IT Quality Assurance Tester

General Dynamics Information Technology
United States
11 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Experience required
3 years minimum
Compensation
$85,000.0 - $106,000.0
Working hours
Regular working hours

Tech stack

Agile Methodology Artificial Intelligence JIRA Automation of Tests Configuration Management Information Systems Computer Engineering DevOps Scrum Methodology Software Engineering SQL*Plus SQL Databases
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Information Technology

Job description

As an IT Quality Assurance Tester Senior, the work you’ll do at GDIT will be impactful to the mission of DHS and OBIM.

  • Review and evaluate software products and/or systems to ensure adherence to company and customer quality standards Lead/Manage/Support
  • Write and execute test plans using JIRA application
  • Engage with clients/users/stakeholders to define system scope and objectives
  • Provide support and technical advice throughout Agile sprint cycles
  • Validate enhancements to existing system in addition to coordinating with other QA/testing personnel and stakeholders

Requirements

Information Technology (IT), Problem Solving, Software Quality, 3 + years of related experience, Bring your technology expertise and drive for innovation to GDIT. The IT Quality Assurance Tester Senior must have:

  • Education: Technical Training, Certifications(s) or Degree

  • Experience: 3+ years of related experience in computer engineering, computer science, information systems, or related technical discipline

  • Technical Skills:
  • Ability to learn new systems and create customized and/or automated test cases
  • Experience with Scrum/Agile project lifecycle approach to software development and testing
  • Experience in Jira to support configuration management in an Agile environment
  • Exposure to or ability to learn DevOps methodologies and solutions
  • Exposure to or ability to learn SQL and SQL*Plus

  • Role Requirements:
  • Adept at problem-solving, troubleshooting, collaboration, time management, multi-tasking, and task ownership
  • Excellent communication skills

  • Security Clearance Level: Public Trust (DHS HQ EOD required to start; must be able to obtain DHS HQ Final Suitability)

  • US Citizenship Required

Benefits & conditions

The likely salary range for this position is $85,093 - $105,570. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40, Total Rewards at GDIT: 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. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. GDIT typically provides new employees with 15 days of paid leave per calendar year to be used for vacations, personal business, and illness and an additional 10 paid holidays per year. Paid leave and paid holidays are prorated based on the employee’s date of hire. The GDIT Paid Family Leave program provides a total of up to 160 hours of paid leave in a rolling 12 month period for eligible employees. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available. We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.

Our Identity Verification Process: As part of the hiring process, we will ask you to complete an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence to ensure authenticity and protect against identity fraud. You are expected to be on camera during virtual interviews. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud. By proceeding, you authorize the collection, processing, and use of your biometric data for identity verification and security purposes.

About the company

Transform technology into opportunity as an IT Quality Assurance Tester Senior at GDIT. Shape what’s next for mission-critical government projects while shaping what’s next for your engineering career. At GDIT, you’ll be at the forefront of innovation and play a meaningful part in improving how agencies operate as we provide enterprise IT operations and maintenance (O&M) services for the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Automated Biometric Identification System (IDENT), the Homeland Advanced Recognition Technology (HART) system, and the Office of Biometric Identity Management (OBIM) to store, match, share, and analyze biometric and biographic data in support of DHS’s strategic mission.

At the most critical moments of change, we’re there - bringing the resources, solutions, and expertise to help our clients take on some of the world’s biggest challenges - and GDIT is excited to offer you a unique opportunity to join a best performing O&M team supporting one our nation’s most critical national security, law enforcement, immigration and border management, and intelligence missions. With a career in Information Technology at GDIT, you’ll make the end user’s experience your priority and we’ll make your career growth ours., We are GDIT. A global technology and professional services company that delivers technology solutions and mission services to every major agency across the U.S. government, defense and intelligence community. Our 26,000 experts extract the power of technology to create immediate value and deliver solutions at the edge of innovation. We operate across 50+ countries worldwide, offering leading mission-ready capabilities in AI, cloud, cyber and software development.

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