Automated Test Engineer

Parsons Corporation•Rockaway Township, NJ

About The Position

Polaris Alpha® Advanced Systems, a Parsons Company, is seeking an amazingly talented Automation Test Engineer whose role will be essential to the design, implementation, and delivery of high performance, secure, mission critical solutions. We seek engineers that are versatile, display leadership qualities, and are enthusiastic to tackle new challenges as we continue to provide the military with cutting edge tools. For this position, the Automation Test Engineer will analyze, design, and be involved in the implementation of advanced capabilities for armament systems at Picatinny Arsenal, NJ. The role includes testing the design and implementation of software modules for new tactical fire control systems based on established requirements, with strong consideration for interoperability and software architecture openness.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or in a related technical field
3+ years of experience in software test engineering
Expertise with test automation tools and frameworks; developed automation test suites for web-based capabilities with tools such as Cypress, Squish, Selenium, TestNG, Appium, JUnit
Experience generating automated tests for back-end and front-end components
Experience testing a large, microservice-based system.
Experience with programming/scripting languages: Java, JavaScript, Cucumber, Gherkin
Experience with API testing tools: Postman, REST Assured, SoapUI
Experience with Development, Build and Configuration tools for example the Atlassian Gitlab toolsets (e.g., Jira, Bitbucket, Jenkins, Confluence, Git, Gitlab CI, Maven, Gradle, NPM)
Experience writing test cases, procedures, and documenting results
Experience working with Virtual Machines and Docker/Kubernetes containers
Experience using SQL
Familiarity with DoD applications running on Windows and Linux environments
Proficiency in MS Office Applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)
Excellent organizational, communications, problem-solving and people skills, be a self-starter, and enjoy being part of and contributing to a hard-working team.
Must have the ability to quickly learn and creatively leverage new technologies.
Must be a U.S. Citizen and hold or be able to obtain a Secret security clearance.
Must be able to travel.

Nice To Haves

Experience deploying applications to Windows and Linux environments
Software development lifecycle experience (SDLC), especially within the DoD
Experience with Government standards and procedures.
Understanding of, and experience working within, the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)
Experience with or knowledge of U.S. Army tactical fire control systems

Responsibilities

Requirements analysis and traceability
Provide test/integration expertise to the software engineering team for solutions via software implementation, including functional and non-functional testing
Review system engineering documentation to ensure test plans and methodologies completely, accurately, comprehensively, and consistently meet system needs
Support the development of system integration plans, procedures and scenarios used in the conduct of automated software/hardware system integration testing
Monitor system performance trends and identify potential issues
Installation, Integration and Test of software modules for U.S. Army tactical fire control systems in an Agile development environment
Evaluate and select appropriate automation tools and frameworks before ultimately integrating these tools into existing development pipelines
Develop test cases, plans, automated integration test scripts and frameworks in support of a large-scale software development effort
Update existing scripts and frameworks for improvement and optimize tests for speed and resource use
Collaborate with an agile team of manual testers, software developers, system engineers, and product leadership to identify tests cases for automation; also troubleshooting issues and working closely with software development teams; define test strategies and ensure timely delivery of high-quality software.
Enable continuous testing principles into existing development pipelines.
Execute multiple levels of tests and analyze test results; perform functional, regression, performance, integration, and security testing for comprehensive test coverage and identify and resolve software defects.
Design and implement automated performance tests and analyze system behavior; identify bottlenecks and optimize application performance
Software configuration management using JIRA or similar tools
Support periodic design reviews
Support Agile sprint planning activities, test events, daily stand-ups, and retrospectives to align testing efforts with project goals.
Support demonstrations, expositions, and test events (travel required).