Test Engineer II (TC2118)

Company: Research Innovations Inc
Location: Alexandria
Posted on: February 25, 2021

Job Description:

Research Innovations, Inc. (RII) is breaking through the big, slow, status quo with transformative technology that fundamentally changes and improves the world. We develop cutting-edge software for all levels of the government and military. Using agile development practices and user-centered design, we create innovative software solutions for complex real-world problems. We are looking for a committed Test Engineer to join our Infrastructure team. Solve unique, challenging problems for our Defense and Homeland Security customers. Help manage large volumes of critical, real-time information about issues from global to local. Get s#it done. This position requires the ability to obtain a US security clearance. A current active clearance is not required. WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING

• Helping to plan the effort to implement and verify the quality of features being developed
• Writing test / use case scenarios to be used in planning and manual and automated testing
• Developing test plans and test cases to be used in feature, regression, acceptance, and smoke testing
• Assisting in the creation of test reports based on test plan execution
• Deploying virtual machines and containers on engineering hardware (laptops and virtualized environments)
• Verifying develop pull requests on local hardware (laptop)
• Executing manual and automated tests to ensure conformance to requirements and/or customer expectations
• Communicating with others on the Engineering team regarding test failures and defects
• Creating and reviewing defects / enhancements in an issue tracking system such as Jira WHAT YOU HAVE DONE
  • Experience with the software development lifecycle, and in particular with software testing and/or requirements development
  • Experience with software source control (BitBucket, Stash, etc)
  • Experience with verifying Pull Requests
  • Excellent analytical skills, with the ability to decompose problems into testable steps and isolate problems to determine root causes
  • Excellent communications skills, in particular written English in a technical business context, and experience conveying information to/from software developers, customers, and other stakeholders with varying technical backgrounds
  • Strong time-management skills, including delivering work under deadlines or time pressure
  • Experience working in small teams to deliver results; positive attitude, and commitment to success EVEN BETTER
    • Experience with the Agile software development methodology or similar methodologies with iterative processes and fluid requirements (e.g. SCRUM, Kanban, XP, etc.)
    • Experience testing or developing on a modern web application development project
    • Experience with software development for the military, or other DoD agencies
    • Experience using test automation tools such as Selenium or scripting languages such as Groovy, Python, or others At RII, we believe that diversity in our workforce is critical to our success. We strive to hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds, not just because it's the right thing to do, but because it makes us stronger. We work to help your intellectual passions and creativity thrive. It's one of our core values: Let your geek flag fly. We also offer all employees comprehensive benefits including: flexible work schedules, health insurance coverage, paid time off, 401k with a company match, paid parental leave, access to wellness programs and much more. You get this all from day one, and all 100% paid for by RII. --It's all part of another of our core values: Stay human. It's why our comfortable and colorful offices include a community game room, pantry, massage chair, and an escape room, among other amenities. It's why we have a community manager and regular community events. It's also why, during the current pandemic, most of us aren't actually in our lovely office. We're all working fully remote where possible, with safety controls for those who do have to be on site. RII is committed to not overwhelming our healthcare system, preventing infection for those most at risk, reducing the impact on our communities, and keeping our employees working. If you are a sharp, experienced engineer with demonstrated capabilities in designing and implementing Big Data architectures with scalable data extract, transform, and load technologies, and in deploying advanced analytics (e.g., natural language processing, deep learning) leveraging these architectures, we want to hear from you. Research Innovations, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, national, origin, genetics, disability status, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by state, federal or local law.

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