Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)

Steampunk•McLean, VA

1d•$90,000 - $130,000

About The Position

As a Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET), you will work with our growing DevSecOps practice delivering quality assurance services to support application, cloud, and data systems development. We are looking for candidates with 3-5 years of experience in quality assurance and test automation practices within an Agile/DevSecOps work environment

Requirements

Ability to obtain a U.S. government Security Clearance
BS Degree in an IT field OR BS in a non-IT field and 2 years related IT experience
3 Years of Experience with Git SCM providers such as GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket
3 Years of Experience with one or more programming or scripting languages
3 Years of application DevSecOps Experience with actual/active development experience in an Agile environment
Experience utilizing docker containers and utilizing platforms such as Kubernetes
3 Years of 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
Experience with performance and load testing
Experience in one or more cloud computing environments (e.g. AWS, Azure, or GCP)

Nice To Haves

Certifications: CAST (Certified Associate in Software Testing) International Software Testing Qualifications Board (ISTQB) Certification Cloud certifications (AWS Certified Developer, Azure Developer Associate, etc.)
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, interpersonal and collaborative skills
Experience with behavior-driven development (BDD) and test-driven development (TDD) methodologies

Responsibilities

Understand the needs of stakeholders and conveying requirements to development teams
Collaborate with product design teams to determine testing parameters and acceptance criteria
Write comprehensive test plans, create test cases, develop test procedures, document bug reports, and produce final QA reports for products
Manage test data architecture definition and coordinate test data requests
Develop automated testing scripts with consideration for parallelization and idempotency
Integrate test automation including performance, security, and functional tests into CI/CD pipelines
Execute testing and examination of code written by others and analyze results, including three or more of the following: Data validation testing Functional testing Performance and load testing Usability testing Accessibility (Section 508) testing
Develop automated testing scripts considering parallelization and idempotency
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 gap analysis, and produce artifacts that articulate options and recommendations
Engineer and implement solutions and provide recommendations for continuous improvement of services provided
Present regular status updates and provide cross-training to other DevOps team members
Act as an individual contributor and mentor more junior team members