Software QA Specialist/Applications Tester

General Dynamics Information Technology
McLean, VA, United States
1 day ago
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Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Experience required
6 years minimum
Compensation
$140,821.0 - $190,523.0
Working hours
Regular working hours

Tech stack

Testing (Software) Agile Methodology Amazon Web Services Confluence JIRA Automation of Tests Biometrics Database Design MySQL Oracle (Applications) Selenium Software Engineering
+7 more
Software Requirements Analysis SQL Databases Test Scripts Cypress (Programming Language) Kubernetes Information Technology Servicenow

Job description

Own your opportunity to serve as a critical component of our nation’s safety and security. Make an impact by using your expertise to protect our country from threats., GDIT is your place. You make it your own by embracing autonomy, seizing opportunity, and being trusted to deliver your best every day. We think. We act. We deliver. There is no challenge that we can’t turn into opportunity. And our work depends on a Software Applications Tester joining our team to support Government activities at McLean, VA., GDIT is seeking an experienced Software QA Specialist/Applications Tester to join our team of building scalable, maintainable and high-performance backend services. As a Software Tester supporting the customer, you will be trusted to solve complex IT issues while delivering outstanding customer service. GDIT is seeking highly cleared candidates with active TS SCI w/ Poly to provide software development, engineering, database design and Software Testing in support of enterprise -wide systems and products for the Intelligence Community (IC). Work with the latest commercial products such as AWS and ServiceNow in an Agile environment on various applications designed and maintained for a broad range of IC customers., * Develops and executes software test plans to identify software code discrepancies and their root causes.

  • Establishes and maintains a process for evaluating hardware, software, and associated documentation and/or assists in the evaluation.
  • Conducts and/or participates in formal and informal reviews at pre-determined points throughout the development life cycle
  • Manual testing
  • Interpreting system requirements
  • Writing test plans and test scripts
  • Executing test scripts and documenting results
  • Communicating with development teams the result of tests
  • Agile
  • JIRA/Confluence
  • SQL/test validation
  • MySQL/Oracle
  • Selenium/Cypress or other automated testing tools
  • Strong expertise with AWS
  • Strong familiarity with ServiceNow
  • Familiarity with Kubernetes

Requirements

  • Develops and implements quality control methodologies to ensure compliance with quality assurance standards, guidelines, and procedures in a large computer-based organization., * Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline, or the equivalent combination of education, technical certifications or training, or work experience., Years of Experience

6 + years of related experience

  • may vary based on technical training, certification(s), or degree Certification

Benefits & conditions

The likely salary range for this position is $140,821 - $190,523. 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.

About the company

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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