Test Engineer

Job Summary

We are seeking a motivated and detail-oriented Mid-Level Software Quality Assurance (QA) Engineer and Tester with Agile methodology experience to support the delivery of high-quality software systems. This role focuses on planning, executing, and automating testing activities across web-based front-end and back-end systems. The ideal candidate brings strong technical testing skills, a collaborative mindset, and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced Agile environment.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a Test Engineer supporting system and software delivery efforts.

• Develop, establish, and maintain quality assurance methodologies, standards, and processes.

• Create and maintain test procedures and test cases for system, functional, regression, performance, load, security, interoperability, stress, and boundary testing.

• Analyze backlog items and define testing scope, estimates, and automation candidates.

• Develop and execute test plans, test scripts, and automated tests for integration, migration, regression, performance, disaster recovery, and security testing.

• Identify, document, track, and resolve software defects, maintaining accurate defect backlogs and reports.

• Support hardware and software evaluation, including associated documentation reviews.

• Perform iteration, regression, and performance testing activities.

• Map test cases to requirements to ensure requirements traceability.

• Support and validate User Acceptance Testing (UAT).

• Participate actively in Agile Scrum ceremonies, including sprint planning, testing, demos, retrospectives, and releases.

• Collaborate with developers, product owners, and stakeholders to define testing strategies and validation criteria.

• Assist with test scenario design, test planning, metrics, and quality reporting.

• Execute testing across web front-end, back-end, API, messaging, and database layers.

• Perform validation at multiple levels including API, database, logging, and UI testing.

• Contribute to a collaborative, cross-functional Agile team environment.

Qualifications

Required

• U.S. Citizenship with the ability to pass a background investigation.

• Applicable combination of education and experience:

  • Test Engineer (T3): Bachelors degree and 5+ years of IT experience, including 2–3 years supporting integration solutions using .NET or related technologies.

  • Test Engineer (T4): Bachelors degree and 7+ years of IT experience, including 2–3 years supporting integration solutions using .NET or related technologies.

  • Testing Lead (T5): Bachelors degree and 15+ years of IT experience, including 2–3 years supporting integration solutions using .NET or related technologies.

• Experience testing applications developed in C#/.NET.

• Strong ability to produce test documentation, including test plans, procedures, defect reports, and requirements documents.

• Experience with functional, integration, system, and user acceptance testing.

• Familiarity with information security best practices.

• Ability to apply test estimation techniques to software development efforts.

• Experience with testing and CI tools such as Jenkins, TeamCity, and automation frameworks including Robot Framework, SpecFlow, JUnit, TestNG, NUnit, or similar.

• Familiarity with version control systems such as Git, SVN, CVS, or Mercurial.

• Solid understanding of the software development lifecycle and Agile Scrum methodology.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

• Ability to work in a fast-paced, evolving environment.

• Collaborative, team-oriented, and self-motivated with a strong work ethic.

Desired

• Experience with Microsoft Team Foundation Server (TFS) or similar tools.

• Prior experience guiding testing strategies in collaboration with Product Owners, Business Analysts, and Scrum Masters.

• Experience testing API-driven and service-oriented architectures.

Virginia, Virginia, United States

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