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Test Engineer - (multiple levels)

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The United Solutions Group Inc. USG1

2021-12-03 09:57:45

Job location Dulles, Virginia, United States

Job type: fulltime

Job industry: I.T. & Communications

Job description

Company Description


USG1 provides top talent and technology solutions to government agencies where we aim to make a meaningful difference and add value to the mission. We look for candidates who want to make a difference to their team and its objectives, and in return, we will support you and help you in your goals and career journey.


Job Description

  • Collaborate with development team to understand and assess software changes and related testing required to provide new or modified capabilities for operational users
  • Develop testing strategy for user stories, features, and capabilities that define new and modified capabilities that will be added to the
  • Develop and document step-by-step test cases based on the software requirements elicited by mission owners and software developers to verify the software is compliant with the requirements captured in the user stories, features, and capabilities
  • Test the software in the actual or simulated environment that it was designed for with users of the system in realistic operational conditions
  • As part of testing, evaluate the operational readiness of a software application prior to the release or production, ensuring system compliance with external interfaces in a common operating environment
  • End-to-end System Integration and Testing
Identify, log, and track defects discovered during testing.
  • Work with the team to ensure defects are corrected and the software works as expected
  • Assist in the creation of test project status reports and metrics to provide weekly and/or monthly status to the management team
  • Ensure proper version control and configuration management of all test objects developed and test environments used

Qualifications


Both Principle and Senior qualifications are listed below.

Basic Qualifications for a Principal Software Test Engineer:
  • 5+ Years with Bachelors in Software or Systems Engineering or Computer Science or closely related discipline (or 0 Years with Master's Degree)
  • 4+ years of relevant work experience in software and systems testing, experience in development and deployment of satellite ground software preferred
  • Experience writing operational test plans and test cases
  • Experience with full systems development lifecycle for software maintenance, development, and/or implementation projects
  • Experience in ensuring full functional testing of new features being added every sprint, with a focus on operational impact and assessment
  • Demonstrated experience in technical problem solving, to include decomposition, root cause analysis, solution development, implementation and monitoring

Basic Qualifications for a Sr Principal Software Test Engineer
  • 9+ Years with Bachelors in Software or Systems Engineering or Computer Science or closely related discipline (or 3 Years with Masters or closely related discipline or 1 year with a PhD)
  • 8+ years of relevant work experience in software and systems testing, experience in development and deployment of satellite ground software preferred
  • Experience writing operational test plans and test cases
  • Experience with full systems development lifecycle for software maintenance, development, and/or implementation projects
  • Experience in ensuring full functional testing of new features being added every sprint, with a focus on operational impact and assessment
  • Demonstrated experience in technical problem solving, to include decomposition, root cause analysis, solution development, implementation and monitoring

Preferred Qualifications:
  • Experience with Atlassian tools (JIRA, Confluence, and Bitbucket)
  • Experience with Container Management (Dockers and Kubernetes)
  • Experience in using risk-driven techniques to develop, maintain and execute operational test cases for mission unique software
  • Ability to interact with development team and operational users to assess current software gaps, develop testing strategies, and recommend solutions for testing operationally relevant objectives
  • Ability to assess overall operational effectiveness of a system to accomplish the specified mission, with consideration to functional stability, interoperability, training, and capability to meet defined mission outcomes

Additional Information
  • Work is on-site. Remote work is not possible for this position.
  • This position is for our direct client, a large federal contractor. The federal contract requires that all contractors are US Citizens.
  • W2 Only, no 3rd party corp to corp engagement
  • All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

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