Role & seniority: Senior Test Engineer (lead tester in Agile scrum team)

Location & work type: Herndon, VA; Full-Time, 100% onsite; TS/SCI clearance with poly required

Stack/tools: Java, WildFly, OpenShift, Docker, Jenkins, Git, Redmine, Artifactory, PostgreSQL, Oracle; Cloud tech (S3, ElastiCache); Agile processes

Top 3 responsibilities

Establish and uphold integration and testing standards; prepare system/test procedures and UAT procedures
Develop and implement test strategies to ensure system reliability; manage discrepancy reporting and validation of fixes
Coordinate with multiple organizations for integration/testing activities; ensure system readiness for activities; lead testing within an Agile scrum team

Must-have skills

10+ years of relevant testing experience (or 8+ years with Master’s); willingness to lead testers in Agile
Experience across front-end, back-end, and middleware; familiarity with development environments listed above
Active TS/SCI (or SCI eligibility) and active polygraph (or ability to obtain)
Knowledge of Agile processes

Nice-to-haves

Extensive software testing experience; experience with GitLab
Interaction with end users for sprint reviews/demos and acceptance testing
Salary note: Target range $180,000–$210,000 (may vary by education, experience, certifications)

Full Description

J ob Title: Senior Test Engineer

Clearance: TS/SCI, CI poly

Location: Herndon, VA.

Job-Type: Full-Time, 100% onsite

Target Salary Range:* $180,000 - $210,000.

This represents the potential salary range for this position depending on education level, years of experience and/or certifications in addition to other position specific requirements which may impact salary

Position Description

Seeking an experienced Test Engineer to join our SITE III Directorate Operations (DO) team supporting the U.S. Intelligence Community. This role supports web applications focused on CI/HUMINT for the worldwide IC.

Key Responsibilities

Standard Setting: Establish and uphold integration and testing standards.

Test Strategy: Develop and implement test strategies to ensure system reliability.

Stakeholder Coordination: Coordinate with various organizations for integration and testing activities.

System Readiness: Prepare and assess readiness for system activities.

Process Implementation: Ensure compliance with testing processes and track metrics.

Discrepancy Management: Evaluate reports and validate fixes affecting systems.

Test Procedures: Prepare system test procedures and user acceptance procedures following defined standards.

Agile: Operate in a fast-paced, Agile development environment as part of the scrum team.

Required Qualifications

A Bachelor’s degree in an area applicable to the position with 10+ years of relevant experience OR a Master’s degree in an area applicable to the position with 8 years of relevant experience; an additional 4 years of experience maybe considered in lieu of a degree requirement Active TS/SCI or SCI eligibility and active polygraph or ability to obtain a polygraph Experienced tester, front end, back end, middle tier. Development environments include Java, Wildfly, Openshift, Docker, Jenkins, Git, Redmine, Artifactory, Postgres, some Cloud technologies (such as S3 and ElastiCache), and Oracle. Knowledge of Agile processes is required. The candidate must have recent experience in some of these key areas and be willing/able to be in lead tester positions for Agile scrum teams.

Desired Qualifications

Extensive knowledge and experience with software testing Experience using Gitlab Experience with Agile Experience interacting with the end users and functional customer in support of sprint reviews, sprint demos and In-Plant Acceptance testing is preferred but not required