Senior Test Engineer

Company:  Hoplite Intelligence
Location: Reston
Closing Date: 22/10/2024
Salary: £150 - £200 Per Annum
Hours: Full Time
Type: Permanent
Job Requirements / Description

Hoplite Solutions is seeking a Sr. Test Engineer to provide technical expertise with developing and executing automated testing scripts as part of a tailored SAFe Agile DevSecOps pipeline. As a Test Engineer on this program, you will have the opportunity to perform software development to implement scripts, evaluate test results, and feedback loops in a Continuous Integration Continuous Delivery Pipeline. Flexible cross-training to also provide systems engineering, software development, training, and security is also desired.


Primary Responsibilities:
  • Participate in program Agile software development initiatives (standup, planning, Increment planning) to support innovation and enhancement of custom applications through iteration/functionality testing.
  • Participate and collaborate with team members to assess StoryPoint/complexity efforts (using best practices) to ensure proper testing and delivery of functionality per User Story Acceptance Criteria.
  • Collaborate with team members (Scrum Master, Product Owner, Software Developers) to develop test approaches with emphasis on automation of recurring/regression test cases through selected toolsets.
  • Develop test validation scripts using program designated languages (ex: Python).
  • Develop automated test cases using knowledge of custom Applications through designated GUI/COTS products (ex: Selenium and Katalon Studio).
  • Leverage DevOps practices to ensure repeatability and Configuration Management of test cases/scripts are maintained and continuously improved.
  • Develop and document end-to-end functionality test case narratives using task management system (JIRA/Confluence).
  • Generate test data and identify use/corner cases required to meet User Story/Customer needs.
  • Support performance testing/evaluation activities using tools such as Jmeter.
  • Perform job duties within Commercial cloud development environments.

Basic Qualifications:
  • Ability to test both front end changes and back end applications processes.
  • Expert with scripting languages (ex: Python) to automate tasks.
  • Expert in test data/script development.
  • Knowledge of or direct experience with software performance testing practices.
  • Expert with creation, authoring, execution and documentation of test cases/result sets for software products in an agile cadence.
  • Expert working/testing within Commercial Cloud Platforms (ex: AWS) and DevOps tools.
  • Demonstrated ability to work within a collaborative environment to execute test cases complimentary to development efforts.
  • Expert working in an SAFe Agile and DevOps development environment and tempo.
  • Excellent communication skills (written and verbal).

Candidate must have an active TS/SCI with Polygraph.
Candidate must have MS degree with 15 or more years of prior relevant experience.

Preferred Qualifications:
  • Experience with administration of MS Windows Server or Linux environments (Lab or Personal development space).
  • Experience reviewing output of CI jobs and capable of tracking test failures back to code changes that resulted in bugs.
  • Capable of reviewing code check-ins to understand the impact of code changes on system functionality and potential applications bugs.
  • Direct experience with AWS environments.

Hoplite Solutions offers very competitive salaries and an excellent benefits package, to include a 7% employer 401k contribution, fully paid healthcare for our employees, outstanding training benefits, company funded life insurance and short-term disability insurance, and many more.

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