The Application Development (AppDev) Group at 1901 Group/Leidos currently has an opening for a Quality Assurance Engineer to work on our growing team in the Blacksburg, VA office. Remote opportunities are also available for the right candidate. In this project, we are modernizing our client's existing "legacy" applications to use a more current technology stack and assisting them in developing more modern processes. This is an exciting opportunity to use your experience in Software Development as a Quality Assurance Engineer to help our AppDev team continue to perform at a high level and meet our client's needs. 

Primary Responsibilities:

• After your initial onboarding and acclimation to the team, you will work with a team of highly skilled Software Developers, Engineers, and QA Analysts responsible for delivering customized solutions for federal and commercial clients.
• You will work to maintain and execute manual and automated test that will programmatically test the core functionality for existing systems. You will also assist with the development, deployment and execution of new manual and automation test scripts which will test newly developed functionality within these systems.
• You will analyze daily test reports, diagnose, and report software defects utilizing approved procedures following software best practices after identifying issues within the code.
• Additionally, you will analyze daily test reports, diagnose, and resolve any defects uncovered with the actual test cases themselves.
• You will assist with prioritizing tasks, from implementation through test, and deployment during each Agile Sprint period.
• You will collaborate with other Software Developers, QA Analysts, Operations staff, Supervisors, and Clients. 
• You will provide Team Leads with technical expertise and schedule input to ensure development activities proceed as needed.

Basic Qualifications:

• Require a BS degree and 4+ years of relevant experience; additional experience in lieu of a degree may be acceptable.
• Must have 3+ years being a member of a Quality Assurance Team.
• Must be knowledgeable of how to create and successfully execute manual and automated test cases.
• Must demonstrate the ability to use the Agile process to effectively communicate with your team and project leadership.
• Must have extensive experience with Selenium and the ability to demonstrate proficiency in the Java programming language, particularly in the context of Automated Testing
• Must be someone with excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Must have some familiarity with cross-browser and integrated application testing.
• US Citizenship required.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust security clearance (which includes three years of immediate residency in the US).

Preferred Qualifications:

• 3+ years being a member of a Quality Assurance Team.
• Familiar with software best practices to design and implement well-documented, maintainable code.
• Familiar with RESTful APIs, JSON, AJAX, XHTML, SOAP, JAVA, and SQL
• Familiar with UI/UX and API testing 
• Familiar with cloud technology environments 
• Familiar with some ticketing system (JIRA, Redmine, Digital.ai, etc)
• Experience in Performance and/or Load testing
• Experience with Eclipse, Visual Studios, or similar

Original Posting Date:

2024-12-27

While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

Pay Range:

Pay Range $72,150.00 - $130,425.00

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.