Location-Reston,VA
Client- Client
Interview- Phone and in person
Status- EAD-GC/GC/USC- Must be able to convert Fulltime if required.
Job Description:*
As the Senior Test Engineer at The Client, you will:
Be a subject matter expert on the Hive platform and have a good understanding of the business objectives, both short and long term, and must be able to analyze problems and recommend solutions either at the project or program level, taking into consideration enterprise-level initiatives
Describe the application's testing requirements to support the project scope by interviewing stakeholders, eliciting, analyzing, specifying and validating various types of requirements, developing test strategies/plans/mindmaps, technical diagrams, user stories and/or use cases and supplemental specifications.Build a comprehensive, automated suite of unit, functional, integration, and UI testsManage code coverage, and make best practices decisions on test frameworks
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS/RESPONSIBILITIES
• Work alongside other members of the team in helping develop test strategies and plans by utilizing creative approaches using mind mapping tools and techniques
• Assist with development tasks, coding automated test scripts to enhance testing efficiencies, and providing business/requirements analysis assistance as needed
• Report and communicate testing progress to test engineers, project managers, and business partners
• Create test automation within assigned projects to increase return on investment by increasing testing efficiencies
PRINCIPAL RELATIONSHIPS
Internal Contacts:
Maintains regular contact with staff on the delivery team, others in the IT department fulfilling similar responsibilities, and our partners on the Assessment Design and Development, Research, and Program teams.
External Contacts:
Maintains frequent contacts with vendors and partners with a moderate impact on the image, reputation and/or business or operational well-being of The Client.
Required Skills:*
Education/Experience
Areas of Expertise Software development and testing
Highest Level of Education Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field or equivalent work experience
Location Reston, VA
Years of Relevant Experience 5-10
Related Skills & Other Requirements:
• 6 plus years testing client/server, web applications and Windows-based relational database software required. Required understanding and hands on experience of three or more of the following programming languages: Java, C, C++, C#, PHP, Python, Ruby, JavaScript, SQL, HTML, CSS, XML
• Experience using defect management and communication tools. Preferred experience using the Atlassian toolset.
• Excellent written and verbal skills
• Must be bright, energetic, self-motivated, creative and proactive individual ensuring Client's suite of products are thoroughly tested with high quality in mind before reaching customer
• Ideal candidate must be experienced working in a fast-paced Agile/DevOps environment, exposing themselves to multiple platforms and architectures using diverse technologies.
• Team player with excellent communication skills, willing to collaborate effectively with fellow team members.
• Must have excellent understanding of software development lifecycle (SDLC) process, regardless of model or methodology
• Excellent analytical skills
• Strong experience with automated testing frameworks like Selenium, Protractor, NUnit, XUnit, and APIs.
• Excellent experience working within an Agile environment.
• Must be committed to following quality principles to effectively communicate issues, challenges and risks which may impact overall project success.
• Possess innovative mindset by creating new testing frameworks, strategies, approaches which other team members can leverage and create successful results within their own projects
• Strong understanding of AWS technologies and Continuous Delivery and Integration (CD&I) principles.
Preferred Skills:*
Education/Experience
Areas of Expertise Software development and testing
Highest Level of Education Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field or equivalent work experience
Location Reston, VA
Years of Relevant Experience 7-10
Education/Certifications:*
Bachelor's degree
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Last updated on Jun 13, 2017