Jr. Test Engineer with Active Secret Clearance

Candidate must hold Active Secret Clearance and be located in DMV area and able to commute 2-3 days a month to Stafford, VA office.

Our team provides focused agile software development and maintenance for CODIS, a mission-critical application for the FBI. Today, CODIS is a client server application developed using Microsoft .NET that supports a database repository of DNA profiles from individuals, unsolved crime scene evidence, and missing persons. CODIS software allows local, state, and national laboratories to compare DNA profiles electronically, thereby linking serial crimes to each other and identifying suspects by matching DNA profiles from crime scenes to individuals’ profiles. Additionally, the CODIS software is used to assist with the identification of unidentified human remains, missing persons and disaster victims.

The Test Engineer will support the program with hands-on test development and execution experience implementing automated testing and integration into Azure DevOps pipelines. This tester is primarily responsible for designing, expanding, improving, and maintaining our test automation framework. This ​tester should be self-starting and proactive; they are expected to serve as a trusted resource on the business logic in place as well as our system architecture. They are expected to work collaboratively, with minimal supervision, on teams including DevOps Engineers and Developers to ensure our application meets users’ needs, as well as business requirements and scalability characteristics. Each team member is expected to be cross-functional and take collective ownership to ensure deliverables are met and superb quality is achieved. 

Responsibilities:

Design, develop, and implement test plans and test scripts emphasizing automation

Create tests in the context of a collaborative, team-based environment

Identify and implement innovative tools, frameworks, automation, and utilities to increase efficiency while maintaining and improving quality standards

Apply technical, business, and quality skills to assess product and code health, implement modern testing approaches, and prevent production defects.

Help establish a highly collaborative environment that values quality

Perform API level testing

Actively participate in agile meetings with product and program management

Have a proactive attitude and a willingness to “go the extra mile” to get the job done

Create end-to-end System Integration test cases to use as a design for developing regression automated tests.

Required Skills:

Secret clearance

Minimum 1 year of experience

Experience with test suite development and maintenance

Experience with C# .NET and HTML

Experience with automated testing tools/frameworks/languages such as Selenium, UFT, Test Complete, Cucumber, NUnit, JMeter, etc.

Experience writing automated tests for web front ends, web services, APIs, and databases

Experience with manual testing

Experience with integration testing

Experience cross-browser/cross-platform testing

Experience working as part of an agile team using SAFe, Scrum, XP and/or Kanban

Generation and maintenance of controlled test datasets and scenarios

Desire to work in a collaborative environment

Quality and Detail-orientated

Team player who works well with customers and colleagues at all levels.

Desired Skills:

Experience working with Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipelines

Experience with testing tools such as Xray or TestRail

Security testing experience a plus

Performance testing experience a plus

Self-motivated, quick learner with strong analytical and problem-solving skills

Familiarity with SPA web applications such as Angular, React, or Blazor

Experience with Cloud-native web-based applications hosted in Azure or AWS

If you are interested in getting more information about this opportunity, please contact Irina Rozenberg  [email protected] at your earliest convenience.

At Ariel Partners, we solve the most difficult problems that inhibit technology from enabling our customers to achieve their goals. Our vision is to be recognized by our stakeholders as an elite provider of IT solutions, so when they have their biggest challenges we’re on their short list. We’re looking for team members who share our values of: Integrity to do the right thing even when it hurts; Commitment to the long term success and happiness of our customers, our people, and our partners; Courage to take on difficult challenges, accept new ideas, and accept incremental failure; and the constant pursuit of Excellence. 

Ariel Partners is an Equal Opportunity Employer in accordance with federal, state, and local laws.