Senior Test Engineer

About the Role

Key Responsibilities

• Testing and verification of code, reporting and recording defects, coordination with architects, functional analysts, and developers on testing and testing results.
• Documenting test scripts, participating in design reviews, user acceptance testing, and deployment activities.
• Working in an Agile environment and participating in scrum ceremonies and product planning activities.
• Understanding stakeholder needs and conveying this to developers.
• Writing test plans, creating test cases, test procedures, bug reports, and final QA reports.
• Managing test data architecture definition and requests.
• Troubleshooting errors and streamlining test procedures.
• Testing and examining code written by others and analyzing results, including data validation, functional, performance/load, usability, and accessibility testing.
• Establishing automated testing tools and infrastructure for test automation.
• Providing validation testing for cloud migrations and developing automated testing scripts.
• Automating and improving development, testing, deployment, and release processes.
• Ensuring systems are safe and secure against cybersecurity threats.
• Collaborating with software developers and engineers to ensure development follows established processes.
• Documenting environment states, performing gap analysis, and producing artifacts with options and recommendations.
• Leveraging virtualization and containerization to optimize testing systems.
• Working with teams to improve DevSecOps processes and tools.
• Engineering and implementing solutions and providing recommendations for continuous improvement.
• Presenting status updates and cross-training team members.
• Acting as an individual contributor and mentoring junior team members.

Requirements

• Must have current FPAC Clearance.
• BS Degree in an IT field or BS in a non-IT field with 2 years related IT experience.
• 5+ years of total experience.
• 3 years of experience with Git SCM providers such as GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket.
• 3 years of experience with one or more programming or scripting languages.
• 3 years of application DevSecOps experience with active development in an Agile environment.
• Experience utilizing Docker containers and platforms such as Kubernetes.
• Experience working with data teams/projects.
• Experience with performance and load testing.
• Must have experience with AWS.
• Must have experience with JIRA Xray.
• Must have been cleared by USDA within the last 30 days or have an active USDA Clearance.

Nice to Have

• Certifications such as CAST (Certified Associate in Software Testing), ISTQB, or 508 DHS Trusted Tester.
• Experience implementing test automation using tools like Selenium, Appium, SoapUI, RestAssured, Postman.
• Experience integrating test automation into CI/CD pipelines including performance, security, and functional tests.
• Experience with Python.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, interpersonal and collaborative skills.
• Experience documenting environment states, performing gap analysis, and producing artifacts.

Qualifications

• Current FPAC Clearance.
• BS Degree in an IT field or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of total professional experience.

Benefits & Perks

• The projected salary range is $90,000 to $130,000.
• Additional Steampunk benefits are available (details linked in the original description).