Software Quality Assurance Analyst and Tester (JSE V&V)-Junior

Amewas•Patuxent River, MD

10h•$80,000 - $100,000•Onsite

About The Position

AMEWAS is seeking a highly motivated and talented Software Quality Assurance Analyst and Tester (JSE V&V)-Junior to support Battlespace Modeling & Simulation. The salary range of this position is $80,000.00 - $100,000.00 and is commensurate with experience. This position is not eligible for remote work; on-site support is required. Position Background: The Analysis, Debrief, and Test (ADT) Branch supports the development, integration, and testing of the Joint Simulation Environment (JSE) Technical Baseline (JTB) product suite and virtual platforms that integrate with the environment. The software products comprising the JTB support modeling and simulation (M&S) environments; trainer systems; test and evaluation (T&E); analysis; live, virtual and constructive (LVC); research and development (R&D) activities for DoD agencies and its international partners. All products are government owned, developed and managed.

Requirements

BS Degree/BA Degree in technical discipline OR HS Diploma/Equivalent with 3 years of relevant experience
The ability to learn how to operate multiple stations that support the Joint Simulation Environment
Experience performing system tests to identify software or hardware deficiencies to verify compliance with system requirements
Experience documenting software defects and requirement compliance
Experience reporting defects to developers
The ability to support a flexible schedule, including occasional weekend and evening testing (approximately once per month, subject to mission needs)-Schedule changes will be communicated with at least one (1) week’s advance notice whenever possible
The ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Special Access Program (SAP) Access
The ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret Security Clearance-AMEWAS willing to obtain and process full clearance

Nice To Haves

Experience supporting model and simulation efforts
Experience supporting testing environments
DoD experience

Responsibilities

Tests software for an advanced synthetic training environment
Integrates software into flight simulators to support pilot training against potential threats
Supports software development/integration, testing, customer training and demonstrations
Installs/Runs regression tests on a new NGTS test build (multiple builds weekly)
Tests a variety of Jira issues (new feature implementation, bug fixes, database queries, etc.)
Documents test results and discovered issues in Jira
Collaborates with NGTS software developers and subject matter experts during training sessions
Creates new test procedure documents to validate new requirements
Communicates access across a large team to verify correct procedures and software issue diagnosis
Runs extensive regression tests when software reaches Release Candidate (RC) phase