Test Engineer

NewGen

$90K — $120K *
Aerospace & Defense
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • U.S. Citizenship required
  • Active Secret Clearance (ability to obtain TS/SCI)
  • BS in Computer Science or related field, or HS diploma + 7 years experience
  • 6+ years in a relevant role, preferably in agile settings
  • 2+ years experience in automated/manual testing
  • 2+ years software development experience with Java, Cucumber, or similar
  • Experience with Agile Continuous Development and CI/CD tools.

Responsibilities

  • Define, plan, and execute testing for complex software and hardware systems
  • Establish and document automated and manual testing methods
  • Participate in test readiness and design reviews
  • Ensure test integrity and quality using software development knowledge
  • Collaborate on establishing testing requirements and configuration management
  • Implement test planning with modern technologies and processes
  • Analyze and communicate test results with management.

Benefits

  • Work with a critical government mission
  • Opportunity to enhance cybersecurity skills
  • Collaborative team environment across agencies
  • Access to state-of-the-art technologies and testing methodologies
  • Possibility for career advancement within the government sector.
Full Job Description
Our Partner is supporting a U.S. Government customer to provide support for onsite incident response to civilian Government agencies and critical asset owners who experience cyber-attacks, providing immediate investigation and resolution. Contract personnel perform investigations to characterize of the severity of breaches, develop mitigation plans, and assist with the restoration of services. They are seeking a Test Engineer to support this critical customer mission.

Responsibilities
  • Define, plan, and perform test assignments for large scale, complex, software and hardware systems
  • Establish automated and manual test methods and techniques, develop test plans and requirements, write test procedures and reports, and conduct tests
  • Participate in test readiness reviews and design reviews
  • Apply software development experience and knowledge to ensure test validity, integrity, quality, and execution
  • Conduct tests which include collaborating closely with others in establishing language, database, and computer requirements along with configuration management techniques
  • Perform test planning and implementation using state-of-the-art technologies, processes, and frameworks (e.g. SAFe or similar framework)
  • Develop and maintain test documentation including plans, procedures, reports, etc.
  • Analyze test results and accurately discuss them with management and teams
  • Document and keep program management informed of deviations from customer requirements
Requirements
  • U.S. Citizenship
  • Active Secret Clearance with ability to obtain a TS/SCI
  • Must be able to obtain DHS Suitability
  • BS Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Computer Systems Engineering or related discipline, or HS diploma and 7+ years of directly relevant experience
  • 6+ years of directly relevant experience, ideally in an agile environment
  • 2+ years of automated and/or manual test experience
  • 2+ years' experience developing software with Java, Cucumber, Gherkin or similar language in an agile environment
  • Excellent and applicable experience with Agile Continuous Development / Continuous Integration / Continuous Delivery along with hands-on experience with automated test tools such as Docker, Jenkins, Rational Team Concert, JIRA, Git, Chef, Ansible, Puppet, Junit, JMeter, RSpec, Cucumber, and other industry-leading tools and techniques
  • Experience with requirements development and management along with associated
  • Ability to plan, conduct and conduct security testing
  • Meaningful and relevant experience in developing test procedures
  • Experience with systems engineering and configuration management processes
  • Able to generate test-related documentation as necessary
  • Excellent teamwork skills including ability to work well with agile development teams, customers, and coworkers at all levels
  • Ability to work collaboratively across agencies and physical locations
Desired Skills
  • Experience with automated and manual testing processes
  • Hands-on DevOps or DevSecOps experience
  • Familiarity with following CISA practices:
    • Securing the Software Supply Chain
    • Cybersecurity Best Practices
    • Open-Source Software Security
  • Familiarity with NIST SP 800-218, Secure Software Development Framework V1.1: Recommendations for Mitigating the Risk of Software Vulnerabilities
  • Hands on experience with automated testing solutions such as: Selenium, Puppeteer, Cypress, WebDriverIO, Playwright, Cucumber or NightWatchJS.
  • Manual and Automated Testing experience and/or familiarity with one of more of the following program languages: Java, Perl, Ruby, Python, and JavaScript
  • Experience and/or familiarity with one of more of the following database technologies: SQL, Oracle, MySQL, JBDC, NOSQL
  • DHS experience
Desired Certifications
  • DoD 8570.1 IAT Level II
  • Certified Software Test Professional (CSTP) or similar
  • Certifications related to Agile development and Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)
  • AWS Certifications

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