Software Test Engineer

Booz Allen Hamilton; Chantilly (VA); On-site; USD 87,000 - 198,000; Full time

Job summary

Booz Allen Hamilton in Chantilly, VA, seeks a Software Test Engineer to design and execute tests for complex IT systems in the Intelligence Community. You will translate IT needs into a plan by crafting design specs, requirements, scripts, and test cases.

You will mentor developers and contribute to modernizing legacy systems, including cloud migration and integration of new tech. Strong testing background and security clearance are essential.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software testing experience including automation.
• Experience with test planning, execution, and end-to-end testing.
• Knowledge of Linux/UNIX environments and SDLC/STLC.

Responsibilities

• Translate customer IT needs into testing strategies and plans.
• Craft design specs, requirements, scripts, and test cases.
• Lead and mentor cross-functional developers to solutions architecture.

Skills

5+ years manual and automation testing

test planning and execution

Linux/UNIX environments

SDLC/STLC and Agile

analyze requirements and document

cross-functional collaboration

TS/SCI clearance

Security+ CE / SSCP / CCNA-Security /G

HS diploma or GED

Education

HS diploma or GED

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Postman

SoapUI

SQL

log analysis

Zephyr

Jira

Confluence

GitLab

Java

Python

JavaScript

Jenkins

Azure DevOps

AWS

Azure

GCP

Job description

At a certain point, experience-based system design can start to look like clairvoyance. When you've developed so many systems that you can not only orchestrate the best solution for any technology-based challenge, but you can also anticipate and preempt future issues, you're a solutions architect. The role is Software Test Engineer with Job Number: R0248025. You've evolved your skills into strategy through a long path of software development accomplishments and the curiosity to understand how all the pieces of an IT ecosystem fit together. Are you ready to use your combination of knowledge, skill, and experience to tackle the toughest challenges in the Intelligence Community? As a solutions architect on our team, you'll translate your customer's IT needs and future goals into a plan by crafting design specifications, requirements, scripts, and test cases. Through your leadership, we'll help transform the way the Intelligence Community uses technology, including cloud migration, integrating advanced technology, and modernizing legacy systems. What do you do next in a career where you've reached this level? You mentor the next set of developers to help them grow into tomorrow's solutions architects. Join us and build the future of technology in the Intelligence Community for the better. Join us. The world can't wait.

You Have:

• 5+ years of experience with manual and automation software testing
• Experience with test planning, execution, integration, regression, and end-to-end testing
• Experience with Linux or UNIX environments and troubleshooting system or data issues
• Knowledge of SDLC or STLC, and Agile methodologies
• Ability to analyze requirements, develop test scenarios, and document results
• Ability to work effectively in cross-functional, fast-paced environments
• TS/SCI clearance
• HS diploma or GED
• Ability to obtain a Security+ CE, SSCP, CCNA-Security, or GSEC Certification within 6 months of hire date

Nice If You Have:

• Experience with Postman, SoapUI, SQL, and log analysis
• Experience with Zephyr, Jira, and Confluence
• Experience with GitLab, Java, Python, JavaScript, and CI/CD tools such as Jenkins and Azure DevOps
• Experience with the Cloud, including AWS, Azure, or GCP
• Knowledge of government contracting environments
• Possession of excellent communication, organizational, and analytical skills
• Bachelor's degree

Clearance:

Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information; TS/SCI clearance is required.

Compensation

At Booz Allen, we celebrate your contributions, provide you with opportunities and choices, and support your total well-being. Our offerings include health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits, as well as paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work-life programs, and dependent care. Our recognition awards program acknowledges employees for exceptional performance and superior demonstration of our values. Full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in Booz Allen's benefit programs. Employees that do not meet the threshold are only eligible for select offerings, not inclusive of health benefits. We encourage you to learn more about our total benefits by visiting the Resource page on our Careers site and reviewing Our Employee Benefits page.

Salary at Booz Allen is determined by various factors, including but not limited to location, the individual's particular combination of education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, as well as contract-specific affordability and organizational requirements. The projected compensation range for this position is $86,800.00 to $198,000.00 (annualized USD). The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position and is just one component of Booz Allen's total compensation package for employees. This posting will close within 90 days from the Posting Date.

Identity Statement

As part of the hiring process, we will ask you to complete an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence to ensure authenticity and protect against identity fraud. 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.

Candidate AI Usage Policy

AI is a part of our daily work at Booz Allen, and we are committed to the responsible and ethical use of AI tools. However, we want to ensure a fair candidate process based on your own skills and knowledge. As part of this commitment, the use of artificial intelligence (AI) or other tools to assist with responses during interviews (whether in-person or virtual) is prohibited unless permission is explicitly provided.

Work Model

• Remote: If this position is listed as remote, there may still be occasions when you are required to work in person at a Booz Allen or customer facility.
• Hybrid: If this position is listed as hybrid, you will be expected to work from a Booz Allen facility frequently, in alignment with leadership expectations and the needs of the role. You may also be required to work from or visit a customer facility.
• Onsite: If this position is listed as onsite, work will primarily be performed at a Booz Allen office or customer facility, where employees will collaborate directly with colleagues and customers as required by the role.

Commitment to Non-Discrimination

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local, or international law.