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  • ID
    #17810284
  • Job type
    Permanent
  • Salary
    TBD
  • Source
    Leidos
  • Date
    2021-08-03
  • Deadline
    2021-10-02

Test Engineer

 Virginia, Reston, 20190 Reston USA
 
Permanent

Vacancy expired!

Description

Job Description:

Why wake up every day and want more when YOU CAN HAVE IT? Do you love KNOWING at the end of each day that your work made a difference? We embrace and solve some of the world's toughest challenges. We're focused on ensuring our intelligence customers have the right tools, technologies, and tactics to keep pace with an ever evolving threat landscape and succeed in their mission to protect people and critical assets around the world. Who wouldn't be fulfilled being part of that every day? We know once you join Team Leidos, you are sure to go home at the end of every day knowing YOU MADE A DIFFERENCE, resulting in one of the most REWARDING careers you could have imagined. EACH DAY MATTERS!

We have an IMMEDIATE NEED for a Test Engineer to provide Agile DevOps support to mission critical systems. As a Test Engineer on this program, you will have the opportunity to perform software development to implement scripts, evaluate test results, and feedback loops in a Continuous Integration Continuous Delivery Pipeline. Flexible cross-training to also provide systems engineering, software development, training, and security is also desired.

Primary Responsibilities:
  • Participate in program Agile software development initiatives (standup, planning, Increment planning) to support innovation and enhancement of custom applications through iteration/functionality testing
  • Participate and collaborate with team members to assess StoryPoint/complexity efforts (using best practices) to ensure proper testing and delivery of functionality per User Story Acceptance Criteria
  • Collaborate with team members (Scrum Master, Product Owner, Software Developers) to develop test approaches with emphasis on automation of recurring/regression test cases through selected toolsets
  • Develop test validation scripts using program designated languages (ex: Python)
  • Develop automated test cases using knowledge of custom Applications through designated GUI/COTS products (ex: Selenium and Katalon Studio)
  • Leverage DevOps practices to ensure repeatability and Configuration Management of test cases/scripts are maintained the continuously improved
  • Develop and document end-to-end functionality test case narratives using task management system (JIRA/Confluence)
  • Generate test data and identify use/corner cases required to meet User Story/Customer needs
  • Support performance testing/evaluation activities using tools such as Jmeter
  • Perform job duties within Commercial cloud development environments

Basic Qualifications:
  • Ability to test both back end applications processes in addition to front end
  • Significant experience with scripting languages (ex: Python) to automate tasks
  • Significant experience in test data/script development
  • Knowledge of or direct experience with software performance testing practices
  • Direct experience with creation, authoring, execution and documentation of test cases/result sets for software products in an agile cadence
  • Significant experience working/testing within Commercial Cloud Platforms (ex: AWS) and DevOps tools
  • Demonstrated ability to work within collaborative environment to execute test cases complimentary to development efforts
  • Significant experience working in an SAFe Agile and DevOps development environment and tempo
  • Excellent communication skills (written and verbal)
  • Candidate must have BS degree with and 8-12 years of prior relevant experience or MS with less than 6-10 years of prior relevant experience.
  • Will consider experience in lieu of a degree.

Preferred Qualifications:
  • Experience with administration of MS Windows Server or Linux environments (Lab or Personal development space)
  • Experience reviewing output of CI jobs and capable of tracking test failures back to code changes that resulted in bugs
  • Capable of review code check-ins to understand the impact of code changes on system functionality and potential applications bugs.
  • Direct experience with AWS environments

Clearance/Citizenship:
  • Candidate .
  • Candidate must have an active TS/SCI with Polygraph

External Referral Bonus:Eligible

External Referral Bonus $:5000

Potential for Telework:No

Clearance Level Required:Top Secret/SCI with Polygraph

Travel:No

Scheduled Weekly Hours:40

Shift:Day

Requisition Category:Professional

Job Family:Systems Engineering

Pay Range:

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