QA/Automation Tester

Type of Requisition:

Pipeline

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:

None

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:

None

Public Trust/Other Required:

MBI (T2)

Job Family:

Software Engineering

Job Qualifications:

Skills:

API Testing, Automated Testing, CI/CD

Certifications:

None

Experience:

5 + years of related experience

US Citizenship Required:

No

Job Description:

Seize your opportunity to make a personal impact as a QA/Automation Tester supporting the United States Postal Service. GDIT is your place to make meaningful contributions to challenging projects and grow a rewarding career.

At GDIT, people are our differentiator. As a QA/Automation Tester, you will help ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter. Our work depends on Quality Assurance Test Engineer joining our team to ensure that USPS Information Technology products perform properly and as expected.

HOW QA TESTER/ENGINEER WILL MAKE AN IMPACT

• Developing Automated Testing Frameworks: Designing and implementing automated testing frameworks to streamline testing processes and improve efficiency.
• Creating Test Scripts: Writing and maintaining automated test scripts for functional, regression, and performance testing of software applications.
• Integration with Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD): Integrating automated tests with CI/CD pipelines to enable continuous testing and deployment.
• Executing Test Cases: Running automated test cases to validate software quality, identify defects, and ensure adherence to requirements.
• Identifying Test Scenarios: Analyzing software requirements and user stories to identify test scenarios suitable for automation.
• Maintaining Test Suites: Updating and enhancing automated test suites to accommodate changes in software functionality and requirements.
• Collaborating with Development Team: Working closely with developers to understand software design and behavior, and address issues identified during testing.
• Performance Testing: Conducting automated performance tests to assess application performance under various conditions and workloads.
• Security Testing: Implementing automated security tests to identify vulnerabilities and ensure the security of software applications.
• Test Reporting and Analysis: Generating test reports, analyzing test results, and communicating findings to stakeholders for decision-making.
• Training and Knowledge Sharing: Providing training on test automation tools and techniques to team members and sharing best practices for test automation.
• Maintaining Test Environments: Setting up and maintaining test environments, ensuring consistency and reliability for automated testing.
• Participate in Agile/Scrum ceremonies with entire development team to solidify understanding of requirements.

WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO SUCCEED:

Education:

• Bachelor's Degree; OR in lieu of degree, an additional 4 years of relevant work experience is required

Required Experience: Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience.

• Minimum 2+ years of experience testing in a cloud environment, GCP preferred.

Required Technical Skills:

• Programming Skills: Proficiency in Java, Python, or JavaScript for test script development.  
• Test Automation Tools: Experience with Selenium, Appium, or similar tools for automated testing.
• API Testing: Knowledge of tools like Postman for testing application interfaces.
• CI/CD Integration: Ability to integrate automated tests with CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins or similar tools.
• AI Testing: Understanding of AI testing frameworks and tools for testing machine learning models and AI-driven applications.
• Analytical Thinking: Strong analytical skills for test case design and result interpretation.
• Communication Skills: Clear communication for collaborating with team members and documenting test results.
• Verification of test conditions using backend systems, running SQL queries, navigating cloud storage objects, and checking service responses using tools like SoapUI.

Security Clearance Level:

• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Public Trust and successfully pass a thorough Government background screening process requiring the completion of detailed forms and fingerprinting
• This position has a U.S. residency requirement. The USPS security clearance process requires the selected candidate to have resided in