DevOps Engineer (NTO Test Support)

US Citizenship Required. Onsite work location: USA VA Springfield.

About the role

Deliver simple solutions to complex problems as a DevOps Engineer (NTO Test Support Focus) at GDIT. Here, you’ll tailor cutting-edge solutions to the unique requirements of our clients. With a career in application development, you’ll make the end user’s experience your priority and we’ll make your career growth ours. Our work depends on a DevOps Engineer joining our team to support our intelligence customer in Springfield, VA.

Responsibilities

• Dedicated onsite test support for a software application within the NCE Testing Organization (NTO).
• Lead the coordination efforts for all test events that involve our system.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies (standup, sprint planning, increment planning, etc.) to support innovation and enhancement of applications through iteration/functionality testing.
• Participate and collaborate with team members to assess story point/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, DevOps Engineers, Software Developers, etc.) to develop test approaches with an emphasis on automation of recurring/regression test cases through selected toolsets.
• Develop and document end-to-end functionality test case narratives using task management system (JIRA/Confluence).
• Provide early exploratory testing during the development phase.
• Design, code, and deploy automated test scripts.
• Maintain test documentation, provide support to government test organization, conduct load and performance testing, evaluate test results, and provide feedback in a Continuous Integration Continuous Delivery Pipeline.
• Provide test and end-user support for test events and operations; perform basic troubleshooting of the test environment when issues arise.
• Setup test configurations in preparation for test events.
• Manage test defects and follow through to code enhancement completion.
• Perform upgrade activities in the NTO test environment(s).

Requirements

• 5+ years of related experience.
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, systems engineering, or any related field/major, or 3 additional years of experience in information technology.
• Demonstrated experience with creation, authoring, execution, and documentation of test cases/result sets for software products in an agile cadence.
• US Citizenship.
• Active Top Secret/SCI clearance; ability to obtain Top Secret SCI + Polygraph.

Skills

• Agile Methodology
• Test Case Design
• Writing Test Plans

Desired Qualifications

• Technical certification: Network+, Security+, Oracle, or specializing in Software Development or Cloud Computing.
• Demonstrated experience working in an Agile development framework.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages.
• 401(k) with company match and the ability to contribute both pre- and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits.
• Paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement, and jury duty leave.
• Short- and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness, and business travel and accident insurance.
• AI-powered career tool for identifying career steps and learning opportunities.
• Internal mobility team focused on helping you achieve your career goals.
• Award-winning culture of innovation and a military-friendly workplace.

Pay

The likely salary range for this position is $105,400 - $142,600.

Schedule

Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40