Software Developer in Test

Company: General Dynamics Information Technology
Location: Durham
Posted on: October 16, 2020

Job Description:

Type of Requisition:

Pipeline

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:

Suitability:

Public Trust/Other Required:

Job Family:

Software Development

Job Description:

The team supporting the EPA Office of Transportation and Air Quality (OTAQ) Fuels IT systems is seeking a Test Engineer to support exciting technical transformation and modernization efforts currently underway. The team is currently focused on supporting and modernizing complex software systems that support industry fuel registration, reporting and compliance activities. The work is guided by following Agile/SAFe framework best practices. The team is extremely collaborative. The ideal candidate is someone who enjoys working collaboratively, is forward thinking, and excited about solving complex technical challenges every day. In addition to the candidates primary testing responsibilities, he/she should also have the skills required to participate as needed in all phases of development including planning, analysis, development, testing, integration and documentation. The current technical environment includes:

Java/Spring

HTML/ CSS/ JavaScript/ Angular/Knockout

Grails

Oracle RDBMS (SQL)

Jenkins

GIT

Atlassian Suite (JIRA, Confluence, Bit-Bucket)

AWS Cloud Infrastructure

The Test Engineer will perform the following responsibilities:

Participate in an agile team, including all agile ceremonies, to deliver the full lifecycle, including requirements, architecture, design, development, testing, deployment and maintenance of software solutions.

Promote train and provide guidance on continuous testing/agile test strategies and incorporating those strategies in DevOps

Define, develop and implement software/systems testing standards and procedures and oversee testing across the SDLC

Execution of test cases including functional, regression, exploratory, performance, load and smoke tests for both web applications and database

Research and recommend innovative solutions for more efficient testing strategies across agile development lifecycle

Help other team members (developers and testers) in adopting agile and security test strategies

Review business requirements, stories, system designs and continually seek to understand all facets of application development activities for the purpose of providing the most efficient testing solutions

Identifies risk, issues, potential defects, or defects in any phase of the development life cycle, managing them through closure

Provide operational support expertise, including the following:  Debugging software in production, including performing systematic assessments for identifying root causes of faults or problems

Understanding production environments including security hardening, performance tuning, and access control

Reproducing failures in development environments

Recommending coding solutions for other developers to implement

QUALIFICATIONS

Experience in core Java

Experience writing unit test (Junit, JMockit, Mockito)

Experience with Postman, SoapUI, Ready API and/or similar tools

Experience working in a highly collaborative agile environment

Outstanding communication, organization, time management, and interpersonal skills

Good written and verbal communication skills coupled with strong listening skills

Working knowledge and experience in Federal IT security guidelines and practices and Section 508/ Accessibility.

Ability to contribute on an individual basis as well as demonstrate your strengths as an agile team member

Experience communicating and collaborating with other software developers, business owners, and management.

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE

Experience with Behavior Driven Development (BDD) frameworks for services and/or JavaScript UI (Angular/React)

Working knowledge of Spring and Spring Boot

Working knowledge and experience in cloud-based environments (AWS/Azure)

Working knowledge of Maven and Jenkins

Experience with Agile/SAFe development principles and methodology

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

Travel Required:

T elecommuting Options:

Work Location:

USA NC Durham

Additional Work Locations:

We are GDIT. The people supporting some of the most complex government, defense, and intelligence projects across the country. We deliver. Bringing the expertise needed to understand and advance critical missions. We transform. Shifting the ways clients invest in, integrate, and innovate technology solutions. We ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter. We are there. On the ground, beside our clients, in the lab, and everywhere in between. Offering the technology transformations, strategy, and mission services needed to get the job done. 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.

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