Steampunk

Test Engineer

Steampunk • $90K — $130K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Ability to obtain a U.S. government Security Clearance
  • BS Degree in IT or related field with 2 years IT experience
  • 3 years experience with Git SCM providers (e.g., GitHub, GitLab)
  • 3 years experience in programming or scripting languages
  • 3 years of application DevSecOps experience in Agile environments
  • Experience with Docker and Kubernetes
  • 3 years implementing test automation using tools like Selenium and Postman

Responsibilities

  • Understand stakeholder needs and communicate them to developers
  • Collaborate with product design to define testing parameters
  • Write test plans, create test cases, and document QA reports
  • Manage test data architecture and troubleshoot errors
  • Conduct various types of testing including functional and performance
  • Establish automated testing tools and infrastructure
  • Work with teams to enhance DevSecOps processes and tools

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health and wellness programs
  • Flexible work arrangements
  • Professional development opportunities
  • Collaborative and inclusive work environment
  • Access to cutting-edge technology and tools
Full Job Description
Overview

As a Test Engineer, you will work with our growing DevSecOps practice delivering quality assurance services to support application, cloud and data systems development. We are looking for candidates with 3-5 years experience with experience with quality assurance and test automation practices in an Agile/DevSecOps work environment.

Contributions
  • Understanding the needs of stakeholders and conveying this to developers
  • Meet with product design team to determine testing parameters
  • Write test plans, create test cases, test procedures, bug reports, final QA reports for products
  • Manage test data architecture definition and requests
  • Troubleshoot errors and streamline the test procedures
  • Testing and examining code written by others and analyzing results, including three or more of the following:
    • Data validation testing
    • Functional testing
    • Performance and load testing
    • Usability testing
    • Accessibility (508) testing
  • Establishingautomated testing tools and infrastructure for test automation
  • Provide validation testing of different system and data sets for cloud migrations
  • Develop automated testing scripts considering parallelization and idempotency
  • Automate and improve development, testing, deployment,and release processes
  • Ensuring that systems are safe and secure against cybersecurity threats
  • Working with software developers and software engineers to ensure that development follows established processes and works as intended
  • Document as-is state of the environment, perform a gap analysis, and produce artifacts that articulate options and recommendations
  • Leverage virtualization and containerization to optimize testing software systems
  • Work with teams to bring continuous improvement to DevSecOps processes and tools.
  • Engineer and implement solutions and provide recommendations for continuous improvement for the services provided
  • Present regular status updates and provide cross training to other DevOps team members.
  • Act as an individual contributor and mentor more junior team members
Qualifications
  • Ability to obtain a U.S. government Security Clearance
  • BS Degree in an IT field OR BS in a non-IT field and 2 years related IT experience
  • 3 Years of Experience with Git SCM providers such as GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket
  • 3 Years of Experience with one or more programming or scripting languages
  • 3 Years of application DevSecOps Experience with actual/active development experience in an Agile environment
  • Experience utilizing docker containers and utilizing platforms such as Kubernetes
  • 3 Years of Experience implementing test automation, using tools such as Selenium, Appium, Soap UI, RestAssured, Postman
  • Experience integrating test automation including performance, security, and functional tests into CI/CD Pipelines
  • Experience with performance and load testing
  • Experience in one or more cloud computing environments (e.g. AWS, Azure, or GCP)

Preferred:

  • Certifications:
    • CAST (Certified Associate in Software Testing)
    • International Software Testing Qualifications Board (ISTQB) Certification
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, interpersonal and collaborative skills
  • Experience with documenting an as-is state of the environment, perform a gap analysis, and produce artifacts that articulate options and recommendations preferred
About steampunk

Steampunk relies on several factors to determine salary, including but not limited to geographic location, contractual requirements, education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience. The projected compensation range for this position is $90,000 to $130,000. The estimate displayed represents a typical annual salary range for this position. Annual salary is just one aspect of Steampunks total compensation package for employees. Learn more about additional Steampunk benefits here.

Identity Statement

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