Sr. Software Tester

CoSolutions is seeking a Senior Test / Quality Assurance (QA) Engineer / Software Tester for an opportunity in Herndon, VA. You will be an integral member of a large enterprise-wide program team supporting a leading intel agency on a contract that provides mission critical, cutting edge and highly technical software / application development, enhancements and O&M support and maintenance tasks for mission critical intelligence systems and applications.

NOTE: This is a 100% on-site position with no ability for remote/virtual work due to the sensitive nature of the work and collaboration of the program team.

Responsibilities:

• Interact with program and end-user customers to elicit application requirements and translate their contractual needs, requirements, and technical, schedule and cost constraints into solutions to integrate, test, evaluate, and transition systems into operational enterprise capabilities.
• Develop integration, testing, evaluation and transitioning standards, practices, and procedures for customer applications.
• Design, develop, and implement test and evaluation strategies, plans and methods to assure reliability of systems in conjunction with system specifications and defined enterprise capabilities to integrate system and enterprise elements together to work as a whole.
• Ensure systems and enterprise capabilities comply with requirements and standards through formal verification methods.
• Generate system requirements and enterprise capability verification approaches and customer acceptance criteria.
• Coordinate system integration, test, evaluation and transition activities with other program/project organizations.
• Conduct readiness for system integration, test, evaluation and transition activities.
• Compile data and define changes required in testing configurations, procedures, processes, or new testing requirements.
• Implement testing processes and ensures all test activities follow those processes.
• Produce reports on each test activity and tracks test metrics.
• Perform analysis and evaluations of systems under test.
• Assesses performance using evaluation criteria and technical performance measures.
• Performs analysis of test results and prepares comprehensive system evaluation reports and risk assessments.
• Evaluates discrepancy reports and performs integration regression testing to verify/validate incorporated fixes affecting systems and enterprise capabilities.

Minimum Required Qualifications:

• Clearance: Active TS/SCI with ability to pass a CI polygraph
• Certifications: None
• Education: Bachelor's degree in related field of study with 8+ years of relevant experience. Additional experience may be considered in lieu of degree.
• Experience:
  • 8+ years Testing / Quality Assurance (QA) / Software/Apps / IT experience.
  • Experience with all test paths (positive and negative), front-end, back-end, interface, regression and performance testing using multiple browsers and out-of-the-box thinking.
  • Experience interfacing with end users during In-Plant Acceptance Tests.
  • Experience working in fast-paced, agile scrum team environment.
  • Strong documentation and oral/written communication skills.
  • Strong time management and organizational skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with test automation tools such as Selenium, Robot Framework, JMeter.
• Experience testing complex applications and/or using mathematical algorithms.
• Experience as Team Lead.
• Current CI poly.

Physical Requirements:

• Ability to sit for extended periods of time.
• Ability to stand for extended periods of time.
• Ability to walk to various locations as needed.
• Ability to bend and navigate to perform assigned duties.

About Us

At CoSolutions we are proud to say we prioritize our employees as well as strive to create a comfortable, welcoming, and productive work environment for all. We support growth opportunity, career development, and always have open ears to new possibilities and solutions! If you are looking for a new rewarding opportunity we would love to hear from you.

CoSolutions is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, religion, age, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, national origin, marital/parental status, pregnancy/childbirth or related conditions, physical or mental disability, genetic information, status as a Disabled Veteran, Recently Separated Veteran, Active Duty Wartime or Campaign Badge Veteran, Armed Forces Services Medal, or any other characteristic protected by law. It is our firm intent to support equal employment opportunity and affirmative action in keeping with applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations.

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