Senior Software Test Engineer - TS/SCI, SaaS Release

Okta; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 136,000 - 187,000; Full time

Job summary

Okta in Washington, DC is seeking a highly specialized Software Engineer in Test to validate and certify weekly releases in a restricted environment. You will own end-to-end test plans and ensure uptime of mission-critical software.

You will operate as the sole QA resource, wearing multiple hats across the software lifecycle, with a focus on release-based testing, automation, and ensuring compatibility with customer deployments. A TS/SCI clearance is required.

Qualifications

• Must possess active TS/SCI clearance with Full Scope Polygraph.
• 4+ years of experience in software QA with a focus on release-based testing and validation.
• 4+ years of experience working in a SaaS-based environment.
• Experience working on both server and client side of device technology.
• Proven ability to understand, debug, and maintain existing automation code (e.g., Java-based) to diagnose failures; heavy programming/development experience is not strictly required.
• 4+ years of experience in at least three of the following cross-disciplinary skills ("Multiple Hats"):
• 4 years of experience with developing and executing end-to-end or system test plans.
• 4 years of experience setting up and maintaining test configurations and lab environments

Responsibilities

• Analyze/refine requirements with Development and Engineering Leads, focusing on test planning and scope to certify releases.
• Participate effectively in a scrum team environment.
• Manage deliverables working under minimal supervision.
• Partner with Development and Release Teams to build and execute on product infrastructure growth and high availability.
• Understand Okta’s top customers usage patterns to define critical test coverage.
• Review new changes going into test and staging environments.
• Ensure new changes are compatible with existing customer deployments and usage.
• Develop, maintain, and debug end-to-end/system test plans and existing test automation to certify the quality of weekly releases.
• Set up and maintain all necessary test configurations and lab environments for end-to-end/system testing.
• Prioritize and ensure that critical customer usage patterns continue to function for every weekly release in our test and staging environments.
• Support the overall QA efforts of our software deployment and release teams, acting as a technical authority on quality in the restricted environment

Skills

TS/SCI clearance

SaaS experience

QA testing

Automation debugging

Tools

Java

Job description

Okta in Washington, DC is seeking a highly specialized Software Engineer in Test to validate and certify weekly releases in a restricted environment. You will own end-to-end test plans and ensure uptime of mission-critical software.

You will operate as the sole QA resource, wearing multiple hats across the software lifecycle, with a focus on release-based testing, automation, and ensuring compatibility with customer deployments. A TS/SCI clearance is required.