Senior Test Engineer

Overview As a Senior Test Engineer, you will work with our growing Dev Sec Ops  practice delivering quality assurance services to support application, cloud and data systems development. We are looking for candidates with 5-7 years experience with experience with quality assurance and test automation practices in an Agile/Dev Sec Ops  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

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 Dev Sec Ops  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 Dev Ops 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 experience5 Years of

Experience with Git SCM providers such as Git Hub, Git Lab, Bitbucket5 Years of

Experience with one or more programming or scripting languages5 Years of application Dev Sec Ops  

Experience with actual/active development experience in an Agile environment

Experience utilizing docker containers and utilizing platforms such as Kubernetes5 Years of Experience implementing test automation, using tools such as Selenium, Appium, Soap UI, Rest Assured, Postman3 Years of Experience integrating test automation including performance, security, and functional tests into CI/CD Pipelines3 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.

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