Test Engineer

Steampunk; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Steampunk is seeking a Test Engineer to join our DevSecOps practice, delivering QA services for application, cloud and data systems. You will leverage 3–5 years of QA and test automation experience within an Agile/DevSecOps environment.

The role emphasizes test planning, automation, data validation, performance/load, and security testing, with hands-on coding in scripts and collaboration with product design, developers, and operations teams to improve testing workflows and ensure secure,

Qualifications

• Ability to obtain a U.S. government Security Clearance.
• BS degree in IT or related field with 2 years IT experience.
• 3 years experience with Git SCM providers (GitHub/GitLab/Bitbucket).
• 3 years with one or more programming or scripting languages.
• 3 years DevSecOps experience in Agile development.
• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes.
• 3 years of test automation with Selenium, Appium, SoapUI, RestAssured, Postman.

Responsibilities

• Understand stakeholder needs and translate to developers.
• Create test plans, test cases, and QA reports.
• Develop automated tests and CI/CD integrations.
• Validate data and perform functional, performance, and security testing.
• Mentor junior team members and share DevSecOps practices.

Skills

Quality assurance

Test automation

Agile / DevSecOps

Mentoring

Communication

Education

BS Degree in IT / related field

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Selenium

Appium

SoapUI

RestAssured

Postman

Git (GitHub/GitLab/Bitbucket)

Job description

Overview

As a 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 3-5 years experience with experience with quality assurance and test automation practices in an Agile/DevSecOps work environment.

Contributions

• 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


• 3 Years of Experience with Git SCM providers such as GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket


• 3 Years of Experience with one or more programming or scripting languages


• 3 Years of application DevSecOps Experience with actual/active development experience in an Agile environment


• Experience utilizing docker containers and utilizing platforms such as Kubernetes


• 3 Years of 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


• Experience in one or more cloud computing environments (e.g. AWS, Azure, or GCP)

Preferred:

• Certifications:
  
  
  
  • CAST (Certified Associate in Software Testing)
  
  
  • International Software Testing Qualifications Board (ISTQB) Certification
  
  
  
  


• 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 $90,000 to $130,000. 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.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.