Test Engineer Senior

Type of Requisition:

Regular

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:

None

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:

None

Suitability:

Public Trust/Other Required:

None

Job Family:

Test Engineering

Job Qualifications:

Skills:

Analytical Thinking, Automated Testing, Data Analysis, Quality Assurance (QA), Test Coverage

Certifications:

Experience:

8 + years of related experience

US Citizenship Required:

No

Job Description:

Seize your opportunity to make a personal impact as a Test Engineer supporting Centers for Medicare and Medicaid. GDIT is your place to make meaningful contributions to challenging projects and grow a rewarding career.

At GDIT, people are our differentiator. As a Test Engineer Associate you will help ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter. Our work depends on Test Engineer joining our Agile test team and utilizing test automation skills.

Testers typically work in teams, consisting of internal and external team members, and are responsible for specific sections of the application under test. Testers should have good interpersonal and team skills; ability to work collaboratively with others for problem solving and solution development. Testers will also work independently on assignments and must meet deadlines. The work can be repetitive and tedious, but testers must be able to stay motivated and have attention to details. Testers will attend numerous team and\or project meetings and provide input during meetings.  E.g., Planning, daily standup, estimation, etc.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Verifying each requirement and each statement within a requirement has test case coverage. Tester will review all requirements, design, test cases and other project artifacts, providing detailed feedback. Designs and develops test along with testing requirements for products, systems, software and/or related technology. Test products, systems and software to identify potential problems and ensure quality.

• Developing test cases for iQIES applications which include standalone, client server and web applications.   Write test cases with detailed test steps following test case writing expectation, including what use id, what screen, positive and negative testing, regression, 508, etc.

• Provide input and\or write QA test plan and\or QA test summary.

• Assure quality in the final product before it goes public. Analyze application performance against the requirements and developers design documentation.

• Anticipate different methods the application will be utilized by the end user and test accordingly. Attention to detail is important to ensure a quality release.

• Automate software testing where testers are responsible for identifying issues and creating defect tickets utilizing a test management tool and following until closure, establishing a test bank to be utilized for future testing for upgrades and\or regression testing.

• Multi-task and meet multiple mandatory deadlines.

• Analyze data and calculations to confirm data is correct, correctly displayed, stored and\or reported on screen, in reports and other output.

• Tester must have strong SQL skills and be able to write queries which will search large databases for data retrieval and data validation. Verify data is stored on the correct data base, in the appropriate fields.

• Ability to set for long periods of time, reading documentation (design documents, requirements, data specs, manuals, CMS documentation related to a project, etc.) and working with a PC. May include working more than 40 hrs. per week to meet deadlines.

• Good written and verbal skills are necessary in order to write test cases, document findings and communicate with colleagues.

• Analyze data specification, verifying each statement(s) and complete test coverage, including required positive and negative test cases.

• Analyze user stories \ card to determine testability, clear content and testing approach

• System, integration, stress\load, regression, and post implementation testing

• Other duties as assigned

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Computer Science, or a related discipline, and 8+ years of software testing experience, or specific work experience commensurate with a degree and experience.

• Familiarity with Agile methodologies and tools and working in an Agile team environment.

• Familiarity/Experience with test management tool such as TestRail.

• Experience using database query languages, such as SQL, to assess the state of the data before and after test transactions are performed.

• Experience with CMS quality measure calculations and CMS legacy QIES program and associated applications.

• Experience in working with web and standalone applications

• Experience in personnel resource management.

• Critical thinker and problem-solving skills. Attention to detail.

• Good time-management skills.

• Familiarity with PHI and PII data.

Desired Skills:

• Experience with or willingness to learn testing automation approaches

• Write SQL to conduct data validations, to include joins, calculations, analyzing large data

• Experience with Jira \ Confluence to manage work items

• Teams\Zoom for meetings

• Word, Excel, PowerPoint (tables, calculations, pivots, queries, etc.)

• JAWS - 508 accessibility

• Maintains current knowledge of relevant technology and trends in IT quality assurance

GDIT IS YOUR PLACE:

• Full-flex work week to own your priorities at work and at home

• 401K with company match

• Comprehensive health and wellness packages

• Internal mobility team dedicated to helping you own your career

• Professional growth opportunities including paid education and certifications

• Cutting-edge technology you can learn from

• Rest and recharge with paid vacation and holidays

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The likely salary range for this position is $93,500 - $126,500. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

Travel Required:

None

Telecommuting Options:

Remote

Work Location:

Any Location / Remote

Additional Work Locations:

Total Rewards at GDIT:

Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. GDIT typically provides new employees with 15 days of paid leave per calendar year to be used for vacations, personal business, and illness and an additional 10 paid holidays per year. Paid leave and paid holidays are prorated based on the employee’s date of hire. The GDIT Paid Family Leave program provides a total of up to 160 hours of paid leave in a rolling 12 month period for eligible employees. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available. We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.

We are GDIT. A global technology and professional services company that delivers consulting, technology and mission services to every major agency across the U.S. government, defense and intelligence community. Our 30,000 experts extract the power of technology to create immediate value and deliver solutions at the edge of innovation. We operate across 30 countries worldwide, offering leading capabilities in digital modernization, AI/ML, Cloud, Cyber and application development. Together with our clients, we strive to create a safer, smarter world by harnessing the power of deep expertise and advanced technology.

We connect people with the most impactful client missions, creating an unparalleled work experience that allows them to see their impact every day. We create opportunities for our people to lead and learn simultaneously. From securing our nation’s most sensitive systems, to enabling digital transformation and cloud adoption, our people are the ones who make change real.

GDIT is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status, or any other protected class.