Test Engineer

Nightwing provides technically advanced full-spectrum cyber, data operations, systems integration and intelligence mission support services to meet our customers’ most demanding challenges. Our capabilities include cyber space operations, cyber defense and resiliency, vulnerability research, ubiquitous technical surveillance, data intelligence, lifecycle mission enablement, and software modernization. Nightwing brings disruptive technologies, agility, and competitive offerings to customers in the intelligence community, defense, civil, and commercial markets.

Nightwing is supporting a U.S. Government customer to provide onsite incident response to civilian Government agencies and critical asset owners who experience cyber-attacks, providing immediate investigation and resolution. Contract personnel perform investigations to characterize the severity of breaches, develop mitigation plans, and assist with the restoration of services.

• Define, plan and perform test assignments for large‑scale, complex software and hardware systems.
• Establish automated and manual test methods and techniques, develop test plans and requirements, write test procedures and reports, and conduct tests.
• Participate in test readiness reviews and design reviews.
• Apply software development experience and knowledge to ensure test validity, integrity, quality, and execution.
• Conduct tests which include collaborating closely with others in establishing language, database, and computer requirements along with configuration management techniques.
• Performs test planning and implementation using state‑of‑the‑art technologies, processes, and frameworks (e.g., SAFe or similar).
• Develop and maintain test documentation including plans, procedures, reports, etc.
• Analyses test results and accurately discusses them with management and teams.
• Documents and keeps program management informed of deviations from customer requirements.

• U.S. Citizenship, Active Secret clearance.
• Must be able to obtain a TS/SCI clearance.
• Must be able to obtain DHS Suitability.
• 6+ years of directly relevant experience, ideally in an agile environment.
• 2+ years of automated and/or manual test experience.
• Excellent and applicable experience with Agile Continuous Development / Continuous Integration / Continuous Delivery along with hands‑on experience with automated test tools such as Docker, Jenkins, Rational Team Concert, JIRA, Git, Chef, Ansible, Puppet, JUnit, JMeter, RSpec, Cucumber, and other industry‑leading tools and techniques.
• 2+ years’ experience developing software with Java, Cucumber, Gherkin or similar language in an agile environment.
• Experience with requirements development and management along with associated ability to plan, conduct and conduct security testing.
• Meaningful and relevant experience in developing test procedures.
• Experience with systems engineering and configuration management processes.
• Ability to generate test‑related documentation as necessary.
• Excellent teamwork skills including ability to work well with agile development teams, customers, and coworkers at all levels.
• Ability to work collaboratively across agencies and physical locations.

• Experience with automated and manual testing processes.
• Hands‑on Dev Ops or Dev Sec Ops  experience.
• Familiarity with CISA practices:
  Securing the Software Supply Chain, Cybersecurity Best Practices, Open‑Source Software Security, and NIST SP 800‑218, Secure Software Development Framework V1.1:
  Recommendations for Mitigating the Risk of Software Vulnerabilities.
• Hands‑on experience with automated testing solutions such as Selenium, Puppeteer, Cypress, WebDriverIO, Playwright, Cucumber or Night
  
  WatchJS.
• Manual and automated testing experience and/or familiarity with one or more of the following programming languages:
  Java, Perl, Ruby, Python, and JavaScript.
• Experience and/or familiarity with one or more of the following database technologies: SQL, Oracle, MySQL, JDBC, No
  
  SQL, DHS experience.

• BS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Computer Systems Engineering or related discipline, or HS diploma and 7+ years of directly…