SOFTWARE TESTER

$80,001 - $80,001/Yr

SAIC

Full-time

Remote

10,001+ employees

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

SAIC is seeking a Software Tester to join an integrated agile project development and testing team. The role involves testing custom-developed software, providing input to project release plans, and ensuring the quality of high-value financial transactions over the Internet. The ideal candidate will have experience with payment systems or other secure transactional systems.

Responsibilities

• Analyzing complex requirements and design documents to develop detailed step by step manual test cases
• Executing manual test cases; documenting actual results during execution; reviewing the test results and reporting anomalies into the defect tracking database
• Developing new automation scripts and updating existing scripts to meet newly added functionalities
• Executing automated test scripts; reporting execution results and identifying unsuccessful execution
• Executing Load/Performance testing by running load test scripts and generating execution results reports
• Tracking defects from creation to closure; documenting detailed descriptions of defects and working with developers to reproduce them
• Deploying software to test environments and monitoring server logs during testing to identify errors or unexpected log entries
• Participating in test case peer review meetings and providing feedback to ensure developed test cases meet client requirements
• Assisting test lead with release test plan, generating RTM, maintaining regression test database, and creating test reports
• Assisting the test lead in performing internal quality assurance checks on all deliverables to ensure completeness and accuracy
• Providing assistance to business analysts with business/functional requirements and developers with technical requirements

Requirements

• BS degree in Computer Science or related field (4 years experience in lieu of degree)
• Ability to obtain and maintain a MBI clearance
• 5 years total IT experience
• 3+ years of experience as a software test engineer
• Strong knowledge of Software Testing Lifecycle/Testing Methodologies
• Ability to analyze complex requirements and design documents to create detailed test cases and scripts
• Expertise in executing test cases and documenting actual results, identifying software defects and creating test reports
• Experience in Quality Center or similar test management tools
• Experience in Unified Functional Testing tool or similar automation scripting tools
• Basic knowledge of Structured Query Language
• Experience with configuration management and version control tools such as Atlassian suite, JIRA and/or Subversion
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Ability to work productively in a dynamic, priority shifting, deadline-driven environment
• Excellent organizational, presentation, and business analysis skills
• Knowledge of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)

Nice-to-haves

• Active IRS MBI Clearance is highly desirable
• Basic knowledge of LoadRunner and Selenium
• Basic knowledge of VB Scripting
• Basic knowledge of PKI
• Experience in CMMI Level 3 Development Environment
• Experience in creating/editing technical documents and User Manuals for new/upgraded software