Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field with relevant experience.
Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance; U.S. Citizenship required.
Strong communication and collaboration skills across teams and locations.
Proficient in at least one programming language, such as GO.
Experience in testing both front-end and back-end software products.
Familiarity with performance/load testing tools like Gatling and test automation suites like Selenium.
Understanding of CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure as code.
Responsibilities
Coordinate with software engineering teams to deploy and test applications on various infrastructures.
Develop and maintain configuration documentation and software test plans.
Perform and document tests of APIs and microservices, ensuring issues are communicated and resolved.
Align testing activities with ongoing project priorities set by leadership.
Maintain software testing environments to ensure readiness.
Facilitate code promotion into production by verifying issue resolutions.
Support cross-functional teams to meet evolving research and client requirements.
Benefits
Opportunity to work on national security projects with a focus on innovative technology.
Collaborative environment with multi-disciplinary teams including engineers and data scientists.
Potential for professional growth in a dynamic field.
Engagement in cutting-edge research, development, test, and evaluation activities.
Full Job Description
Job Description
SAIC is seeking a SeniorField Software Test Engineer with strong experience performing software acceptance, integration, and regression testing, as well as configuration management. The candidate will take a key role in expanding the scale and accelerate the pace of our research, development, test and evaluation (RDT&E) supporting national security client projects at our facility in Upper Marlboro, MD and at other locations within the continental US. This role offers the opportunity to work with multi-disciplinary teams of engineers, data scientists, and AI scientists and contribute to innovative technology development and experimentation. Responsibilities
Coordinate with software engineering teams to configure, deploy, and test applications and microservices on on-premises infrastructure and on cloud platforms.
Develop and maintain configuration documentation and software test plans.
Perform and document tests of APIs and microservices, including containerized services, communicate issues to development teams, and follow up to ensure resolution.
Coordinate testing activities with ongoing IDSL projects and priorities set up by program and technical leadership.
Contribution to maintenance of software testing environments.
Facilitate seamless code promotion into production by communicating issues identified by testing and verifying resolution.
Support cross-functional teams by ensuring that our software products are tested and ready to meet changing research needs and client requirements.
Qualifications
Required:
Bachelor of Science (BS) in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related discipline with 5+ years of experience or Master of Science (MS) with 3+ years of experience.
Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust requiring U.S. Citizenship
Strong communication and collaboration skills with teams across locations.
Technical Requirements
Strong experience testing and configuring software on premises and at field locations sites.
Strong experience with at least one programming language (e.g., GO).
Experience testing both front end and back end software products.
Experience testing APIs using tools like Postman.
Experience testing IoT and USB device integrations.
Experience with performance and load testing using tools like Gatling.
Experience with test automation suites such as Seleneum.
Experience with agile software development and tools such as Atlassian Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket, or similar.
Understanding with event-driven systems or distributed architectures.
Understanding of infrastructure as code and CI/CD pipelines.
Familiarity with identity management principles and tools such as Active Directory.
Familiarity with DevSecOps best-practices.
About SAIC
Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) is a technology integrator in the technical, engineering, intelligence, and enterprise information technology markets. SAIC has approximately 26,000 employees and operates in more than 70 countries. The company was founded in 1969 and is headquartered in Reston, Virginia. SAIC provides services to the U.S. government, including the Department of Defense, the intelligence community, and civilian agencies. The company also serves commercial customers in the healthcare, energy, and financial services sectors.
