Job Title:    Senior Assoc, Software Quality Engineer

Job Code:    16256

Job Location:    Nashville, TN

Schedule:  9/80 Reg

Job Description:

The Software Quality Engineer is responsible for creating end-to-end test plans, executing the test plan, and managing all activities in the plan as part of and in conjunction with an Agile Scrum development team to ensure that all objectives are met and the software solution works as expected. The solution should be tested in terms of functionality, performance, stability, and compatibility with legacy and/or third party software and integrated external hardware.

The objective of the Software Quality Engineer is to ensure that testing of every feature of the software solution and through every phase of development is well defined, planned, and executed. The work of the Software Quality Engineer should inspire confidence that any potential issue has been identified and addressed prior to release of the software solution.  The Software Quality Engineer, Senior Associate is an intermediate professional with practical job knowledge, working under moderate supervision to set objectives for the team and job area, achieving operational targets with impact on departmental results.

Essential Functions:

• Review functional and design specifications to ensure full understanding of individual deliverables;
• Identify test requirements from Conditions of Acceptance;
• Develop, document and maintain functional test cases and other test artifacts under guidance of more experienced Software Quality Engineer(s);
• Execute and evaluate manual test cases and report test results;
• Identify any potential quality issues per defined process and escalate potential quality issues immediately to Product Owners;
• Work with other QA project team members to assess QA progress and emergent risks;
• Ensure that validated deliverables meet functional and design specifications and requirements via Functional and Regression Testing;
• Develop skills to isolate, replicate, and report defects and verify defect fixes via Performance, Stress, Endurance, Exploratory, and Usability Testing;
• Engage as an active participant in Scrum ceremonies;
• Required to perform other appropriate duties as requested, directed, or assigned
• Perform all job functions with a positive, professional attitude
• Required to sit for long periods of time
• Infrequent light physical effort required
• Written and verbal communication
• Dexterity of hands and fingers to operate a computer keyboard and mouse
• May require the ability to travel via automobile or airplane

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in a computer software related field such as Quality Assurance, Computer Science, Management Information Systems or a related technical field with 2 years minimum prior experience in Software Quality Assurance or equivalent combination of education and work experience.
• Ability to obtain a Secret Clearance from the U.S. Government which requires U.S. Citizenship.
• Experience with Windows OS.
• Experience with developing functional test cases.

• Excellent observational, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent listening and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to stay disciplined and focused.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Able to be productive and effective working either alone or as part of a team.
• Strong customer service orientation.
• Experience working in a team-oriented, collaborative environment.

Preferred Skills:

• 1+ years of experience in an Agile Scrum environment
• Broad knowledge in basic networking principals.
• Active US Government security clearance
• Experience in ISR systems.