Sr. Test Engineer
RIVA Solutions, Inc. · Reston, VA · 1 wk ago
On-siteEngineering$130k/yrFull-time
Core Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain comprehensive test plans, strategies, and cases tailored to the P-TACTS DevSecOps environment.
- Design, build, and integrate automated test scripts into CI/CD pipelines to ensure continuous integration and rapid feedback.
- Perform security testing, including static and dynamic code analysis, vulnerability scanning, and compliance validation.
- Conduct performance, load, and stress testing to verify that applications meet scalability and reliability requirements.
- Use monitoring and analytics tools to evaluate system performance metrics and identify optimization opportunities.
- Set up, manage, and maintain test environments to mirror production conditions and ensure test accuracy.
- Collaborate with development, security, and operations teams to integrate testing practices seamlessly throughout the SDLC.
- Produce detailed test reports, track and manage defects, and coordinate resolution with engineering teams.
- Create and maintain comprehensive documentation of test processes, results, and quality metrics using tools such as Rally and GitLab.
- Participate in Agile ceremonies, including sprint planning, to ensure test coverage and workload balance.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
- Demonstrated experience designing and implementing code-based automation tools and maintaining them over time.
- Strong understanding of the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) and quality assurance best practices.
- Hands-on experience implementing BDD (Behavior Driven Development) using Cucumber and Gherkin.
- Proven experience as a Quality Assurance Engineer or Test Engineer in an Agile environment.
- Proficiency in Java scripting and experience building automation frameworks.
- Solid understanding of Java application development and testing methodologies.
- Expertise with QA automation tools and frameworks such as Selenium/WebDriver for UI automation and Postman for REST API testing.
- Experience with bug tracking and documentation tools such as Jira and Confluence.
- Hands-on experience testing web-based applications (both front-end UI and back-end services).
- Experience working on large-scale enterprise applications.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with performance and load testing tools and methodologies.
- Hands-on experience integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines (preferably GitLab).
- Familiarity with AWS services for testing, monitoring, and environment automation.
Pay
Up to $130,000, depending on experience.