Software Test Engineer

at  Leidos

Description
Leidos has an immediate opportunity for a Software Test Engineer to help with testing of our state-of-the-art software solutions delivered to our government customers. The successful candidate will work collaboratively with an outstanding software engineering team and will support the team’s software deployed into our customer’s classified networks. Our engineers are at the forefront of defining and building solutions to address challenges faced by our end users, applying a go-fast agile approach driven by small teams that rely on and value the contributions of each team member.
As a Software Test Engineer, you’ll be responsible for planning, designing and executing end-to-end software applications testing in support of the Continuous Integration (CI)/Continuous Deployment (CD) pipeline. You’ll work independently to identify opportunities to increase the quality of our products, plan and execute strategies to achieve testing objectives, continuously measure and improve the effectiveness of that testing based on Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), and evaluate and integrate new testing tools, technologies, and procedures to achieve the organization’s technical objectives.
In this capacity, you’ll collaborate with engineering and product team experts, architects, and other IT resources to create and execute test strategies, detailed test plans, and scenarios. You’ll always respect the opinions of others, accept constructive criticism, share your views with a passion for improving the entire team’s performance, and collaborate openly and positively with your teammates.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• BS degree and 4+ years of prior relevant experience or 4 additional years of experience in lieu of degree
• Must have an active Secret clearance with the ability to acquire a DoD Top Secret / SCI Security Clearance
• Experience with writing and/or developing test procedures and automated test scripts
• Strong, self-motivated desire to learn new tools, frameworks, and techniques
• Ability to work independently with minimal direct supervision
• Ability to work and collaborate effectively within a multi-disciplined engineering team
• U.S. Citizenship required

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience with Agile development principles and methodologies
• Experience with automating unit, functional, integration and performance testing of web applications using industry-standard tools such as JUnit, SoapUI, Cucumber, Selenium, and JMeter
• Working knowledge of continuous integration and delivery methodologies and tools
• Familiarity with software design patterns
• Solid understanding of software development process fundamentals
• Experience managing projects within the Atlassian suite of tools (Confluence, JIRA, Bitbucket).
• Familiarity with basic web technologies (HTML, CSS, XML, REST, JSON)
• Knowledge of a version control system (e.g., Git).
• Familiarity with CI/CD processes and tools (Jenkins)
• Familiarity with Test Complete and related test automation software
• Familiarity with SQL and NoSQL databases
• Experience with USSTRATCOM Nuclear Planning process

• Plan, design, and execute end-to-end test to support classified software products and solutions
• Create and maintain test methodology documentation for traceability and repeatability
• Set test objectives in coordination with the Chief Engineer and Lead Software Engineers and design and execute plans to achieve those objectives
• Report metrics and status on objectives to the respective development team leads
• Identify regression test candidates for automation, plan automation activities across the team and automate test cases
• Write test cases and hold test case reviews with stakeholders
• Enter and update test tickets to track progress
• Design and execute test cases/scripts including functional, regression, exploratory, performance, load and smoke tests for both web applications and database
• Report issues in work management tool (e.g., Jira) along with steps required to re-create the issue
• Record and report test results
• Participate in Agile ceremonies, including daily standups, sprint planning meetings, sprint reviews and sprint retrospectives
• Lead all phases of risk management assessments and software development with emphasis on analysis of user requirements, test design and test tools selection
• Utilize software testing applications and COTS products in support of testing activities
• Support metrics program by collecting and tracking metrics on all activities
• Use metrics to identify areas for improvement
• Inform innovative solutions for more efficient testing strategy
• Work closely with software engineers to create and maintain test artifacts that may be reviewed by external stakeholders in real-time