Jr. Software Test Engineer

Moseley Technical Services, Inc.•Colorado Springs, CO

1d•Onsite

About The Position

This role supports the testing, validation, and continuous improvement of missile defense modeling and simulation software within an Agile development environment.

Requirements

U.S. Citizenship is required by Federal Law
Active Secret Clearance required
Bachelor’s degree in a STEM field from an accredited institution and 5+ years of relevant experience (Or Master’s degree and 3+ years of experience)
Experience developing and executing test plans, test cases, test reports, performance metrics, and test engineering artifacts.
Experience verifying and validating system and software requirements, ensuring traceability, and documenting test results.
Familiarity with Agile software development practices.
Understanding of software development and Linux-based environments.
Proficiency in at least one programming or scripting language, such as Python, Java, JavaScript, Bash, C#, or ASP.NET.
Experience or familiarity with tools and technologies such as Git, GitHub, Bitbucket, Jenkins, Docker, Podman, JIRA, Confluence, SonarQube, CAMEO, SQL, REST APIs, Curl, Postman, Swagger/OpenAPI, JSON, gRPC, OAuth, and JWT.
Experience with CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, API testing, DevOps principles, or microservices architecture.
Knowledge of Systems Engineering V-lifecycle processes, including requirements decomposition, verification, validation, and requirements traceability matrices.

Nice To Haves

Desired experience with modeling and simulation, discrete event simulation, missile defense, command and control, cybersecurity concepts, Scrum, Kanban, or SAFe.

Responsibilities

Develop, document, and execute test plans, test cases, test scripts, and test reports to validate software functionality, performance, requirements compliance, and acceptance criteria.
Test new software capabilities, document new features, analyze simulation performance, and support system-level validation activities.
Execute and support system integration testing, regression testing, performance testing, and end-to-end testing for software solutions.
Verify and validate system and software requirements, maintain traceability, and produce detailed test artifacts.
Research technical details related to missile defense systems, command and control, and modeling and simulation to support software development and testing.
Support the development of simulation and software architecture in collaboration with systems engineers, software developers, and product owners.
Contribute to Agile sprint planning by estimating testing tasks and supporting delivery of quality software releases.
Identify opportunities to improve test strategies, tools, automation, and processes.