Junior Software Tester

Job ID: 2305775
Location:

HYATTSVILLE, MD, US
Date Posted:

2023-07-17
Category:

Software
Subcategory:

SW Testing
Schedule:

Full-time
Shift:

Day Job
Travel:

No
Minimum Clearance Required:

None
Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:

Public Trust
Potential for Remote Work:

No

Description
SAIC is looking for a Software Tester to provide testing support as a member of an integrated project development and
testing Team. They will be working with other Developers and Testers to test custom developed software as required.
The Tester will be responsible for providing input to project release plans that cover project inception through delivery
and on-going operational maintenance. They will be expected to analyze and solve complex testing related problems;
review other developers and testers work products for correctness, adherence to the project design concept and user
standards.
The Tester will play a key role for a highly secured system for a government agency. To be successful in this role, the
Tester should be self-motivated and passionate about solving technical problems.
The system facilitates high value financial transactions over the Internet. With this in mind, experience with payment
systems, trading systems or other highly secure transactional systems would be highly valuable.

Job Responsibilities:
Successful candidate will be responsible for:
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 (if any) into the defect tracking database
Developing new automation scripts and updating existing scripts to meet the newly added functionalities
Executing automated test scripts; reporting execution results and identifying unsuccessful execution (if any)
Executing Load/Performance testing by running the load test scripts and generating the load test execution results
reports
Tracking the defects from creation to closure; documenting detail description of defect and working with developers to
reproduce
Deploying software to test environments and monitoring server logs during testing and identify errors and/or unexpected
log entries
Participating and/or facilitating the test case peer review meetings and providing feedback making sure that developed
test cases meet the client requirements and test conditions verifies the requested functionality
Assisting test lead with release test plan, generating RTM, maintaining regression test database, and creating test
reports at the end of each testing phase
Assisting the test lead on performing an internal quality assurance check on all deliverables to ensure that all deliverables
are complete, accurate, and adhere to the clients standards
Providing assistance to business analyst with business/functional requirements and developers with technical
requirements

Qualifications
Required Skills
Must be a US Citizen
2+ years of experience as 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)
Education Requirements
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field
Desired Qualifications
Basic knowledge of LoadRunner
Basic knowledge of VB Scripting
Basic knowledge of PKI
Experience in CMMI Level 3 Development Environment
Experience in creating/editing technical documents and

Covid Policy: SAIC does not require COVID-19 vaccinations or boosters. Customer site vaccination requirements must be followed when work is performed at a customer site.
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