S/W Q.A. Spec./App Tester - Senior

Nightwing provides technically advanced full-spectrum cyber, data operations, systems integration and intelligence mission support services to meet our customers' most demanding challenges. Our capabilities include cyber space operations, cyber defense and resiliency, vulnerability research, ubiquitous technical surveillance, data intelligence, lifecycle mission enablement, and software modernization. Nightwing brings disruptive technologies, agility, and competitive offerings to customers in the intelligence community, defense, civil, and commercial markets. The Kodiak program has an opening for an Automated tester who will work as part of a small test team supporting multiple software applications in varying stages of deployment (from emerging technologies to legacy systems). This position requires knowledge of modern automated testing methodologies and technologies. The person in this role will be responsible for manual testing when the coding of an automated solution is impractical or not desirable. As the technology stack expands and grows, our team of testers may be required to work with the application developers to support performance/load testing to fully evaluate the application capabilities. This position requires a TS/SCI with Poly on day one and is located in the Herndon area.

Mandatory Skills:

• Experience with SQL queries for data validation (Oracle, Postgres, MySQL)
• Expert in Selenium WebDriver
• Emphasis of experience must be in the area of writing automated code (Java) as opposed to simply click and record
• Must be able to evaluate developer assignments, independently understand requirements, and engineer tests to evaluate best path scenario as well as probe for possible failure conditions
• Must know to use an IDE to code (ex - IntelliJ, Eclipse, NetBeans)
• Experience with interacting in a Linux environment (ex - Bash scripting, vi)
• Expertise in writing test plans, cases, procedures, scripts, and scenarios
• Demonstrated history with manual and automated test processes
• Ability to work well in a constantly evolving work environment
• Ensure the QA and testing approach references all known vulnerabilities and best practices
• Conduct and report testing using a repeatable process based on industry best practices
• Maintain and update the test environment
• Must have development skills, as automated testing is a lot of writing code.
• Solid hands-on experience testing experience with testing tools such as JMeter and /or Selenium.

_At Nightwing, we value collaboration and teamwork. You'll have the opportunity to work alongside talented individuals who are passionate about what they do. Together, we'll leverage our collective expertise to drive innovation, solve complex problems, and deliver exceptional results for our clients._ _Thank you for considering joining us as we embark on this new journey and shape the future of cybersecurity and intelligence together as part of the Nightwing team._ _Nightwing is An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age or any other federally protected class._