rockITdata, a veteran, minority, and woman-owned small business certified by the NWBOC, is a full-service consulting provider that specializes in providing management and IT services. We help companies build efficiencies, decrease cost, and drive better outcomes. We achieve these goals by leveraging industry leading cloud based artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies.
Job Description
Test Engineer manages testing activities; coordinates the development and execution of test plans; documents, implements, monitors, and enforces all processes and procedures for testing; assigns testing tasks within the testing team; facilitates communications between the development and testing teams; verifies readiness of release through release review process; obtains customer signature on deliverables; reviews and approves contractor test plans; drafts testing reports and forwards to Project Managers, Activity Project Managers, and Contract Project Managers; and prepares QA reports for release ready builds. Excellent written and verbal communication and collaboration skills are essential to this role.
Key Responsibilities
- Conduct functional, system, integration, regression testing of software applications to identify bugs and issues.
- Develop and execute test plans, test cases, and test scripts based on software requirements and technical specifications.
- Reviews, evaluates and determines requirements for testability.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure product quality throughout the software development lifecycle.
- Participates in reviews of systems and elements under development to ensure traceability of requirement compliance through verification and validation.
- Record test results and prepare detailed defect reports for developers.
- Help improve the quality assurance process by contributing to process improvement efforts.
- Actively engage in user acceptance testing (UAT) in coordination with end-users.
- Analyze test results and provide recommendations to improve software performance.
- Conducts readiness for system integration, test, evaluation, and transition activities.
- Produces reports on each test activity and tracks test metrics.
- Familiarity with Confluence, JIRA, and test case management systems for creating test artifacts and reporting for leadership.
Required Qualifications
- 5 years of relevant experience, 8 years of additional relevant experience may be substituted for education
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related scientific or technical discipline
- Experience working with developers, end users and organizations to create test plans and test scripts
- Experience with configuring necessary hardware and operating environments as needed to complete assigned testing
- Experience in writing or assisting in the development of test plans and test procedures
- Must be self-motivated and willing to demonstrate personal initiative
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills required
- Prior experience working with the VA and knowledge of VA VISTA systems and VA financial systems.
- Knowledge in testing functionality, matching to requirements, and in having primary responsibility for individual projects and systems
- Experience in writing / managing test plan with different components.
- Experience working in an Agile scrum solution development and testing environment
- Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Power Point, Project, Visio, One Note, Outlook)
- Able to pass a background check to obtain a VA Public Trust (High-Risk) clearance
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience working in the Federal Government, Veteran's Administration (VA) experience a plus.
- Experience with Selenium and Java to perform automation testing.
- Experience working in a geographically dispersed project team environment
- Strong verbal and written communication skills.
- Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Power Point, Project, Visio, One Note, Outlook)
Here at rockITdata, we are committed to following our 10 Guiding Principles.
Our Guiding Principles define our culture. They’re who we are, how we work, and what inspires us to be the best. We empower our people to be themselves and encourage an entrepreneurial way of thinking. In our challenging, fast-paced environment, no day is the same.
Know the Why.
Value People Above All Else.
Transparency to a Fault.
Progress, Not Perfection.
Be Good by Doing Good.
Smart People Can Disagree.
Bend but Don’t Break.
Represent Your Brand.
Think Differently.
Be Amazing, Be Fearless, Smile, Have Fun!
Interested in joining something unique? Join us on our rockIT ship as we begin to blast off to the next chapter in our organization!
rockITdata is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and is committed to equal employment opportunities in all employment practices and decisions including recruitment, hiring, placement, promotion, training, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, disciplinary action, and termination, with regard to the terms and conditions of employment. rockITdata does not discriminate on the basis of race (actual or perceived), ancestry, citizenship, religion, color, creed, sex (including pregnancy, lactation, childbirth and other pregnancy-related conditions), national origin, age, marital status (including parenthood), military service and veteran status, physical or mental disability, genetic information or refusal to submit to a genetic test or to make available genetic test results, arrest and conviction records, matriculation or political affiliation, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression (including transgender status), or any characteristic protected by Federal, state, or local law.