Test Engineer Sr. - 100% Remote

General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc.; Fort Meade (MD); Remote; USD 98,000 - 132,000; Full time

Job summary

General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc. seeks a Senior Test Engineer to support ICAM testing in a fully remote role. You will write test cases, validate tool configurations, and ensure compliance with contract requirements within an agile context.

You will track tests and defects in JIRA and Zephyr, report metrics, and help manage risks and issues while coordinating with cross‑functional teams. DoD environment experience is preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in a related technical discipline or equivalent experience.
• Minimum 5 years of hands-on software testing experience.
• Active DoD Security Clearance at SECRET or higher (must currently hold).
• US Citizenship required.

Responsibilities

• Review requirements, specifications, and design documents; provide timely feedback.
• Develop and execute detailed, comprehensive test cases.
• Perform functional, integration, regression, data integrity and stress testing.
• Identify and document defects; collaborate with developers.

Skills

JIRA Tool

Software Application Testing

Test Case Writing

User Acceptance

Zephyr for JIRA

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in a related technical discipline

Tools

Jira

Zephyr

Job description

Type of Requisition: Regular Clearance Level Must Currently Possess: Secret Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: Secret Public Trust/Other Required: None Job Family: Professional Engineering Job Qualifications: Skills: JIRA Tool, Software Application Testing, Test Case Writing, User Acceptance, Zephyr for JIRA Certifications: None Experience: 5 + years of related experience US Citizenship Required: Yes

GDIT is seeking a Senior Test Engineer to support our Identity, Credential, and Access Management (ICAM) program. This position is 100% remote. As a Senior Test Engineer you will be part of a team of testers and technical writers who are embedded in a fully cross functional team working closely during Agile Sprint planning, tracking and execution. You will be asked to apply your skills and expertise toward writing test cases and conducting test events to validate ICAM software tool configuration and operation, ensuring that deployed capabilities adhere to company standards and contract requirements. You will also be responsible for ensuring that testing conclusions and recommendations are fully supported by test results, and that project leadership is kept abreast of test status and application deviations from documented user requirements. This position will be directly involved with supporting the design, development, integration, and maintenance of DoD applications moving into the ICAM solution. Additional tasks associated with the discipline of testing will apply, as applicable to the scheduled work. The ability to work in a fast moving, challenging DoD environment is a must. Other duties as assigned.

HOW A SENIOR TEST ENGINEER WILL MAKE AN IMPACT

• Review requirements, specifications, and technical design documents, providing timely and relevant feedback
• Develop and execute detailed, comprehensive, and well-structured test cases
• Perform thorough functional, integration, regression, data integrity and stress testing
• Identify and document defects, collaborating with developers when necessary
• Track, monitor and report progress on JIRA ticket assignments in daily Scrum sessions
• Track defects and reporting key metrics for proactively identifying areas for improvement relating to performance, security, data integrity and reliability of the system
• Provide input toward reports conveying test results and findings to technologists and other stakeholders, such as end-user testers
• Support the troubleshooting and resolution of end-user issues reported
• Actively manage functional area risks and issues to close technical gaps

WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO SUCCEED – REQUIRED

CLEARANCE

Must currently hold an active DoD Security Clearance of SECRET, or higher

EDUCATION

Bachelor’s Degree in a related technical discipline, or the equivalent combination of education, technical certifications or training, OR additional work experience in lieu of degree.

YEAR’S EXPERIENCE

Minimum 5 years of hands‑on software testing experience

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Experience with software testing types and methods to support Agile Software Development
• Demonstrate proficiency in the generation of test strategies, metrics collection, data analysis and validation
• Experience in decomposing requirements into detailed test cases for functional and regression test execution
• Experience implementing test tools to support automation and performance testing
• Experience coordinating the setup of test environments for all planned test execution activities
• Experience and/or basic understanding of Jira and Zephyr
• Experience working in the DoD environment on a Cloud system

SKILLS & ABILITIES

• Possess strong analytical and problem‑solving skills
• Exhibit strong communications skills (written and verbal) needed to create, discuss, and explain gaps in requirements and issues identified during test events
• Demonstrate ability to analyze, problem‑solve and troubleshoot
• Strong customer facing communication skills and the ability to answer technical questions for the customer

LOCATION

Remote (must reside in the CONUS)

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• CERTIFICATION: No security baseline required
• TECHNICAL SKILLS:
  • Experience with Agile project management tools, such as Jira
  • Experience with test management tools, such as Zephyr
  • Experience managing the change processes such as build promotions to Operational Acceptance Testing (OAT) and Production environments
  • Technical proficiency with SQL including the ability to create queries to validate data integrity and other data constraints
  • Experience implementing testing and configuration management methodologies to support continuous integration

Salary

The likely salary range for this position is $97,750 - $132,250. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

Hours & Travel

• Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40
• Travel Required: None

Telecommuting Options: Remote Work Location: USA MD Fort Meade Additional Work Locations:

Total Rewards at GDIT

• Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post‑tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match.
• To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave.
• To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long‑term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available.
• We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.

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