Software Tester

Leidos has a new and exciting opportunity for a Software Tester in our INTEL Sectors Cyber & Analytics Business Area (CABA) . Our talented team is at the forefront in Security Engineering Computer Network Operations (CNO) Mission Software Analytical Methods and Modeling Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) and Cryptographic Key Management. At Leidos we offer competitive benefits including Paid Time Off 11 paid Holidays 401K with a 6% company match and immediate vesting Flexible Schedules Discounted Stock Purchase Plans Technical Upskilling Education and Training Support Parental Paid Leave and much more. Join us and make a difference in National Security

The Software Tester will work with the CEMA (Cyber and Electromagnetic Activities) team. Our products are responsible for training the warfighter to recognize identify and respond to real-world CEMA attacks on their systems that might not otherwise be seen until theyre on the battlefield. Our team has an additional product responsible for alerting our varied array of customers of potential cyber and EW attacks by creative adversaries highly skilled at attacking. Our CEMA team is comprised of both red and blue: hackers programmers mathematicians and even physicists so knowledge is easily shared among team members who are willing to ask questions. Problem solving troubleshooting software quality and a desire to break things for good reasons remain the foundation of this role.

Primary Responsibilities :

• Performing test planning monitoring and execution.
• Developing and executing manual and automated software test cases in Linux/Windows environments with significant focus on repeatability.
• Reviewing and verifying system-level and software-level requirements while working with team members to better understand them.
• Discovering documenting reproducing and tracking technical defects so team members can efficiently resolve issues.
• Performing functional integration regression and system testing throughout the software development lifecycle.
• Collaborating with software developers systems engineers and other stakeholders to improve software quality and test coverage.
• Supporting Agile software development activities including sprint planning backlog refinement and release validation.
• Assisting with the development and maintenance of automated testing capabilities and regression test suites.

Basic Qualifications:

• US Citizenship required and must be able to obtain a Top Secret security clearance
• Bachelors degree in one of the following: Cyber Security Computer Science Computer Engineering Electrical Engineering or related Technical Degree.
• 2 to 4 years of professional experience in software testing software quality assurance software validation or a related quality engineering role.
• Experience in C Python JavaScript Java or C#.
• Experience developing and executing manual and automated software test cases.
• Experience reviewing software and system requirements to develop comprehensive test coverage.
• Knowledge of Linux and Windows.
• Experience documenting tracking and verifying software defects using defect management tools.
• Problem-solving skills (imagine a hundred exclamation points behind this qualification).

Preferred Qualifications :

• Experience developing and maintaining automated and/or unit test frameworks to support repeatable software testing.
• Experience using Qt and Python to develop execute or support software testing activities.
• Experience working with Jenkins and Groovy scripting to support continuous integration and automated testing pipelines.
• Experience developing and maintaining Bash and/or PowerShell scripts to automate testing and system administration tasks.
• Experience using Jira for defect tracking test management and Agile software development processes.

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Original Posting:

For U.S. Positions: 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:

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline onlyand 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.