Test Engineer

Nightwing is supporting a U.S. Government customer to provide support for onsite incident response to civilian Government agencies and critical asset owners who experience cyber-attacks, providing immediate investigation and resolution.  Contract personnel perform investigations to characterize of the severity of breaches, develop mitigation plans, and assist with the restoration of services.  Nightwing is seeking a Test Engineer to support this critical customer mission.   

Responsibilities Include: 

• Defines, plans and performs test assignments for large scale, complex, software and hardware systems 

• Establishes automated and manual test methods and techniques, develops test plans and requirements, writes test procedures and reports, and conducts tests 

• Participates in test readiness reviews and design reviews 

• Applies software development experience and knowledge to ensure test validity, integrity, quality, and execution 

• Conducts tests which include collaborating closely with others in establishing language, database, and computer requirements along with configuration management techniques 

• Performs test planning and implementation using state-of-the-art technologies, processes, and frameworks (e.g. SAFe or similar framework) 

• Develops and maintains test documentation including plans, procedures, reports, etc. 

• Analyzes test results and accurately discuss them with management and teams 

• Documents and keeps program management informed of deviations from customer requirements 

Required Skills: 

• U.S. Citizenship 

• Active Secret clearance.  Must be able to obtain a TS/SCI clearance 

• Must be able to obtain DHS Suitability 

• 6+ years of directly relevant experience, ideally in an agile environment 

• 2+ years of automated and/or manual test experience 

• Excellent and applicable experience with Agile Continuous Development / Continuous Integration / Continuous Delivery along with hands-on experience with automated test tools such as Docker, Jenkins, Rational Team Concert, JIRA, Git, Chef, Ansible, Puppet, Junit, JMeter, RSpec, Cucumber, and other industry-leading tools and techniques 

• 2+ years’ experience developing software with Java, Cucumber, Gherkin or similar language in an agile environment 

•  Experience with requirements development and management along with associated 

• Ability to plan, conduct and conduct security testing 

• Meaningful and relevant experience in developing test procedures 

• Experience with systems engineering and configuration management processes 

• Able to generate test-related documentation as necessary 

• Excellent teamwork skills including ability to work well with agile development teams, customers, and coworkers at all levels 

• Ability to work collaboratively across agencies and physical locations 
   

Desired Skills: 

• Experience with automated and manual testing processes 

• Hands-on DevOps or DevSecOps experience 

• Familiarity with following CISA practices:  

• Securing the Software Supply Chain 

• Cybersecurity Best Practices 

• Open-Source Software Security 

• Familiarity with NIST SP 800-218, Secure Software Development Framework V1.1: Recommendations for Mitigating the Risk of Software Vulnerabilities 

• Hands on experience with automated testing solutions such as: Selenium, Puppeteer, Cypress, WebDriverIO, Playwright, Cucumber or NightWatchJS. 

• Manual and Automated Testing experience and/or familiarity with one of more of the following program languages: Java, Perl, Ruby, Python, and JavaScript 

• Experience and/or familiarity with one of more of the following database technologies: SQL, Oracle, MySQL, JBDC, NOSQL 

• DHS experience 

Required Education: 

BS Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Computer Systems Engineering or related discipline, or HS diploma and 7+ years of directly relevant experience. 

Desired Certifications: 

• DoD 8570.1 IAT Level II 

• Certified Software Test Professional (CSTP) or similar 

• Certifications related to Agile development and Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) 

• AWS Certifications 

Syndeo: ESS-3428