Experience with administration of MS Windows Server or Linux environments (Lab or Personal development space)

Experience reviewing output of CI jobs and capable of tracking test failures back to code changes that resulted in bugs

Capable of review code check-ins to understand the impact of code changes on system functionality and potential applications bugs.

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)
  
  

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