Automated Quality Assurance Tester with Security Clearance

Overview Are you inquisitive? Thorough? Diplomatic? Ever worked as part of a program that is Agile? Are you interested in being an agent of change on a team committed to achieving client-focused, mission-driven excellence? Steampunk is seeking an Automated Quality Assurance (QA) Tester who will provide testing and QA expertise in mission critical work across our client base. Responsibilities will include testing and verification of code, reporting and recording defects, coordination with architects, functional analysts, and developers on testing and testing results, documenting test scripts, participating in design reviews, user acceptance testing, and deployment activities. This individual will also work in an Agile environment and participate in scrum ceremonies and product planning activities. Contributions As an Automated Quality Assurance Tester , you will work with our growing DevSecOps practice delivering quality assurance services to support application, cloud and data systems development. Responsibilities include: Understanding the needs of stakeholders and conveying this to developers Meet with product design team to determine testing parameters Write test plans, create test cases, test procedures, bug reports, final QA reports for products Manage test data architecture definition and requests Troubleshoot errors and streamline the test procedures Testing and examining code written by others and analyzing results, including three or more of the following: Data validation testing Functional testing Performance and load testing Usability testing Accessibility (508) testing Establishing automated testing tools and infrastructure for test automation Provide validation testing of different system and data sets for cloud migrations Develop automated testing scripts considering parallelization and idempotency Automate and improve development, testing, deployment, and release processes Ensuring that systems are safe and secure against cybersecurity threats Working with software developers and software engineers to ensure that development follows established processes and works as intended Document as-is state of the environment, perform a gap analysis, and produce artifacts that articulate options and recommendations Leverage virtualization and containerization to optimize testing software systems Work with teams to bring continuous improvement to DevSecOps processes and tools Engineer and implement solutions and provide recommendations for continuous improvement for the services provided Present regular status updates and provide cross training to other DevSecOps team members Act as an individual contributor and mentor more junior team members Qualifications Required: U.S. Citizen Ability to obtain a U.S. government Security Clearance BS Degree in an IT field OR BS in a non-IT field and 2 years related IT experience At least 4 years of total experience 3 Years of Experience with Git SCM providers such as GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket 3 Years of Experience with one or more programming or scripting languages 3 Years of application DevSecOps Experience with actual/active development experience in an Agile environment Experience utilizing docker containers and utilizing platforms such as Kubernetes 3 Years of Experience implementing test automation, using tools such as Selenium, Appium, Soap UI, RestAssured , Postman Experience integrating test automation including performance, security, and functional tests into CI/CD Pipelines Experience with performance and load testing Experience in one or more cloud computing environments ( e.g. AWS, Azure, or GCP) Preferred: Certifications: CAST (Certified Associate in Software Testing) International Software Testing Qualifications Board (ISTQB) Certification Excellent written and verbal communication skills, interpersonal and collaborative skills Experience with documenting an as-is state of the environment, perform a gap analysis, and produce artifacts that articulate options and recommendations preferred About steampunk Steampunk is a Change Agent in the Federal contracting industry, bringing new thinking to clients in the Homeland, Federal Civilian, Health and DoD sectors. Through our Human-Centered delivery methodology, we are fundamentally changing the expectations our Federal clients have for true shared accountability in solving their toughest mission challenges. As an employee owned company, we focus on investing in our employees to enable them to do the greatest work of their careers - and rewarding them for outstanding contributions to our growth. If you want to learn more about our story, visit . We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Steampunk participates in the E-Verify program.