Test Engineer

Reston VA Leidos

Description

We have a need for a Test Engineer who also has experience with Tableau development and integration to provide support on a national security program. As a Test Engineer on this program, you will have the opportunity to manual and automated testing, implement scripts, evaluate test results, and feedback loops in an agile software development environment.  Flexible team collaboration with participation in systems engineering, software development, training, and security is also desired.
 

Primary Responsibilities:

  • Participate in program SAFE Agile software development initiatives (standup, sprint planning, Increment planning, retrospectives) to support feature/user story development for custom applications through iteration/functionality testing 

  • Participate and collaborate with team members to assess StoryPoint/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, Software Developers) to develop and document test approaches with emphasis on automation of recurring/regression test cases through selected toolsets

  • Develop test validation scripts using program designated languages (ex: Python)

  • Develop automated test cases using knowledge of custom Applications through designated GUI/COTS products (ex: Selenium and Katalon Studio)

  • Leverage DevOps practices to ensure repeatability and Configuration Management of test cases/scripts are maintained the continuously improved

  • Develop and document end-to-end functionality test case narratives using task management system (JIRA/Confluence)  

  • Generate test data and identify use/corner cases required to meet User Story/Customer needs

  • Support performance testing/evaluation activities using tools such as Jmeter

  • Perform job duties within Commercial cloud development environments

  • Perform daily monitoring of all systems/environments and track changes and status

  • Enhance and develop Tableau dashboards as needed based on customer and mission requirements

  • Perform Tableau integration, upgrades, patches, security requirements and troubleshooting

Basic Qualifications:

  • Familiar with testing both back-end and front-end applications processes

  • Familiar with scripting languages (ex: Python) to automate tasks

  • Familiar with test data/script development

  • Knowledge of or direct experience with software performance testing practices

  • Familiar with the creation, authoring, execution and documentation of test cases/result sets for software products in an agile cadence

  • Familiar with working/testing within Commercial Cloud Platforms (ex: AWS) and DevOps tools

  • Ability to work within collaborative environment to execute test cases complimentary to development efforts

  • Familiar with working in a SAFe Agile and DevOps development environment and tempo

  • Familiar with Tableau development and integration

  • Excellent communication skills (written and verbal)

**BS degree with and 2 or more years of prior relevant experience or Master’s 0-2 years of prior relevant experience.  Will consider experience in lieu of a degree.

**Candidate must have an active TS/SCI with Polygraph

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Experience with administration of MS Windows Server or Linux environments (Lab or Personal development space)

  • Experience reviewing output of CI jobs and capable of tracking test failures back to code changes that resulted in bugs

  • Capable of review code check-ins to understand the impact of code changes on system functionality and potential applications bugs.

  • Direct experience with AWS environments

CABARESTON

Original Posting Date:

2024-10-01

While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

Pay Range:

Pay Range $65,000.00 – $117,500.00

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

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