Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)

STEAMPUNK INC.
McLean, VA, United States
25 days ago
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Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Experienced
Experience required
3 years minimum
Compensation
$90,000.0 - $130,000.0
Working hours
Regular working hours

Tech stack

Testing (Software) Agile Methodology Amazon Web Services Automation of Tests Microsoft Azure Behavior-Driven Development Cloud Computing Computer Programming Data Validation Data Systems DevOps Github
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Load Testing Selenium SoapUI Systems Integration Test Data Scripting Postman Appium ReadyAPI Gitlab Git Kubernetes Bug Reporting Bitbucket Devsecops Docker SDET

Job description

As a Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET), you will work with our growing DevSecOps practice delivering quality assurance services to support application, cloud, and data systems development. We are looking for candidates with 3-5 years of experience in quality assurance and test automation practices within an Agile/ DevSecOps work environment

Contributions

Responsibilities

  • Understand the needs of stakeholders and conveying requirements to development teams

  • Collaborate with product design teams to determine testing parameters and acceptance criteria

  • Write comprehensive test plans, create test cases, develop test procedures, document bug reports, and produce final QA reports for products

  • Manage test data architecture definition and coordinate test data requests

  • Develop automated testing scripts with consideration for parallelization and idempotency

  • Integrate test automation including performance, security, and functional tests into CI/CD pipelines

  • Execute testing and examination of code written by others and analyze results, including three or more of the following:

  • Data validation testing

  • Functional testing

  • Performance and load testing

  • Usability testing

  • Accessibility (Section 508) testing

  • Develop automated testing scripts considering parallelization and idempotency

  • 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 gap analysis, and produce artifacts that articulate options and recommendations

  • Engineer and implement solutions and provide recommendations for continuous improvement of services provided

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

  • Act as an individual contributor and mentor more junior team members

Requirements

  • Ability to obtain a U.S. government Security Clearance
  • Bachelors Degree and 10 years of experience (7 must be relevant)
  • 3 Years of Experience with Git SCM providers such as GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket
  • 3 Years of Experience with one or more programming or scripting languages
  • 7 Years of application DevSecOps Experience with actual/active development experience in an Agile environment
  • Experience utilizing docker containers and utilizing platforms such as Kubernetes
  • 3 Years of 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
  • Experience with performance and load testing
  • Experience in one or more cloud computing environments ( e.g. AWS, Azure, or GCP), + CAST (Certified Associate in Software Testing)
  • International Software Testing Qualifications Board (ISTQB) Certification
  • Cloud certifications (AWS Certified Developer, Azure Developer Associate, etc.)
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, interpersonal and collaborative skills
  • Experience with behavior-driven development (BDD) and test-driven development (TDD) methodologies

Benefits & conditions

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.

About the company

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 .

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