Software Quality Assurance Engineer

Peraton; Santa Clara, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 55,000 - 83,000; Part time

Job summary

Peraton in Santa Clara, CA seeks a part-time software tester to join the DevOps team on the Theater Mission Planning Center program, part of the Navy's Tomahawk Missile program. The role focuses on automating installation and testing across hardware configurations and releases, with mostly on-site work.

You will validate installations and deployment updates in dev/test environments before media release, and collaborate in Agile ceremonies while contributing to deployment procedures and test

Qualifications

• Education and clearance requirements as listed in the posting.
• Experience with DevOps implementation or test strategies.
• Strong analytical and IT skills, including Windows and RedHat Linux.
• Ability to learn and follow complex processes and procedures.
• Clearance: active SECRET or ability to obtain one.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute tests following team conventions for multiple TMPC releases.
• Verify ISP changes for deployment updates.
• Report test findings and document errors.
• Understand TMPC hardware configurations and associated applications.
• Follow program processes and contribute to team standards.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies like Sprint Planning and Daily Stand-ups.

Skills

DevOps experience

Analytical skills

Strong writing skills

Ability to learn new technologies

Education

BS/BA or MS/MA in a relevant field

Tools

Ansible

Keycloak

Azure DevOps

Windows

RedHat Linux

Job description

What you'll need:

• Education: 8 years with BS/BA or 6 years with MS/MA
• Clearance: active SECRET clearance or the ability to obtain one.
• 5 years manual testing experience.
• Experience with DevOps implementation or test strategies.
• Strong analytical skills, IT skills, including experience working with a virtualized environment, Microsoft Windows, and RedHat Linux.
• Knowledge of Ansible and Keycloak preferred.
• Familiarity with DevOps tools, including Azure DevOps.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office products.
• Strong writing skills.
• Ability to learn and follow complex processes and procedures.
• Initiative, adaptability, attention to detail, and the ability to learn new technologies.

Peraton is seeking a part-time software tester who will work alongside a DevOps team on the Theater Mission Planning Center (TMPC) program, part of the Navy's Tomahawk Missile program. You will be part of a dynamic team that is responsible for automating the installation of a large, complex system for multiple hardware configurations and releases. The role has limited opportunity for hybrid work, but is predominantly on-site in Santa Clara, CA.

Your role will involve working with the DevOps team to validate and test installation and deployment updates prior to deployment. This will include performing installations and verifying deployment changes in a development/test environment prior to deployment media being released for installation on TMPC systems and delivery to the customer.

What you'll do:

• Develop and execute tests following team/project conventions to verify deployment strategy and media for multiple releases (TMPC 7.0.5, TMPC 8.0.0).
• Verify updates to the Installation and Setup Procedures (ISP) for changes to the deployment implementation.
• Report test findings and document new errors per team/project conventions.
• Understand TMPC hardware configurations and the applications/capabilities for each configuration.
• Understand evolving deployment requirements for each of the TMPC configurations.
• Provide or validate estimates for assigned tasks.
• Follow program processes and procedures.
• Contribute to the evolution of the team/project standards and conventions.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies (e.g. Spring Planning, Daily Stand-up)