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General Dynamics Information Technology Test Automation Engineer with Gatling Experience in Fairfax, Virginia

Req ID: RQ175913

Type of Requisition: Regular

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: None

Public Trust/Other Required: Other

Job Family: Test Engineering

Skills:

End-to-End Testing,Quality Assurance (QA),Test Execution

Experience:

2 + years of related experience

Job Description:

Seize your opportunity to make a personal impact as a Test Engineer supporting our government customers. 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 supporting FFE in the Technology Shared Services (TSS) group , you will be trusted to evaluate and support development of software, web, telephony, and virtual agent applications. This role will be done remotely .

The tester will perform continuous testing for security, API, and regression suite. The candidate will create automated scripts and supports data and environment configuration. The candidate will also participate in code reviews, monitor, report, and document defects to support continuous improvement activities for the end-to-end testing process.

HOW A TEST ENGINEER WILL MAKE AN IMPACT:

  • Participate and collaborate with team members to assess Story Point / complexity efforts (using best practices) to ensure proper testing and delivery of functionality per User Story Acceptance Criteria

  • Designs, develops, evaluates, plans and tests engineering specifications for software programs and applications

  • Analyze testing outcomes to identify and document design gaps and functionality improvements and transition to Business Analyst

  • Apply knowledge of technologies, applications, methodologies, processes, and tools to support product testing

  • Be familiar with any NoSQL database

  • Participate in Agile software development initiatives (standup, planning, grooming, estimation) to support innovation and enhancement of applications through iteration/functionality testing

  • Collaborate with team members (Scrum Master, Product Owner, Software Developers) to develop test approaches with emphasis on automation of recurring/regression test cases through selected toolsets

  • Develop and document end-to-end functionality test case narratives using task management system (JIRA)

  • Provide early exploratory testing during the development phase

  • Design, code and deploy automated test scripts

  • Maintain test documentation, provide support to government test organization, evaluate test results, and provide feedback in a Continuous Integration Continuous Delivery Pipeline

WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO SUCCEED:

Education: Bachelor's degree or equivalent years of experience

Required Experience: 2+ years s experience or relevant experience/certifications

Required Technical Skills:

  • Proficient in the different automated software testing methodologies

  • Conceptual knowledge on agile integration. Working as part of an agile team utilizing Scrum

  • Knowledge of various SDLC methodologies

  • Experience or knowledge of Gatling test execution

  • NoSQL database familiarity

  • Experience with API testing

  • Ability to test application developed with commercial-off-the-shelf products

  • Experience with developing and documenting end-to-end functionality test case narratives using task management system JIRA

  • Proven ability to work independently and as a team member

  • Strong organizational, attention-to-detail, multi-tasking, and time-management skills

  • Eligibility to receive Federal Public Trust clearance

  • Complete Background Investigation in accordance with Section 8.3 of your Subcontract Agreement prior to start of work

  • Residency in the US for at least 3 of the last 5 years

Preferred Skills:

  • Experience with developing test automation framework using Java/Scala REST APIs

  • Produce estimates for new functionality or enhancements

WHAT GDIT CAN OFFER YOU:

  • Full-flex work week

  • 401K with company match

  • Internal mobility team dedicated to helping you own your career

  • Collaborative teams of highly motivated critical thinkers and innovators

  • Ability to make a real impact on the world around you

The likely salary range for this position is $60,549 - $101,109. 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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