Senior Software Engineer in Test, Federal Classified
Senior Software Engineer in Test serving as the sole QA resource in a restricted Federal environment. Responsible for end-to-end test plans, automation maintenance, lab setup, release certification, and ensuring critical customer flows for weekly SaaS platform releases. Requires active High clearance, 4+ years QA and SaaS experience.
About the job
Responsibilities
- Analyze and refine requirements with Development and Engineering Leads, focusing on test planning and scope to certify releases.
- Participate effectively in a scrum team environment.
- Manage deliverables working under minimal supervision.
- Partner with Development and Release Teams to build and execute on product infrastructure growth and high availability.
- Understand top customers' usage patterns to define critical test coverage.
- Review new changes going into test and staging environments.
- Ensure new changes are compatible with existing customer deployments and usage.
- Develop, maintain, and debug end-to-end/system test plans and existing test automation to certify the quality of weekly releases.
- Set up and maintain all necessary test configurations and lab environments for end-to-end/system testing.
- Prioritize and ensure that critical customer usage patterns continue to function for every weekly release in test and staging environments.
- Support the overall QA efforts of software deployment and release teams, acting as a technical authority on quality in the restricted environment.
Requirements
- Active High clearance (must possess).
- 4+ years of experience in software QA with a focus on release-based testing and validation.
- 4+ years of experience working in a SaaS-based environment.
- Experience working on both server and client side of device technology.
- Proven ability to understand, debug, and maintain existing automation code (e.g., Java-based) to diagnose failures.
- 4+ years of experience in at least three of the following: developing and executing end-to-end or system test plans; setting up and maintaining test configurations and lab environments.
- U.S. soil status (must be on U.S. soil: 50 states, DC, or outlying areas).
- Must be able to obtain and maintain a U.S. security clearance (Secret or Top Secret).
Nice-to-Haves
- Heavy programming/development experience.
- Experience in a restricted/classified environment.
Skills
Qa, Test Automation, End-To-End Testing, System Testing, Java, SaaS, Test Planning, Lab Environments, Debugging, Scrum
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