Software Test Coordinator

Job Description

Job Description

About Us

Be a part of a winning team that provides technical solutions with integrity. Cortina is a government contractor but we are so much more than that! For approximately every three employees brought on to support the government, we hire an individual from an under-resourced, developing community and train them to enter the professional job market.  
Cortina is very proud of the reach-back it offers to the local community. Not only that, we LOVE our employees and do all we can to ensure they have a great work experience. Come join a company that believes in being a part of something bigger than themselves!  

Job Description:

We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Software Test Coordinator to support Medical Modeling and Simulation (MM&S) team in support of the Naval Health Research Center (NHRC) . The team provides software engineering, model and simulation development, analysis, technical support, and training to support medical systems analyses, logistics analyses, operational risk assessments, and theater medical course of action assessments across the Department of Defense (DoD).

Position Responsibilities:

The responsibilities of this position include, but are not limited to:

• Coordinating the planning, execution, and reporting of software testing activities across multiple projects and releases.
• Conducting weekly status meetings
• Coordinating test efforts among cross-functional teams
• Reviewing software designs and requirements to arrange for adequate test coverage
• Writing, reviewing, and maintaining test cases and test procedures
• Conducting software test and data analyses
• Evaluating test results
• Reporting software defects and test results
• Generating test reports
• Providing feedback to software development team

Job Requirements: 

• Requires a bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or related technical field.
• Active SECRET Clearance required
• Requires 5+ years of software testing experience, including 2+ years in a technical coordination/leadership or test lead role.
  
• Demonstrated ability to coordinate a small team and coordinate work among cross-functional team members.
• Develop and maintain requirements traceability throughout the system lifecycle, including linkage between user needs, system requirements, software requirements, verification activities, and delivered capabilities.
• Coordinate with software developers, analysts, government customers, and end users to ensure requirements are clearly understood, implemented, tested, and validated.
• Demonstrated ability to design and execute manual and automated functional, integration, and regression tests to validate simulation workflows, algorithms, model outputs, and system performance.
• Familiarity with one or more scripting or statistical computing languages such as Python, R, or PowerShell.
• Excellent troubleshooting and critical thinking skills with an ability to independently analyze requirements and system behaviors to ensure adequate test coverage.
• Ability to multi-task in a fast-paced testing environment, while working collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to describe issues to both the software development team and technical leadership.
• Ability to complete tasks on time and in compliance with AS9100 and CMMI Maturity Level 3 processes/procedures.
• Must be a U.S. Citizen.
• The position may require approximately 10% travel.

Preferred Skills and Experience:

• Experience with TestRail or similar test management software
• Experience with Microsoft Azure DevOps or similar project management system
• Experience extracting data using Structured Query Language (SQL)
• Experience developing Test Plans, Test Procedures, and Test Reports
• Experience with automated unit testing of web applications using xUnit, NUnit, Moq, or comparable testing frameworks
• Formal training and/or certification in software testing
• Experience working within the Department of Defense
• Experience working within the Military Health System
• Experience using modeling and simulation software

Benefits : 

Cortina Solutions is committed to offering comprehensive and affordable benefits to employees and their families.

• BCBS Medical and Dental Insurance 

• VSP Vision 

• Flexible spending Account (FSA) and Dependent Care Reimbursement 

• Health Savings Account (HSA) 

• Company-paid Life Insurance 

• Company-paid Short and Long Term Disability Insurance 

• Voluntary Term Life Insurance 

• Matching 401(k) Plan 

• Flexible PTO 

• Maternity and Paternity Leave 

• Federal Holidays 

• Company Match on Employee Non-Profit Donations 

• Professional Development 

Background Check Requirement

As our team members work on government sites, all potential candidates are subject to a background screening that fully complies with the Fair Credit Reporting Act.