Job Description :
The Tester should have the following skills:
Possesses and applies expertise on multiple complex work assignments which are broad in nature, requiring originality and innovation in determining how to accomplish tasks.
Ability to apply a comprehensive knowledge across key tasks and high impact assignments.
Ability to plan and lead major technology assignments
Functions as a technical expert across multiple project assignments.
Have applied experience utilizing Agile, Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CICD) and DevOps methodologies.
Ability to demonstrate how testing activities support the traditional phases of SDLC (e.g., planning, design, development, test and deploy) in an agile environment.
Demonstrate in-depth knowledge of test automation tools, test automation framework, best practices and methodologies currently used within the USCIS enterprise such as:
o Test Driven Development (TDD) and Behavior Driven Development (BDD) testing within continuous integration and DevOps environments
o Continuous Integration environments such as Jenkins, Hudson
o Automation frameworks such as Robot Framework, Geb, Spock, Junit4, TestNG, Nunit
o Open Source Automation tools such as Selenium, Cucumber/Gherkin, Watir
o Open source or commercial version control systems such as GIT, Mercurial, CVS, SVN, Clear Case
o Automation Test execution via Cloud-based development environments such as Amazon Web Services for the US Federal Government
o Automated deployment tools such as Chef
o Testing suites such as Micro Focus (formerly Hewlett Packard) Quality Center
o Performance Test tools such as Micro Focus LoadRunner and Performance Center, and JMeter
o Traditional Test Automation Suites such as Micro Focus Unified Functional Testing (UFT)
o Development tools/technology such as Microsoft SharePoint, CA LISA, Oracle, MongoDB, J2EE technologies, Java, XML, XSLT, WSDL, SOAP, JSP, Apache Groovy, and JQUERY
Ability to convey technical information to non-technical individuals
Ability to supervise others
Candidate must have strong communication skills.
Evaluate non-functional and functional requirement documents and identifies automation test needs
Support the research, design, development, and documentation/presentation of leading-edge software test automation solutions - including test automation frameworks for functional testing and non-functional testing (load/performance, scalability, security, Section 508 Accessibility, etc.
Write clear and compelling technical solutions
Present technical solutions to leadership, briefings, and ''lessons learned'' to our staff and/or customers.
Help to manage the ''technical delivery'' of our software testing services
Write test plans, test cases and record/track defects.
Develop and maintains anAutomation Test Plan/Strategy document defining: test objectives, types of tests needed, workload matrix, and test scenarios.
Develop test scripts
Collect automation metrics on test executions and results
Identify root cause using diagnostics tools
Support Agile system development efforts including, technical design, and testing
Required Education & Experience
Associate’s Degree or higher and/or 5+ years of related experience
The ideal candidate should be able to demonstrate working knowledge with several of the following concepts or technologies:
Developing test automation using Selenium, JMeter, and associated tools
Strong Java, Selenium, and JMeter skills
Supporting testing in an Agile test environment, including exposure to CI/CD tools
Developing complex SQL queries, XML to test database and API functionality
Test Driven Development (TDD)
SauceLabs for cross-browser, mobile testing
GitHub, Maven, TestRail, Oracle, Ajax
Page Object Model (POM) & Page Factory in Selenium
System Engineering Lifecycle (SELC)
CI/CD
DevOps
Agile Environment/Methodologies
AWS Cloud Environment
JIRA
Biometrics knowledge
Languages: JAVA, Ruby, Python, XML
Clearance Requirements
Candidate must be a US Citizen, possess DHS Suitability background investigation or be eligible to qualify for DHS Entry of Duty background investigation followed by DHS Public Trust Clearance