Senior Test Engineer

Steampunk, Inc.; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology firm is seeking a Senior Test Engineer to deliver quality assurance services supporting application, cloud, and data systems development. Candidates should possess 5-7 years of experience in quality assurance, familiarity with test automation in an Agile/DevSecOps environment, and the ability to obtain a U.S. government Security Clearance. The role offers a competitive salary range of $110,000 to $160,000, reflecting the firm's total compensation package.

Qualifications

• 5-7 years of experience in quality assurance and test automation.
• Ability to obtain a U.S. government Security Clearance.
• Experience with performance and load testing.

Responsibilities

• Convey testing needs to developers and stakeholders.
• Write test plans and procedures for products.
• Troubleshoot errors and streamline test procedures.

Skills

Quality assurance

Test automation

Agile methodologies

Cross-team collaboration

Education

BS Degree in IT or related field

Tools

Selenium

Docker

Kubernetes

GitHub

Job description

As a Senior 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 5-7 years experience with quality assurance and test automation practices in an Agile/DevSecOps work environment.

Contributions

Responsibilities

• Understanding 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
• Testing and examining code written by others and analyzing results, including three or more of the following:
  • Data validation testing
  • Functional testing
  • Performance and load testing
  • Usability testing
  • Accessibility (508) testing
• Establishing 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
• Ensuring that systems are safe and secure against cybersecurity threats
• Working 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
• Executes detailed test scenarios for Salesforce applications, including functional, regression, and integration testing.
• Logs defects, validates fixes, and ensures that the system meets the defined acceptance criteria before deployment.

Qualifications

Required

• 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
• 5 Years of Experience with Git SCM providers such as GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket
• 5 Years of Experience with one or more programming or scripting languages
• 5 Years of application DevSecOps Experience with actual/active development experience in an Agile environment
• Experience utilizing docker containers and utilizing platforms such as Kubernetes
• 5 Years of Experience implementing test automation, using tools such as Selenium, Appium, Soap UI, RestAssured, Postman
• 3 Years of Experience integrating test automation including performance, security, and functional tests into CI/CD Pipelines
• 3 Years of Experience with performance and load testing
• Testing experience with Mulesoft is required.

Preferred

• MS Degree
• Certifications:
  • CAST (Certified Associate in Software Testing)
  • International Software Testing Qualifications Board (ISTQB) Certification
  • Certified Manager of Software Testing (CMST)
  • DHS Trusted Tester Certification (TTv5)
• 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 preferred

About Steampunk

Steampunk relies on several factors to determine salary, including but not limited to geographic location, contractual requirements, education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience. The projected compensation range for this position is $110,000 to $160,000. The estimate displayed represents a typical annual salary range for this position. Annual salary is just one aspect of Steampunk’s total compensation package for employees. Learn more about additional Steampunk benefits here.

Identity Statement

As part of the application process, you are expected to be on camera during interviews and assessments. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud.

Steampunk is a Change Agent in the Federal contracting industry, bringing new thinking to clients in the Homeland, Federal Civilian, Health and DoD sectors. Through our Human-Centered delivery methodology, we are fundamentally changing the expectations our Federal clients have for true shared accountability in solving their toughest mission challenges. As an employee owned company, we focus on investing in our employees to enable them to do the greatest work of their careers – and rewarding them for outstanding contributions to our growth. If you want to learn more about our story, visit http://www.steampunk.com.

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Steampunk participates in the E-Verify program.