NHLBI BioData Catalyst Tester

Type of Requisition:

Regular

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:

Agile Methodology, Manual QA Testing, Test Automation

Certifications:

None

Experience:

5 + years of related experience

US Citizenship Required:

No

Job Description:

GDIT is seeking a Tester to support the National Institute of Health (NIH), National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI). The Tester will help our team develop a new system to making it easier for researchers to find, access and use heart, blood, lung, and sleep data.

This role requires an understanding of how validate the functional and non-functional requirements of a system. The Tester will have a strong understanding of test automation and using Agile methodologies to enable teams to create compelling software systems.

HOW AN IT QUALITY ASSURANCE TESTER WILL MAKE AN IMPACT:

• Working across the software life-cycle, with an emphasis on testing focusing on a new scientific application that searches for data in large datasets which include biological, genomic and/or proteomic data.

• Working collaboratively with the team to best realize system solution.

• Specifying and executing tests to validate the system behavior for both user interfaces (single-page web applications) and API’s

• Creating automated tests.

• Engaging with other team members to align the tests to the system requirements.

• Engaging with other system owners and stakeholder to facilitate collaboration.

• Collaborating with other team members to enable the teams to advance all aspects of the Software Development Lifecycle (e.g. Requirements, Design, Development, and Testing).

• Collaborating with the team on Agile activities, including estimation, iterative planning and retrospectives.

WHAT YOU'LL NEED TO SUCCEED:

• Bachelor's Degree (or equivalent).

• 7+ years of relevant experience.

• Experience testing software systems.

• Experience with test automation.

• Experience working in an Agile software development environment.

• Experience with Selenium-based test frameworks.

• Experience using test specification as a requirements tool.

DESIRED SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

• Prior experience with the NHLBI BioData Catalyst environment; active NIH badge is a plus.

• Experience working in the biomedical research domain.

SECURITY CLEARANCE LEVEL:

• Ability to obtain and maintain a NIH's Public Trust.

GDIT IS YOUR PLACE:

• 401K with company match. 

• Customizable health benefits packages. 

• Internal mobility team dedicated to helping you own your career. 

• Challenging work that makes a real impact on the world around you. 

• Full-flex work week. 

The likely salary range for this position is $97,968 - $132,250. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

Travel Required:

None

Telecommuting Options:

Remote

Work Location:

Any Location / Remote

Additional Work Locations:

Total Rewards at GDIT:

Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. GDIT typically provides new employees with 15 days of paid leave per calendar year to be used for vacations, personal business, and illness and an additional 10 paid holidays per year. Paid leave and p