Software Quality Assurance Specialist/Applications Tester – TS/SCI w/ Poly

About the role

Transform technology into opportunity as a Software Quality Assurance Specialist/Applications Tester with GDIT. A career in enterprise IT means connecting and enhancing the systems that matter most. At GDIT you’ll be at the forefront of innovation and play a meaningful part in improving how agencies operate.

Responsibilities

As a Software Quality Assurance Specialist/Applications Tester you will help ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter. Our work depends on IT Quality Analyst joining our team to have a positive impact on the mission.

• Documented experience meeting with stakeholders, analyzing requirements, user stories and related artifacts, and translating these into test plans and well-defined acceptance criteria.
• Participating in Agile software development process and adhering to all reporting requirements.
• Conduct software compatibility tests with programs, hardware, operating systems, or network environments.
• Develop and define major and minor characteristics of quality including quality metrics and scoring parameters and determine requisite quality control resources.
• Create and maintain databases of known test defects.
• Design test plans, scenarios, scripts, or procedures.
• Design, develop and use automated testing tools.
• Develop or specify standards, methods, or procedures to determine product quality or release readiness.
• Develop testing programs that address areas such as database impacts, software scenarios, regression testing, negative testing, error or bug retests, or usability.
• Assist the Sponsor in the evaluation of software and associated documentation.
• Participate in formal and informal reviews to determine quality.
• Identify program deviance from standards and suggest modifications to ensure compliance.
• Identify, analyze, and document problems with program function, output, online screen, or content.
• Install, maintain, and use software-testing programs.
• Investigate customer problems.
• Monitor program performance to ensure efficient and problem-free operations.
• Perform initial debugging procedures by reviewing configuration files, logs, or code pieces to determine breakdown source.
• Plan test schedules or strategies in accordance with project scope or delivery dates.
• Provide feedback and recommendations to development team on software usability and functionality.
• Test system modifications to prepare for implementation.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to evaluate or diagnose problems and recommend possible solutions.
• Coordinate user or third-party testing.
• Conduct analyses of test results.
• Provide front-end/user interface testing.
• Anticipate end-user issues that technology might not be able to catch.

Requirements

• 10+ years of related experience
• BA/BS in Computer Science or IT related field
• Security Clearance Level: TS/SCI + Poly
• US Citizenship Required
• Experience working with GitHub, JIRA and Confluence

Skills

• Atlassian Confluence
• Atlassian JIRA
• GitHub

Qualifications

Highly Desired Skills And Demonstrated Experience: Other skills and demonstrated experiences that are highly desired but not mandatory to perform the work, include:

• Demonstrated experience with containerization technologies such as Docker or Kubernetes
• Demonstrated experience performing DevOps practices with COTS
• Developing automated test scripts (Selenium or other)
• Java development skills to integrate testing components
• Demonstrated experience presenting or communicating technical designs, or implementations to non-technical audiences

Benefits

Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match.

• Full flex work weeks where possible
• 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

Pay

The likely salary range for this position is $158,855 - $214,921.

Schedule

Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40, Travel Required: None, Telecommuting Options: Onsite Work Location: USA VA Herndon