Job Description

Public Trust: None

Requisition Type: Regular

Your Impact

Own your opportunity to serve as a critical component of our nation’s safety and security. Make an impact by using your expertise to protect our country from threats.

Job Description

Seize your opportunity to make a personal impact as a Test Engineer supporting customer activities. GDIT is your place to make meaningful contributions to challenging projects and grow a rewarding career.

At GDIT, people are our differentiator. As a Test Engineer, you will help ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter. Our work depends on a Test Engineer joining our highly skilled team to be a premier provider of cyber security services to the customer.  We provide consummate cyber security risk management “as a service” platform across multiple fabrics and centers.  We have responsibility to ensure operational IT capabilities provide the client with necessary timeliness, accuracy and security of information demanded from all our highly professional roles. Be the change, lead our change – join us!

HOW A TEST ENGINEER SUPPORT WILL MAKE AN IMPACT

• Work with a team of systems engineers and software developers to specify, design, develop, test and deploy the end-state system. Development will take place in an iterative fashion using scrum techniques with inputs from multiple stakeholders. The work will be done in a dynamic stakeholder environment within AWS. Communicate with team leads and senior leadership and rapidly adjust direction in support of new and/or changing requirements. This effort will include a variety of activities, including:
• Automated and manual software testing
• Developing test plans based on software requirements and technical specifications.
• Identifying new test scenarios and create detailed test cases to cover all aspects of the software.
• Performing functional, regression, integration, usability, and performance testing as necessary.
• Documenting defects and track them to resolution.
• Working closely with team members to clarify requirements and resolve issues
• Test Data Creation
• Familiar with the creation and updating of various file formats (e.g. XML, JSON, CSV, Microsoft Excel)
• Programming languages (e.g. Python, R, SQL) commonly used for data manipulation and generation.
• Scripting languages (e.g., Bash, PowerShell) commonly used to automate routine tasks.
• Working with databases and SQL for querying, inserting, and updating data as part of the generation process.
• Assessing quality and validity of generated data.
• Addressing challenges in data generation, such as generating data in formats suitable for specific applications.
• Documenting data generation processes, including parameters used, assumptions made, and transformations applied.
• Working with test automation tools (e.g. Selenium WebDriver, Appium, Cypress, JMeter) to validate web-based applications.
• Using Zephyr for test management
• Working with automation frameworks (e.g. JUnit, TestNG, NUnit, Protractor, PyTest) to test custom applications.
• Understanding how to test headless applications using application programming interfaces (e.g. REST).
• Debugging automated test scripts and understand application logs and error messages to pinpoint issues.
• Working with large and small teams of software developers as part of an Agile process.
• Familiarity with version control systems (e.g. GitHub, GitLab) for managing code and collaborating with other team members.
• Working with CI/CD products (e.g. Jenkins, AWS Pipeline, DevOps) and integrating automated tests into the CI/CD process.
• Working within cloud-based platforms (e.g. AWS)

WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO SUCCEED:

• Education : Bachelors Degree (Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Information Systems, Information Technology, Cybersecurity, or a closely related discipline)
• Required Experience : 6+ yrs
• Required Technical skills:
• Knowledge of testing and automated testing approaches
• Desired Skills:
• Knowledge of testing in a cloud architecture
• Willingness and ability to stay updated with advancements in software testing, data creation techniques, tools, and best practices.
• Security Clearance Level : TS/SCI with active polygraph
• Location : Bethesda, MD - On Customer Site

GDIT IS YOUR PLACE:

• 401K with company match.
• Comprehensive health and wellness packages.
• Internal mobility team dedicated to helping you own your career.
• Professional growth opportunities including paid education and certifications.
• Cutting-edge technology you can learn from.
• Rest and recharge with paid vacation and holidays.

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Work Requirements

Years of Experience

6 + years of related experience

* may vary based on technical training, certification(s), or degree

Certification

Travel Required

Less than 10%

Citizenship

U.S. Citizenship Required

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