This is a full-time position, and requires a TS/SCI/Full Scope Polygraph Clearance in the Mclean, Virginia area. 

2HB is looking for a Software Quality Assurance Specialist/Applications Tester.

The US Government (USG) is seeking support for a joint Department of Homeland Security initiative.  This program is comprised of frontend, backend, and DevOps operations that includes development of new system capabilities; extension and maintenance of bulk data pipeline; and enhancements for the program’s application hosted on multiple platforms including the USG’s cloud computing environment.

Work requirementS

The core hours for all positions not otherwise identified shall be 9:00AM – 3:00PM.  Weekend or after-hours support may be required for operational issues, deployments and critical activities.

• The Candidate shall support the design, development, coding, testing, and debugging of complex new software products and make enhancements to existing software.
• The Contractor shall utilize test software development methodology in an Agile environment.
• The Candidate shall produce key test and system documentation, including the creation of simple to complex test scenarios.
• The Candidate shall provide test support for maintenance and enhancement releases supporting existing systems and platforms.
• The Candidate  shall troubleshoot support of complex problems and provides customer support for software systems and application issues.
• The Candidate shall collaborate cross-functionally with software engineers, data engineers, project managers, and other technical team members.
• The Candidate shall provide recommendations for continuous improvement and innovation in an Agile environment.

required skills and demonstrated experience

The Candidate shall have the following required skills, certifications and demonstrated experience:

• Demonstrated experience software testing.
• Demonstrated experience with test-driven development and automated testing frameworks.
• Demonstrated experience using JIRA to capture and document features, bugs, and system issues.
• Demonstrated proficiency in Release Management Cycle.
• Demonstrated deployment support.
• Demonstrated skill developing test and system documentation.
• Demonstrated experience with Scrum/Agile development methodologies.
• Demonstrated experience discerning and capturing requirements from customer and technical exchange meetings.

Highly Desired skills and demonstrated experience

• Demonstrated experience supporting the technical processing of vetting requests for analytical comparison against the Sponsor’s holdings.  
• Demonstrated experience with computer processing platforms such as computers, mobile, or I.O.T and using that knowledge in a clustered computing environment.
• Demonstrated experience with the following programming languages: C, SQL, JavaScript, UNIX, Linux, or XML.
• Demonstrated experience with the following types software testing disciplines or methods:  Functional Equivalency Testing (FET); Regression; User Acceptance (UAT); Independent Verification and Validation (IV & V); Performance, Load, Stress, Automation, Backend, Functional, Accessibility, and Database.
• Demonstrated experience with servers operating systems: Linux and Cloud infrastructure.
• Certification(s)
  • Active Certified Scrum Master (CSM) certification with hands-on experience facilitating and supporting Scrum events.