Software Tester​/QA

Software Tester/QA (Software QA/Tester)

In this position, you will work with a diverse community of experts, project leadership, and testing leadership to test IT‑based performance solutions across a range of software solutions including those implemented by containerization, web application, computer‑based training, data analytic solutions, interactive electronic technical manuals, and decision support systems. These solutions support a diverse range of Military, First Responder, and Government Civilian personnel across the Fleet and DoD workforce.

The primary worksite for this combined Government and Contractor team is at Webster Field in St. Inigoes, MD. As a core tester you may be leading testing and QA of functional, standards/architecture adherence, interface, failure‑mode behavior, integration, usability and infrastructure objectives for targeted projects and test events under the guidance of test leadership.

You will support testing across multiple concurrent solutions at various stages of maturity with a mix of common, tailored/extended, and unique components in each project. The ideal candidate will successfully support system‑level testing, system‑integration testing, user‑acceptance testing, multiple deployment‑environment testing, and migration toward applying automated test scripting/execution.

This position is best supported by someone who can work at NAWCAD WOLF’s Webster Field location and quickly be onsite at NAS Patuxent River, NSWC Indian Head, NAWCAD WOLF or Antech’s Lexington Park, MD office 1–2 days a week. Candidates within 80 miles of Lexington Park, MD, who can attest they can support this requirement will be given credit in assessing qualifications for their ability to meet this requirement.

This 1–2 days a week to one or more of these locations is not considered part of the non‑local travel requirement below.

Applicants must have a bachelor’s degree in a technical, QA, analytic or test discipline with at least 4 years’ experience, an associate’s degree in a relevant field with at least 6 years’ experience, or a high school diploma/GED with at least 9 years’ experience. A relevant professional certification in software or systems quality assurance/test such as ISTQB Foundation Level (CTFL) or Certified Software Tester (CSTE) may be substituted for 2 years of experience.

A master’s degree in a relevant discipline may be substituted for 2 years of experience. Applicants must be a U.S. citizen and able to qualify for a Security Clearance; an active Security Clearance is a plus. The position may require non‑local travel approximately 10% of the time.

• Translate user stories, functional requirements, use cases, project objectives, and mock‑ups into tailored project test actions and artifacts.
• Analyze user stories and business process requirements to develop test materials.
• Update and tailor test plans, test execution inputs and artifacts, test coverage matrices, reports, and associated briefing packages in parallel with software and content development work.
• Execute continuous testing within a Dev Ops style workflow.
• Expand and maintain test repositories and tracking.
• Provide the quality assurance/test perspective in Agile/Iterative software development, interactive courseware development, and/or interactive electronic technical manual development.
• Investigate test failures or other system anomalies and characterize possible root causes.
• Support the project Test Guild Lead as a contributing process owner of the team’s testing toolkit, enabling rapid implementation and continuous process improvement for tailored implementation across small and mid‑sized projects running concurrently.
• Support the risk, opportunity, and issue (RIO) identification and mitigation processes.
• Develop inputs for and track action items, planning and coordinating events, and programmatic data calls.
• Prototype and recommend project and overall team process improvements.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills in both structured and unstructured media.
• Collaborate with other test stakeholders and project‑aligned experts for broad testing approaches and lessons‑learned sharing.