Salesforce Tester

Steampunk•McLean, VA

22h

About The Position

As a Salesforce Tester, you will be an integral team member who assists the team in ensuring high quality code is delivered to our client. Responsibilities will include testing and verification of code, reporting and recording defects, coordination with architects, functional analysts, and developers on testing and testing results, documenting test scripts, participating in design reviews, user acceptance testing, and deployment activities. This individual will also work in an Agile environment and participate in scrum ceremonies and product planning activities. As a Salesforce Tester, you will work with our growing DevSecOps & Salesforce practices delivering quality assurance services to support application, cloud and data systems development. We are looking for candidates with minimum 5 years experience with experience in quality assurance and test automation practices in an Agile/DevSecOps work environment.

Requirements

Must be a U.S. Citizen eligible to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government security clearance
Bachelor's Degree required; equivalency offered
5 years of related experience in software/IT/cloud consulting
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, interpersonal and collaborative skills
Experience with documenting an as-is state of the environment, perform a gap analysis, and produce artifacts that articulate options and recommendations preferred

Nice To Haves

Certifications a plus: CAST (Certified Associate in Software Testing)
International Software Testing Qualifications Board (ISTQB) Certification
Certified Manager of Software Testing (CMST)
DHS Trusted Tester Certification (TTv5)
DevSecOps Experience with actual/active development experience in an Agile environment
Experience with performance and load testing
Experience utilizing docker containers and utilizing platforms such as Kubernetes
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

Responsibilities

Meet with product design team to determine testing parameters
Write test plans, create test cases, test procedures, bug reports, final QA reports for products
Manage test data architecture with the Tech Lead
Troubleshoot errors and streamline the test procedures
Testing and examining code written by others and analyzing results, including three or more of the following: Data validation testing, Functional testing, Performance and load testing, Usability testing, Accessibility (508) testing
Establishing automated testing tools and infrastructure for test automation
Provide validation testing of different system and data sets for Salesforce
Understanding the needs of stakeholders and conveying this to developers
Improve development, testing, deployment, and release processes
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 a gap analysis, and produce artifacts that articulate options and recommendations
Work with teams to bring continuous improvement to DevSecOps processes and tools
Engineer and implement solutions and provide recommendations for continuous improvement for the services provided
Present regular status updates and provide cross training to other DevOps team members