QA Tester

As a QA/Tester, you will work with our growing DevSecOps & Salesforce practices delivering quality assurance services to support application, cloud and data systems development. We are looking for candidates with minimum 5 years experience with experience in quality assurance and test automation practices in an Agile/DevSecOps work environment., * Meet with product design team to determine testing parameters

• Write test plans, create test cases, test procedures, bug reports, final QA reports for products

• Manage test data architecture with the Tech Lead

• Troubleshoot errors and streamline the test procedures

• Testing and examining code written by others and analyzing results, including three or more of the following:

• Data validation testing

• Functional testing

• Performance and load testing

• Usability testing

• Accessibility (508) testing

Establishing automated testing tools and infrastructure for test automation

Provide validation testing of different system and data sets for Salesforce

Understanding the needs of stakeholders and conveying this to developers

Improve development, testing, deployment, and release processes

Ensuring that systems are safe and secure against cybersecurity threats

Working with software developers and software engineers to ensure that development follows established processes and works as intended

Document as-is state of the environment, perform a gap analysis, and produce artifacts that articulate options and recommendations

Work with teams to bring continuous improvement to DevSecOps processes and tools

Engineer and implement solutions and provide recommendations for continuous improvement for the services provided

Present regular status updates and provide cross training to other DevOps team members

• Must be able to maintain a U.S. Government security clearance
• Bachelor's Degree required; equivalency offered
• 5 years of related experience in software/IT/cloud consulting
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, interpersonal and collaborative skills
• Experience with documenting an as-is state of the environment, perform a gap analysis, and produce artifacts that articulate options and recommendations preferred

Preferred:

• Certifications a plus:

• CAST (Certified Associate in Software Testing)

• International Software Testing Qualifications Board (ISTQB) Certification

• Certified Manager of Software Testing (CMST)

• DHS Trusted Tester Certification (TTv5)

DevSecOps Experience with actual/active development experience in an Agile environment

Experience with performance and load testing

Experience utilizing docker containers and utilizing platforms such as Kubernetes

Experience implementing test automation, using tools such as Selenium, Appium, Soap UI, RestAssured, Postman

Experience integrating test automation including performance, security, and functional tests into CI/CD Pipelines

Current or previous DHS CBP Clearance is preferred

Steampunk relies on several factors to determine salary, including but not limited to geographic location, contractual requirements, education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience. The projected compensation range for this position is $90,000 to $130,000. The estimate displayed represents a typical annual salary range for this position. Annual salary is just one aspect of Steampunk's total compensation package for employees. Learn more about additional Steampunk benefits here.

Steampunk is a Change Agent in the Federal contracting industry, bringing new thinking to clients in the Homeland, Federal Civilian, Health and DoD sectors. Through our Human-Centered delivery methodology, we are fundamentally changing the expectations our Federal clients have for true shared accountability in solving their toughest mission challenges. As an employee owned company, we focus on investing in our employees to enable them to do the greatest work of their careers - and rewarding them for outstanding contributions to our growth. If you want to learn more about our story, visit http://www.steampunk.com .