Software Engineer (Senior)

Torch Technologies, Inc.; Del Rio (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

ESOP participation

401(k) match

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Short-term disability

Long-term disability

Flexible spending accounts

Health Savings Accounts

Health Reimbursement Accounts

Employee Assistance Program

Education assistance

Paid time off

Holidays

Job summary

Torch Technologies seeks a Senior Software Engineer with Test Automation experience to join a team supporting Air Force HR systems. You will apply software engineering skills to test automation, tool engineering, and quality verification across MilPDS and related HR software.

The ideal candidate writes maintainable automation code, executes manual testing, and supports CI/CD using UiPath and OpenText UFT One. Onsite at Randolph AFB.

Qualifications

• U.S. Citizenship is required.
• Master’s or Doctorate with 8 years of experience; 5 in DoD.
• Or Bachelor’s with 12 years of experience; 5 in DoD.
• Or 15 years of related experience with proper certifications as described.

Responsibilities

• Prepare, review, and analyze planning, requirements, design, coding, and test docs.
• Work with source code, configs, and engineering resolutions.
• Evaluate feasibility of requirements and proposed solutions.
• Develop documentation, flowcharts, and code comments to demonstrate solutions.
• Design system specs, standards, and install solutions.
• Improve operations via systems/process analysis and policy changes.
• Advise on software procurements by researching vendors and products.
• Collect, analyze, and summarize issues for development/support.
• Develop software by studying requirements, user stories, and data needs.
• Evaluate tech such as containers, Kubernetes, IaC, CI/CD, and SDLC automation.
• Ensure cybersecurity policies are applied to software delivery.

Skills

Java

VBScript

C++

Test automation

UiPath

OpenText UFT One

Jira

CI/CD

Education

Master’s or Doctorate in a related field

Bachelor’s degree in a related field

15 years of related experience with certifications

Tools

UiPath

OpenText UFT One

Jira

Job description

Torch TechnologiesThank you for your interest in employment with Torch Technologies. We are a 100% employee-owned, Certified Great Place To Work and named Best Places to Work in Huntsville/Madison County, headquartered in Huntsville, AL. Our team provides superior research, development, and engineering services to the Federal Government and Department of War. As one of the nation’s top 100 defense companies, the services we provide directly support the men and women who serve our country. Our corporate mission sums up the pride our employee-owners take in the work we do: “Lighting the Pathway of Freedom”. And, as a Certified Evergreen ESOP, we have made the commitment to grow and sustain our company for the next 100 years! Come grow with us!

Torch TechnologiesThank you for your interest in employment with Torch Technologies. We are a 100% employee-owned, Certified Great Place To Work and named Best Places to Work in Huntsville/Madison County, headquartered in Huntsville, AL. Our team provides superior research, development, and engineering services to the Federal Government and Department of War. As one of the nation’s top 100 defense companies, the services we provide directly support the men and women who serve our country. Our corporate mission sums up the pride our employee-owners take in the work we do: “Lighting the Pathway of Freedom”. And, as a Certified Evergreen ESOP, we have made the commitment to grow and sustain our company for the next 100 years! Come grow with us!
Torch Technologies is seeking a Software Engineer (Senior) with Test Automation Experience to join a team to support the testing of systems assigned to the Air Force Human Resources Systems Division (HRSD). The person that fills this position will apply their software engineering skills to test automation, tool engineering, and quality verification across the Military Personnel Data System (MilPDS) and broader legacy applications within the HRSD. The ideal candidate will possess programming skills—enabling them to write maintainable automation code for use in test workflows, executing manual testing, support pipeline integration, and support agentic testing workflows using enterprise automation suites such as UiPath and OpenText UFT One. This position supports the AFLCMC/GB Business and Enterprise Systems Directorate (BES)/GBH Human Resources Systems Division.

Responsibilities

• Preparing/creating, reviewing, and analyzing all types of documentation for: Planning, Requirements, Design, Coding, Support, and Test.
• Source code, configuration files and engineering resolution support.
• Determining operational feasibility by evaluating analysis, problem definition, requirements, solution development, and proposed solutions.
• Demonstrating solutions by developing documentation, flowcharts, layouts, diagrams, charts, and code comments.
• Determining and designing system specifications, and standards, and programming/coding and installing solutions.
• Improving operations by conducting systems and process analysis plus recommending changes in policies and procedures.
• Advising (licensed) software procurements by researching, analyzing, comparing, and documenting results of vendors and products, which may include installation, configuration and testing (of products).
• Providing information and recommendations by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing development and service-related issues;
• Developing software solutions by studying requirements/user stories, user/system/data needs, conferring with users, studying systems flow, data usage, and work processes, investigating problem areas, and following an Agile software development lifecycle.
• Evaluating software technologies such as containerization and the use of Kubernetes, infrastructure as code, configuration as code, micro services, standard application program interfaces (API), continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD), and maximizing the automation of the software development lifecycle (SDLC).
• Ensuring the rigorous application of information security/cybersecurity policies, principles, and practices to the delivery of application software services.
• Practical software engineering and scripting experience with proven proficiency in one or more programming languages (e.g., Java, VBScript, or C++) and core software engineering concepts.
• Experience creating, debugging, and maintaining automated test suites using enterprise tools such as UiPath, OpenText UFT One (formerly HP UFT/QTPP), or similar GUI automation frameworks.
• Possesses understanding of software quality assurance, manual test execution, test procedure creation, and defect logging platforms (e.g., Jira).
• Knowledge and understanding of Federal and DoW Cybersecurity regulations and policies.
• Experience with the Risk Management Framework (RMF), and Federal DoW Cybersecurity regulations, policies and best practices.

Required Qualifications

• U.S. Citizenship is required.
• Master’s or Doctorate Degree in a related field and 8 years of experience in the respective technical/professional discipline being performed, 5 years of which must be in the DoW.
• OR, Bachelor’s degree in a related field and 12 years of experience in the respective technical/professional discipline being performed, 5 of which must be in the DoW.
• OR, 15 years of directly related experience with proper certifications as described in the PWS labor category performance requirements, 8 of which must be in the DoW.
• Active Secret Clearance (required to start)

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with Oracle RDBMS and the ability to execute basic SQL queries to inspect and verify database states.
• Prior experience operating within a DoW test and evaluation environment.
• Familiarity with MilPDS user interfaces, Oracle Forms, personnel data structures, or legacy military HR software applications.
• Experience executing or triggering automated test suites within CI/CD pipelines (such as Flex Deploy, Jenkins, or GitLab CI/CD).
• IAT/IAM level II certification (Minimum of Security+; equivalent or higher certification). (Highly Desired)

Schedule:

(M-F; 8-5)

Work Location:

Onsite, Randolph AFB

Travel:

Yes, 10%

Relocation Assistance Available:

No

Position Contingent Upon Award of Contract:

No

Benefits

Torch Technologies is proud to offer a stable and professional work environment, a competitive salary, and an excellent, comprehensive benefit package including: ESOP participation, 401(k) match, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, flexible spending accounts, Health Saving Accounts and Health Reimbursement Accounts, EAP, education assistance, paid time off, and holidays.

Employment at Torch Technologies is contingent upon the successful completion of a comprehensive background check.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, citizenship, ancestry, marital status, protected veteran status, disability status or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law. Torch Technologies, Inc. participates in E-Verify.

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