Junior Software Tester

DCS Corporation - Nashua, NH

Full-time - Entry Level

Nashua, NH

Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods

About the position

The Junior Software Tester position at DCS Corporation involves working within a small team of developers to test various software components, ensuring they meet business and system requirements. The role emphasizes collaboration in a fast-paced Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) environment, where contributions are valued and can lead to measurable change. The company is committed to employee growth and offers a competitive benefits package, including a unique 9/80 work schedule that allows for every other Friday off.

Responsibilities

• Test various software components to ensure they meet business and system requirements.
• Effectively communicate, document, and track system-related issues until resolution.
• Utilize principles of systems engineering to analyze and recommend solutions.
• Write and review test plans and detailed test cases for manual testing of web applications.
• Build and configure test environments.
• Execute tests in both informal and formal witnessed test environments.
• Perform software and system level testing on product builds.
• Report detailed defects and prepare Test Reports.
• Provide test status to project team and stakeholders.
• Work collaboratively in an integrated SAFe Agile team environment.
• Actively participate in reviews and answer customer questions at the end of an iteration.
• Prepare for and actively participate in Program Increment System Demonstrations.
• Desire to learn automation testing.

Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship is required due to the sensitivity of customer-related requirements.
• Minimum of a High School diploma plus 10 years of related experience, Associate's degree in related field plus 4 years of experience, Bachelor's degree in related field plus 2 years of experience, or a Master's degree with 1 year of experience.
• Able to obtain DoD Secret Security Clearance.
• Strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
• Strong written and oral communication skills.
• Understanding of the software development processes.
• Ability to test and assure quality of software, and work with users of software in group or individual settings.
• Ability to multi-task between multiple projects.
• Experience with source control and defect tracking software tools.
• Experience with virtualization technology, creating and using Windows-based virtual machines.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with the SAFe Agile Framework.
• Knowledge and understanding of mission planning needs of military aviators.
• Experience with using Azure DevOps.

Benefits

• Competitive benefits package
• 9/80 work schedule with every other Friday off