Remote: N
Salary: $80-90/hr
Location: Dulles, VA
Clearance: US Citizen
Job Description:
We are seeking a Software Quality Assurance Engineer to take ownership of quality assurance testing for our suite of software products and be our liaison between the development team and the government Functional Test team. The position requires proficiency with a variety of testing techniques, a solid understanding of software development, superior communication skills, and direct experience in software testing under a SAFe Agile methodology.
Qualifications:
- Must be a US Citizen
- Must be able to obtain a TS/SCI clearance
- Must be able to obtain DHS Suitability prior to starting employment
- Must have 10+ years of directly relevant experience in Performance Engineering / Testing, and/or Tools Development in Performance Engineering / Testing, and/or Tools Development teams for the Enterprise
- 6+ years of experience in testing large-scale web-based distributed applications on containers such as Apache/Tomcat, JBoss, Web Logic, and Web Sphere in a Linux production environment running MySQL / PostgreSQL /Oracle
- Excellent communication and customer skills, problem-solving, conflict management, time management and interpersonal skills are required.
- Benchmark system performance, database performance analysis, capacity sizing and optimization.
- Strong problem-solving and analytical skills with an aptitude and passion for learning new technologies
- Hands on experience on 2 of the below areas:
- Database (MySQL / Oracle / PostgreSQL) performance engineering (Tuning, Scaling, Deployment Architecture, Query Analysis) o Java & Javascript (JVM tuning, GC, heap and thread dump analysis)
- OS (Performance Monitoring, troubleshooting & configuration) o System design & Architecture o Advanced JMeter (/other industry standard load testing tools) scripting
- Proven experience performing software testing in an Agile environment including developing test plans and test scripts, executing tests, defect reporting and resolution
- Strong documentation and technical writing experience.
Responsibilities:
- Responsible for testing-related activities in an Agile development environment
- Maintain and continue to expand the current suite of regression and acceptance tests
- Serve as liaison between the development team and independent government Functional Test team.
- Create test scripts for comprehensive test coverage
- Conduct testing, clearly and precisely report findings, and support timely resolution of defects
- Work closely with the product owner, developers, and stakeholders to define and clarify requirements, including reviewing and providing input on Features/User Stories and associated Acceptance Criteria to ensure testability
- Champion ongoing improvement of QA processes and best practices that lead to better customer experiences.
