Jr-Mid Software Tester with Security Clearance
Company: TEKsystems c/o Allegis Group
Location: Colorado Springs
Posted on: April 17, 2024
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Job Description:
Job Title
Software Tester Engineer Total Positions
1 Duration
9 Duration Unit
Month(s) Product
Contract to Hire How this opportunity will benefit you:
Working with cutting edge technology that supports the
WarfighterThe ability to upgrade their clearance to top secret/SCI
or maintain this type of clearanceThere is still 4 years left on
the contractThe mission of the D3I contract is for support in
advancing the Army\'s space and missile defense capabilities which
protect our countryMission:
Currently seeking a Test engineer to conduct automated and manual
tests to verify and validate newly developed software meets
customer needsThey evaluate software performance, identify
deficiencies, report results and contribute to internal and
external technical working group meetingsAll testers create and
present real-time technical briefings describing software functions
to customers and write user guidesBusiness Challenge
The applications this qualified tester will be testing supports
highly classified information that is given to the Warfighter in
real timeIf the applications have bugs or has not been tested and
approved, lives could be lostThis position under contract to the
prime, to be filledWithout a butt in the seat they will be under
violation of their contract with the Government and lose revenue
from hours not being able to be bill for an empty seatImpact to the
Customer
Supports, as needed, US Army Space and Missile Defense Command
Capability Development Integration Directorate (CDID) government
personnel for efforts associated with innovations for Space, Near
Space, Space Control, Missile Defense Capabilities and information
operations to the WarfighterWithout this the warfighter will not be
about to get real-time information that could cost livesJob
Description
The test engineer provides mission support including test
engineering support and advice to government customers; attending
technical working groups and configuration control boards; working
with software development engineers, information assurance
engineers, system administrators, and network engineers to
troubleshoot and resolve functional deficiencies; providing
technical assistance to operational testers performing Force
Development Evaluations; and, collaborating with software
development engineers to create applications that meet customer
mission needs Responsibilities: Experience in Developmental Test
and Evaluation (DT&E)
General:
Work in a team environment or independently with multiple systems
under test.
Conduct remote testing and clearly communicate status, issues, and
technical functions over web services (e.g., web exchange) with
teammates and customers.
Conduct DT&E tests to include functional and regression tests
to verify and validate candidate software meets stated
requirements.
Design, develop and maintain automate test scripts using SmartBear
Test Complete.
Monitor SmartBear webpage for software updates and coordinate with
network operations to install them.
Understand and contribute to a successful software development
lifecycle.
Participate in an Agile Scrum team to work as one, learn through
experiences, self-organize, and reflect on successes and losses to
continuously improve.
Requirements:
Read, interpret, and apply .xsd and other schema documentation.
Participate in internal and customer attended requirement
analysis.
Review various internal and external requirement documents to
identify test requirements and assess testability.
Identify required test tools and other test artefacts both existing
and to be developed.
Apply learned mission tactics techniques and procedures during
software evaluation to determine the software's ability to meet
user needs.
Planning:
Apply prescribed test methodologies.
Critical operational issue, operational capabilities, measures of
evaluation, and measures of performance.
Incorporate message processing business and normalization rules
into tests procedures.
Participate in engineering custom test architectures.
Develop individual and cross functional test scenarios, concepts,
and strategies.
Create data collection spreadsheets to detail test measures and
record test results.
Execute Test:
Test in remote (Amazon Work Space) and on premise classified
environments.
Execute manual tests in a disciplined and efficient manner.
Evaluate performance using established test criterion.
Record compliance with customer requirements.
Report daily progress and status per assigned task, report
roadblocks.
Create test messages in various prescribed formats.
Proficiently operate custom and commercial software tools.
Troubleshoot test configuration anomalies and reconfigure the
system under test as required.
Monitor and report server performance during application processing
capacity tests.
Develop and execute automated desktop application tests utilizing
SmartBear's Test Complete or similar software.
Deficiency identification, investigation, characterization, and
reporting:
Identify and characterize functional deficiencies and record steps
to reproduce them.
Include technically relevant screen captures, data samples and test
environment description.
Review potential deficiencies with software developers and assist
in causal analysis.
Apply prescribed deficiency report formats to record noted
deficiencies.
Accurately document deficiencies and update status in Microsoft
Azure Dev/Ops.
Recommend application design improvements.
Test reporting:
Update test results in Microsoft Azure DevOps.
Provide daily status and test plans during the development and test
team scrums.
Report progress and requests for assistance to the lead and other
test engineers during daily test team meetings.
Customer Interactions:
Constructively participate in demonstration practice runs and
review test and technical documentation prior to customer
release.
Prepare and present functional capability briefings to
customers.
Provide automated test case creation status I customer
presentations as required.
Author software functional User Guides outlining capabilities and
procedures issued to users with varied experience levels.
DOD Top Secret Security Clearance (can upgrade from Secret), must
be eligible for SCI.
Requirements: Bachelor's Degree in related field + 5 years relevant
experience in Developmental Test and Evaluation (DT&E)
involving communications software, message translation, and
database storage.
Exhibit excellent interpersonal skills, be self-motivated, and
employ keen attention to detail.
Testers must demonstrate an ability to communicate clearly through
test documentation and oral presentations.
Experience in other Department of Defense (DoD) test concepts and
familiarity with architectures involving cross-domain solutions are
a plus *** DOD Top Secret Security Clearance (can upgrade from
Secret), must be eligible for SCI*** Top Skills Details
1Experience working with Manual and some Automated Test Tools
2Have an understanding of software development within a Microsoft
environment
3Great Aptitude and Communication skills prefer someone that can
scriptAdditional Information
Requires a TS clearance with the ability to obtain an SCI.
The client will look at someone with their SECRET clearance if they
touch on all the areas that the client is looking forWorkplace
Type
Hybrid Experience Level
Intermediate Level Work Environment
Supports, as needed, US Army Space and Missile Defense Command
Capability Development Integration Directorate (CDID) government
personnel for efforts associated with innovations for Space, Near
Space, Space Control, Missile Defense Capabilities and information
operations to the Warfighter 4 testers on the team currently
1 lead
4-week sprints - Agile environmentAdditional Skills &
Qualifications
They will lead projects not peopleCandidates need to have a great
aptitude for learningThey will look at people without clearance,
but update to TSThis position is mostly remote but must me within 1
hour of the job site facilityInterview Information
2 Step Process:
1Phone Interview with the Program Manager 2On-site Interview with
the team lead and other team members
Keywords: TEKsystems c/o Allegis Group, Colorado Springs , Jr-Mid Software Tester with Security Clearance, IT / Software / Systems , Colorado Springs, Colorado
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