Test Engineer

Kadiak, LLC, a Koniag Government Services company, is seeking a Test Engineer with a TS security clearance to support Kadiak and our government customer in Vienna, VA. 

Benefits include medical, dental, and vision insurance, 401(k) retirement plan, paid time off, paid parental leave, life and disability insurance, flexible spending accounts, commuter benefits and tuition reimbursement. 

The Test Engineer will analyze business requirement to develop and execute manual and automation test cases and validate the functionalities, code quality, and report test results; Will provide functional and automation testing of features and capabilities of system applications

Essential Functions, Responsibilities & Duties may include, but are not limited to:

• Analyze requirements and design test plans to prioritize test activities for each iteration.
• Serve as subject matter specialist, and provide testing knowledge for the support of user requirements of complex to highly complex software/hardware applications.
• Write, implement, and report status for system test cases.
• Develop, maintain, and execute manual and automated test scripts.
• Analyze and document test results and recommend user story adjustments.
• Perform validation after deployment dry run.
• Perform new functionality and regression testing throughout the sprint cycle, including load testing.
• Validate proposed system architecture and run test procedures to ensure that the user stories are met.
• Work with other Test Engineer contract staff related to cross-training and knowledge sharing activities.
• Function as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) regarding the organization’s testing software and methodologies and provide recommendations to the government related to production implementation strategies, advanced troubleshooting techniques and root cause analysis.
• Collaborate with management and IT counterparts to define, refine, and maintain IT testing strategies, ensuring strategies are aligned to the goals of the Agile-Scrum development environment.
• Design, develop, and maintain automated and manual testing methods to confirm operational software is defect-free and design objectives are met.
• Evaluate, recommend, and implement automated test tools and strategies.
• Use automated testing tools the government requests, including but not limited to JIRA, QuickTest Professional, LoadRunner, Selenium Tool Suite.
• Develop, maintain, and upgrade automated test scripts and architectures for application products.

Requirements:

• Shall have four years of relevant experience in software testing.
• Must be able to demonstrate working in an operational environment where priorities change frequently.
• Must be able to demonstrate expertise in information system design, including application programming on large-scale database management services and the development of complex software to satisfy design objectives.
• TS security clearance required 

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in related field

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