Senior Tester

UNAVAILABLE; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Steampunk is seeking a Test Engineer to join our DevSecOps practice, delivering QA across application, cloud, and data systems. You will create test plans and cases, document results, and work with developers to ensure quality and security in a fast-paced environment.

The role emphasizes automated testing, CI/CD integration, and mentoring junior team members, with collaboration across product design and operations teams.

Qualifications

• Ability to obtain a U.S. government Security Clearance
• BS degree in IT or related IT experience with 2+ years in IT
• Experience with Git SCM providers (GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket)
• Experience with programming or scripting languages
• DevSecOps experience in an Agile environment
• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes
• Experience implementing test automation tools (Selenium, Appium, SoapUI, RestAssured, Postman)
• Experience integrating test automation into CI/CD pipelines
• Experience with performance and load testing
• MS degree preferred; various certifications listed

Responsibilities

• Understand stakeholder needs and convey to developers
• Meet with product design to determine testing parameters
• Write test plans, test cases, procedures, bug reports, QA reports
• Manage test data architecture and requests
• Troubleshoot errors and streamline test procedures
• Conduct diverse testing (functional, performance, usability, accessibility)
• Establish automated testing tools and infrastructure
• Validate testing for cloud migrations
• Develop automated testing 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 as-is state and perform gap analysis with actionable recommendations
• Leverage virtualization and containerization for testing
• Contribute to DevSecOps process improvements
• Present status updates and mentor junior team members

Skills

Security clearance eligibility

Programming/scripting languages

DevSecOps

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Education

BS in IT field

MS degree

Tools

GitHub

GitLab

Bitbucket

Docker

Kubernetes

Selenium

Appium

SoapUI

RestAssured

Postman

Job description

Overview

Steampunk is looking for you to join our team as a Test Engineer. You will work with our growing DevSecOps practice delivering quality assurance services to support application, cloud and data systems development.

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

• Establishingautomated 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

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
• Experience with Git SCM providers such as GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket
• Experience with one or more programming or scripting languages
• Application DevSecOps experience with actual/active development experience in an Agile environment
• Experience utilizing docker containers and utilizing platforms such as Kubernetes

• 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

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