Software Tester

Job ID 2415002

Location REMOTE WORK, VA, US

Date Posted 2025-01-28

Category Engineering and Sciences

Subcategory Test Engineer

Schedule Full-time

Shift Day Job

Travel No

Minimum Clearance Required None

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain Public Trust

Potential for Remote Work No

Description

SAIC is looking for a 100% remote Software Testing Engineer

Job Description

SAIC is looking for an experienced software testing engineer to work remotely joining an Agile Scrum team working on strategic projects supporting the United States Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources and Conservation Division. As a Software Tester you will be responsible for developing test plans based upon system requirements (functional/non-functional), creating test cases, performing manual/automation testing in accordance with approved test plans, and defect tracking and reporting. As a team member you will analyze requirements to determine test strategy and estimated level of effort, then create, review, and execute test cases that ensure system software performs according to documented business requirements, business rules, and technical specifications etc. This may also include the generation of test data for regression test suites, creation, review, execution, and maintenance of manual regression test suites.

Primary Duties Include

• Working with the Product Owner, Project Manager, and Development team on the implementation of new features and functions of the application
• Creating test cases for user stories based on business requirements and acceptance criteria
• Performing regression testing, smoke testing, API testing, UI testing, security testing, manual testing, and automation testing
• Participating and following the Agile methodology implementation of scrum framework
• Testing new user stories, and new/fixed bugs within the set sprint time
• Ensuring there is a clear traceability between requirements, user stories and defects found
• Design, build, and support an automated test framework for web applications
• Creating a comprehensive and detailed test report for each sprint
• Supporting client with troubleshooting their testing environment and resolving any ambiguity about test cases
• Work effectively in an Agile software development environment
• Interact closely with customers
  
  

Qualifications

Required Skills

• Bachelor’s degree and 2+ years testing experience; additional experience may be considered in lieu of degree
• 5+ years experience in testing required
• Hands-on, proven experience creating test plans and test cases
• Ability to convert business requirements into testing plans and strategies
• Familiar with all phases of the software development lifecycle
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Focus on team collaboration
• Experience working in Scrum/Agile delivery teams
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance (not required to start)
  
  

Desired Skills

• 3+ years testing experience
• Experience working with Atlassian Tools such as JIRA and Confluence
• Experience in Bitbucket and/or Git
• Experience with delivery and testing of software solutions that execute in cloud environments
• SAFe Agile experience is a bonus
  
  

Target salary range $40,001 - $80,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.

SAIC accepts applications on an ongoing basis and there is no deadline.

Covid Policy SAIC does not require COVID-19 vaccinations or boosters. Customer site vaccination requirements must be followed when work is performed at a customer site.