Test EngineerResponsibilities and Duties
- Design, develop, execute, and maintain test plans, test cases, test scripts, and test data for enterprise applications and systems.
- Perform functional, integration, system, regression, performance, and user acceptance testing activities.
- Validate software functionality against business, technical, and security requirements.
- Collaborate with developers, business analysts, systems engineers, and stakeholders to identify and resolve software defects and performance issues.
- Support all phases of the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), including requirements analysis, design reviews, testing, deployment, and production support.
- Develop and maintain automated testing frameworks and scripts to improve testing efficiency and coverage.
- Track, document, and manage software defects through resolution and closure.
- Perform root cause analysis to identify recurring issues and recommend corrective actions.
- Support testing and validation activities for cloud-hosted environments, including AWS EC2-based systems and services.
- Verify successful implementation of operating system, application, and security patches through testing and validation procedures.
- Support LDAP server testing activities, including authentication, authorization, user access validation, and directory synchronization testing.
- Validate system integrations between applications, databases, APIs, identity management systems, and enterprise platforms.
- Assist in the creation and maintenance of test environments, test datasets, and configuration baselines.
- Develop testing reports, metrics, dashboards, and status updates for project stakeholders and leadership.
- Support cybersecurity and compliance testing activities to ensure system security requirements are properly implemented.
- Collaborate with DevSecOps teams to integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines.
- Participate in code reviews and design reviews to identify quality and testability concerns early in the development process.
- Develop and maintain technical documentation, testing procedures, validation reports, and quality assurance artifacts.
- Support production deployments and post-release verification activities.
- Contribute to continuous improvement efforts focused on software quality, testing effectiveness, automation, and customer satisfaction.
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, Information Systems, or a related discipline.
- Minimum of four (4) years of software development, software testing, quality assurance, or related experience.
- Experience developing and executing test plans, test cases, test scripts, and defect management processes.
- Experience supporting enterprise software applications and system testing activities.
- Knowledge of Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) and Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC) methodologies.
- Experience with manual and automated testing tools and frameworks.
- Familiarity with AWS environments, including EC2 instances and cloud-hosted applications.
- Experience validating operating system, middleware, and application patching activities.
- Experience supporting or testing LDAP directory services, authentication services, and access management solutions.
- Knowledge of web applications, APIs, databases, and software integration testing methodologies.
- Experience using defect tracking and project management tools such as Jira, Azure DevOps, ServiceNow, or equivalent platforms.
- Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively within a cross-functional technical environment.
- U.S. Citizen and ability to get the clearance.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience supporting Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and/or Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) programs.
- Experience testing applications supporting cybersecurity, risk management, compliance, or mission-support operations.
- Experience with automated testing frameworks such as Selenium, Playwright, JUnit, TestNG, Cypress, or equivalent tools.
- Familiarity with CI/CD platforms such as Azure DevOps, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or GitLab CI/CD.
- Experience supporting AWS cloud environments, containerized applications, and infrastructure automation initiatives.
- Knowledge of LDAP, Active Directory, Identity and Access Management (IAM), and Single Sign-On (SSO) technologies.
- Familiarity with Federal cybersecurity standards including FISMA, NIST SP 800-53, RMF, and Zero Trust principles.
- Experience supporting application modernization, digital transformation, or service enablement initiatives.
- Relevant certifications such as ISTQB Certified Tester, AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner, Security+, Certified Agile Tester, or equivalent certifications.
