Test Engineering Team Lead

Steampunk, Inc.; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Steampunk, Inc. is seeking a Test Engineering Team Lead to guide QA and test automation for applications, cloud, and data systems within a DevSecOps-focused practice.

You will lead a team of QA and automation professionals in an Agile environment to deliver high-quality software and secure solutions. The role requires 5–7 years of leadership experience, strong testing expertise, and the ability to secure government clearance.

Qualifications

• Requires ability to obtain a U.S. government Security Clearance.
• BS Degree in an IT field OR BS in a non-IT field with 2 years IT experience.
• Proven experience leading deployment of enterprise and custom software in client environments.
• Ability to influence and consult while providing thought leadership to sponsors/stakeholders.
• Proven experience growing and selling while delivering.
• 5 years of experience with Git SCM providers (GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket).
• 5 years of experience with one or more programming or scripting languages.
• 5 years of application DevSecOps experience in Agile environments.
• Experience using Docker and Kubernetes.
• 5 years of experience implementing test automation (Selenium, Appium, SoapUI, RestAssured, Postman).
• 3 years of experience integrating test automation into CI/CD pipelines.
• 3 years of performance/load testing.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the technical delivery leader, accountable for team delivery and quality oversight.
• Build and maintain client relationships and strategic vision for clients and internal teams.
• Lead and manage staff development, training, and career progression.
• Define testing parameters with product design to ensure coverage.
• Develop test plans, cases, procedures, and bug reports for products.
• Automate testing data architecture and improve test data management.
• Create automated testing scripts with emphasis on parallelization and idempotency.
• Improve DevSecOps processes and tools across delivery teams.
• Ensure security practices protect systems against cyber threats.
• Collaborate with developers to ensure processes are followed and effective.
• Produce artifacts detailing gap analysis and options for environment state.

Skills

Git SCM

Programming languages

DevSecOps

Docker

Kubernetes

Test automation

Selenium

Appium

SoapUI

RestAssured

Postman

CI/CD pipelines

Performance testing

Security testing

Education

BS in IT field

BS in non-IT field + 2 years IT

MS degree

US government security clearance eligibility

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

As a Test EngineeringTeam Lead, you will work with our growing DevSecOps practice as a team lead delivering quality assurance services to support application, cloud and data systems development. We are looking for candidates with 5-7 years experience with responsibility for leading a team of quality assurance and test automation professionals to drive projects in an Agile/ DevSecOps environment.

Contributions

• Responsibilities Include
• Serves as the technical delivery leader, accountable for completion of team delivery efforts including quality oversight and client acceptance
• Fosters and promotes innovative thinking across the client environment
• Builds and maintains client relationships, developing a strategic vision for clients and internal teams
• Handles challenging client situations and offers technical and business guidance & direction to client executives
• Manages staff and monitors performance and training needs to create skills expansion and career advancement opportunity
• 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
• Establishing automated 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.
• Leads and manages team members
• Assists in sales and technical strategy activities beyond their current program
• Engineer and implement solutions and provide recommendations for continuous improvement for the services provided

Qualifications

• Required:
• 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
• Proven experience of leading the deployment of enterprise and custom Software solutions in client environments
• Demonstrated ability to influence and consult while providing thought leadership to sponsors/stakeholders in solving governance, program/project management, business process and/or technical problems
• Proven experience growing and selling while delivering
• 5 Years of Experience with Git SCM providers such as GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket
• 5 Years of Experience with one or more programming or scripting languages
• 5 Years of application DevSecOps Experience with actual/active development experience in an Agile environment
• Experience utilizing docker containers and utilizing platforms such as Kubernetes
• 5 Years of Experience implementing test automation, using tools such as Selenium, Appium, Soap UI, RestAssured, Postman
• 3 Years of Experience integrating test automation including performance, security, and functional tests into CI/CD Pipelines
• 3 Years of Experience with performance and load testing

Preferred

• MS Degree
• Certifications:
• CAST (Certified Associate in Software Testing)
• International Software Testing Qualifications Board (ISTQB) Certification
• Certified Manager of Software Testing (CMST)
• DHS Trusted Tester Certification (TTv5)
• 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 $110,000 to $160,000. 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. As an employee owned company, we focus on investing in our employees to enable them to do the greatest work of their careers – and rewarding them for outstanding contributions to our growth. If you want to learn more about our story, visit http://www.steampunk.com .