Quality Assurance Engineer

About the job

Position Summary: Securiport LLC is a US company based in Reston, VA, specializing in designing and implementing passenger biometric recognition, immigration processing, and intelligent information reporting and management systems based on advanced technological solutions. Securiport provides a complete immigration processing solution and analytics to maintain border security. Services include technical analysis, design, implementation, and maintenance of Securiport’s software solutions, training, and technical support to the field operations.

You will report to the Director of Product Services and be responsible for implementing and executing the quality assurance lifecycle for Securiport’s products. You will be working in every phase of the software lifecycle to ensure the quality and functionality of the products delivered to clients. You will collaborate with the rest of the QA Team and developers to execute the quality assurance lifecycle. In addition, you will contribute directly to test design and execution.

You will be working in a hybrid Agile/Waterfall software lifecycle, with a strong bias toward Agile. You will have demonstrated proficiency with testing Web and desktop applications.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities

• Work directly with the development team to test all system components, from the UI to the API and database. This includes functional, performance, and regression testing.
• Contribute to, review, and provide feedback on requirements/user stories, design documents, end-user and administrator documents, and other artifacts.
• Develop and maintain test plans and test cases.
• Identify, document, and track defects and issues.
• Provide technical writing of end-user and administrator documentation.
• Automate testing to improve the timeliness and accuracy of the software lifecycle.

Required Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

• Experience with quality assurance across the full lifecycle software development - requirements, design, development, test, and delivery.
• Strong knowledge of QA tools, methods, and processes.
• Experience testing thick-client, Web client, and Web services software.
• Experience working in an Agile software development environment.
• Experience creating end-user and administrator documentation.
• Some experience with test and quality automation and high and low levels, using tools such as NUnit, SonarQube, Selenium, HP Quality Center, Ranorex, and/or MS Visual Studio Team Services.
• Must possess strong written and verbal communication skills in English (required) and French (desired).

Any or all of these skills are desired

• Experience working with Confluence, MS Team Foundation Services/Visual Studio Team Services, REDMINE.
• Some experience with programming/script development, especially Java or C#.
• Experience with QA work in commercial cloud architectures (Azure, Amazon AWS).

Required Education, Certifications/ Licenses, Related Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field from an accredited college. Certifications in QA areas are desired.
• 5 or more years experience in quality assurance
• Must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. Only local candidates will be considered.

Securiport is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. Securiport is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with physical and mental disabilities. Please see the United States Department of Labor's EEO poster and EEO poster supplement for additional information.

Disclaimer: Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time. The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this position at the time this job description was written. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities and skills required of personnel so classified. This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, and all employees in this position are employed “at-will.”