Test Engineer:

Job Summary:

B&A is looking for a Quality Assurance Tester to join a contract with a federal government client in support of an important mission.

Responsibilities:

• Design and implement test plans and test cases.
• Engage in systems testing, integration, regression, and performance testing.
• Develop user stories and acceptance criteria.
• Review and document functional requirements with team lead and develop estimates.
• Develop automated test scripts using tools Rest Assured, Selenium and Post man using TestNG and BDD framework.
• Hands on in Core Java and Java script.
• Log and retest defects found and produce test results.

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology Management or Engineering is preferred. Alternative work-related experience, Military Duty, and/or specialized or higher education may be substituted.

Required Skills:

• 5+ years of experience in writing and maintaining test scripts and test plans.
• 5 years of experience in writing and executing unit tests and test cases.
• 5 years of experience in performing thorough functional, integration, and regression testing of complex systems.
• 4 years of experience in designing, developing, and executing automation scripts using automated testing tools.
• 4 years of experience in participating in and facilitating requirements gathering sessions.
• 2 years of experience in documenting business and systems requirements including, developing user stories with acceptance criteria and constructing workflow and diagrams.
• Strong command of the Microsoft Office Suite (Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Visio).
• 2 years of working experience with SQL (PL/SQL or T-SQL).
• 2 years of experience in Microsoft Team Foundation Server and/or Atlassian JIRA.
• 4 years of experience in practicing standard software development lifecycle leveraging agile methodologies such as SCRUM.
• Experience defining and tracking QA metrics such as open defect count.
• 4 plus years of experience in defect tracking and maintaining defects life cycle.
• 4 plus years of experience in API testing like SOAP UI and Postman.
• 3 plus years of experience in API automation using tools Rest Assured and Postman.

Security Clearance

• Eligible to obtain a Public Trust BI

More About B&A:

Notable Clients
B&A has grown to be a company that is trusted by our clients for exceptional service, innovative solutions, and inspired employees. Our service extends through federal, state, and local Government, the private sector, and higher education. Some of our notable clients include Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, U.S. Senate, U.S. Courts, U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Navy, and more.

Benefits and Programs

B&A is proud to offer three robust individual and family medical plans to full time employees, including a Health Savings Account (HSA) option as well as two tiers of dental coverage, vision, life & AD&D, disability, accident, hospital indemnity, and critical illness insurance. In addition to these benefits, B&A employees enjoy paid time off, B&A sponsored trainings and certifications, pet insurance benefits, commuter transit benefits and a free subscription to a virtual exercise platform (NEOU). B&A's 401(k) plan is available to all employees and includes a company matching contribution.

B&A has launched several programs to focus on employee engagement, wellness, and assistance. These include:

• The B&A Cares program: 30/60/90-day wellness check ins, personal development, financial management, and stress management seminars, and more
• A formal mentorship program
• Job shadowing and cross training opportunities
• Brand Ambassador program
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) - Access to various support resources to include counseling, legal guidance, financial planning, and more
• Monthly teambuilding events
• B&A Annual Wellness Challenges: #StepWithB&A, #WalkDuringLunchWithB&A, #VolunteeringWithB&A, #ExerciseDuringLunchWithB&A, and more

At B&A, we place significant importance on improving the communities and lives of citizens across the nation through our involvement, technology expertise, and employees. B&A puts an emphasis on charitable efforts in the Northern Virginia area, including Capital Area Food Bank pantry drives, book donations, Hope for Henry Foundation events, and many more. In recognition of all these efforts, B&A has been named a Companies as Responsive Employers (CARE) award recipient by Northern Virginia Family Services and nominated by the Northern Virginia Chamber of Commerce for Outstanding Corporate Citizenship Award.