Full Stack Software Automation Engineer

Full Stack Software Automation Engineer

Job Location s: US

Requisition :

Position Category:
Information Technology

Clearance:
Public Trust

REMOTE Opportunity - Software Test Engineer (Automation)

Peraton is seeking a Software Test Engineer with agile methodology experience to join our BEAGLE Team (Border Enforcement Applications for Government Leading-Edge Information Technology), supporting U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). The ideal candidate will serve as an Agile Scrum team member providing software development and maintenance for the delivery of releasable software in short sprint cycles. Join this passionate team of industry-leading individuals supporting the best practices in Agile Software Development for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

As a member of the BEAGLE Team, you will support the men and women charged with safeguarding the American people and enhancing the Nation's safety, security, and prosperity. CBP agents and officers are on the front lines, every day, protecting our national security by combining customs, immigration, border security, and agricultural protection into one coordinated and supportive activity.

Location &

Work Schedule:

• Remote Option: Fully remote work is available for candidates residing outside the Washington, DC metro area
• Local Candidates (Washington, DC Metro): On-site presence is required to work onsite in Ashburn, VA one day per week

Day to Day Work Responsibilities:

• Participate in Agile Scrum development methodology ceremonies (e.g., sprint planning, scrum, backlog refinement, defining tasks/tests, estimating LOE, testing, tracking work done, retrospective, demonstration, etc.)
• Develop, maintain, and perform sprint-level manual/automated testing activities (e.g., define scenarios, develop detailed scripts/procedures, develop Cucumber Gherkin feature files and scenarios, map user story acceptance criteria to script verification points) in Jira with Xray and Cucumber BDD plug-ins
• Develop and maintain automated scripts that are exercised during CI/CD builds and nightly regression test suite execution
• Develop and maintain automated UI and backend (e.g., SQL, logs) scripts in a Java language-based Selenium/Cucumber/Serenity framework stored in a Git Lab repository that may integrate with a Cucumber or generic test
• Develop and maintain automated web service API validation scripts using Spring ToolSuite4, Rest Assured, Postman, Fiddler, and SoapUI
• In collaboration with the Product Architect and/or Business Analyst, access impacts of candidate changes to the automated smoke and/or regression test suite(s) and plan accordingly
• Perform full-scope static and dynamic testing of a system under test utilizing functional and non-functional testing techniques. These techniques can include the following test types:
  Unit (only for Automated scripts), Integration/API, End-To-End, Smoke, Regression/Functional, 508 Compliance, and Usability
• Perform script and/or code peer reviews to ensure compliance with program-level manual/automated testing standards, guidelines, and processes
• Document and track testing activity progress during a sprint. This includes capturing execution artifacts to support that all backlog acceptance criteria have been successfully verified/validated
• Applying estimation techniques to manual test script efforts and automated test script development/maintenance efforts
• Interacting with Product Owners, Business Analysts, Scrum Masters, Product Architects, Developers, and Technical Writers, and providing guidance on automation tools and testing methods to meet project specific needs

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Management Systems or a related discipline and 5 years' experience or Associate's degree and 7 years' experience or HS diploma/equivalent and 9 years relevant experience.
• U.S. Citizenship Required.
• Must have the ability to obtain / maintain a CBP background investigation to include: 3 year check for felony convictions; 1 year check for illegal drug use and misconduct such as theft or fraud.
• IT experience, including 2-3 years in software test automation…