QA Tester

Steampunk•McLean, VA

4d•$90,000 - $130,000

About The Position

As a QA/Tester, you will work with Steampunk’s growing DevSecOps and Salesforce practices, delivering quality assurance services to support application, cloud, and data systems development. The role calls for at least five years of experience in quality assurance and test automation practices in an Agile/DevSecOps work environment. You will collaborate with product, development, and DevOps teams to validate systems, improve delivery processes, and support continuous improvement.

Requirements

Must be able to maintain a U.S. Government security clearance.
Bachelor’s degree required; equivalency is offered.
Five years of related experience in software, IT, or cloud consulting.
Excellent written and verbal communication, interpersonal, and collaborative skills.

Nice To Haves

Experience documenting an environment's as-is state, performing a gap analysis, and producing artifacts that articulate options and recommendations.
CAST (Certified Associate in Software Testing) certification.
International Software Testing Qualifications Board (ISTQB) certification.
Certified Manager of Software Testing (CMST) certification.
DHS Trusted Tester Certification (TTv5).
DevSecOps experience with actual or active development experience in an Agile environment.
Experience with performance and load testing.
Experience using Docker containers and platforms such as Kubernetes.
Experience implementing test automation with tools such as Selenium, Appium, Soap UI, RestAssured, or Postman.
Experience integrating performance, security, and functional test automation into CI/CD pipelines.
Current or previous DHS CBP clearance.

Responsibilities

Meet with the product design team to determine testing parameters.
Write test plans, test cases, test procedures, bug reports, and final QA reports for products.
Manage test data architecture with the Tech Lead.
Troubleshoot errors and streamline test procedures.
Test and examine code written by others and analyze results, including three or more of the following: data validation, functional, performance and load, usability, or accessibility (508) testing.
Establish automated testing tools and infrastructure for test automation.
Provide validation testing of different systems and data sets for Salesforce.
Understand stakeholder needs and convey them to developers.
Improve development, testing, deployment, and release processes.
Help ensure systems are safe and secure against cybersecurity threats.
Work with software developers and software engineers to ensure development follows established processes and works as intended.
Document the environment's as-is state, perform a gap analysis, and produce artifacts presenting options and recommendations.
Work with teams to improve DevSecOps processes and tools continuously.
Engineer and implement solutions and recommend continuous improvements to services provided.
Present regular status updates and provide cross-training to other DevOps team members.