General Dynamics Information Technology

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General Dynamics Information Technology Test Engineer Advisor in Fairfax, Virginia

Req ID: RQ178367

Type of Requisition: Regular

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: None

Job Family: Test Engineering

Skills:

Automated Testing,Perform Testing,Test Scenarios

Experience:

8 + years of related experience

US Citizenship Required:

Yes

Job Description:

Test Engineer Leads are an integral part of the team here at GDIT that will

support our customer. You will be directly working on testing a new microservices-based solution to assist millions of students pursue the dream of higher education. This is an exciting opportunity creating a new cloud-based application while being a part of a DevSecOps integration. Your experience and ability to oversee the process of testing and monitor other testers to ensure proper execution and also perform testing on RESTful services and API’s are just the skills we need to deliver this solution to our customer. Communication is important within our organization; we use the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) to empower our development team.

Your day-to-day impact:

  • Working as a member of a scrum team to lead, develop, execute high quality reusable test cases for Microservices with Java, Spring Boot, and REST API’s

  • Perform tasks required for manual and automated test implementation including review acceptance criteria (Cucumber/Gherkin scripts), create integration/regression test scenarios, test cases, implement test data management strategy, and generate required reports in JIRA

  • Contributing within a SAFe environment including the Daily scrum, Sprint Planning, Sprint Retrospectives, Backlog grooming, Sprint/System Demos, PI Planning, and Inspect & Adapt events

Required Skills/Experience:

  • 8+ years of related experience testing REST, JSON, and backend APIs (PostMan, or ReadyAPI)

  • Ability to write and execute automation scripts

  • Ability to identify and create reusable test data

  • Technical understanding of SQL databases

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical discipline, or the equivalent combination of education, technical training, or work/military experience

  • U.S. Citizen with existing or the ability to pass a Public Trust background investigation

Desired Skills/Experience:

  • In depth knowledge of testing methodologies, testing strategies, testing tools, test case development, test process management, and defect management.

  • Extensive experience in identifying and creation of reusable test data

  • Knowledge of with common web development frameworks (Angular, Docker, React, Spring, Node.js, jQuery, Microservice Design, etc.)

  • Experience working in a Database and running mySQL queries

  • Experience creating reports in ReadyAPI

The likely salary range for this position is $107,576 - $145,544. 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.

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.

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