Software Test Engineer

Booz Allen Hamilton • Fort Meade, MD

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About The Position

Software Test Engineer The Opportunity: When a user tries new software, they expect it to be intuitive and run smoothly. Functionality, reliability, and user experience are key to successful software development, and that means rigorous testing. That’s why we need you, a knowledgeable test engineer who knows how to thoroughly test software and work with developers to make sure our team releases the best software possible. As a test engineer on our team, you’ll work with software engineers to evaluate software developed for a national defense agency. You’ll work on creating a test plan with test cases based on user stories. Using automated tools and manual processes you’ll generate data and implement the test cases to observe how the software performs, then document the results and communicate defects to the development team so they can start improving the tool. You’ll automate continuous security and performance testing and monitor the health of application tool set. This is an opportunity to leverage your skills by writing the code to test. You’ll also further your experience in and explore new areas like cloud deployments and tool generation. Work with us as we develop software solutions to secure our defense networks. Join us. The world can’t wait.

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience in software testing
• Experience executing comprehensive test strategies for software systems
• Experience in development, preferably with .NET languages
• Experience testing Web-based and Windows-based applications
• Experience with testing automation
• Experience working in Agile or Scrum environments
• Secret clearance
• Bachelor’s degree
• IAT Level II CompTIA Security+ Certification

Nice To Haves

• Experience creating and maintaining automated test frameworks and reusable test libraries
• Experience testing security-constrained or IL-level cloud environments
• Experience writing and maintaining test cases for large test plans
• Experience with Government Agencies
• Experience with Risk Management Framework

Responsibilities

• Evaluate software developed for a national defense agency
• Create a test plan with test cases based on user stories
• Generate data and implement the test cases to observe how the software performs
• Document the results and communicate defects to the development team
• Automate continuous security and performance testing
• Monitor the health of application tool set

Benefits

• health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits
• paid leave
• professional development
• tuition assistance
• work-life programs
• dependent care
• recognition awards program

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees