Test Engineer Lead

Responsible for the supervision of a quality assurance (QA) team and the identification, documentation and promotion of QA best practices. Establishes software quality standards for life cycle, documentation, development methods, testing and maintenance. Specifies functional and non-functional software testing requirements. Organizes and conducts audits to include program and CMMI PQA audits. Prepares test metrics and Interim Project Reviews (IPRs). Provides oversight to the Quality Assurance Team, prioritizing testing-support related activities, and monitoring all test team objectives. Develops automated test scripts to validate functional, technical, and performance requirements. Work closely with developers, shared services team and product managers to define the automated testing components that will be used to validate requirements against developed software. Work with team members to drive test automation technique. Develop using Java and execute automated tests on both Web Front end and microservice architecture. Run test validations at various levels including DB validation, rules validation, logging validation, reporting validations, and UI validation. Assist with Scrum Team estimation of stories and sizing of effort to include the representation of the test automation and engagement with Continuous Integration (CI) required. Contributes to an atmosphere of cross-functional teamwork within the organizations’ Agile project lifecycle. Minimum Qualifications Bachelor's Degree preferred or equivalent relevant experience Certified Tester -- Advanced Level (TTA, TA, and/or TM) desired Candidate must have minimum 4 years of hands on automated test coding experience using Java (or development experience with C++ or C# Candidates must be US citizens with the ability to pass a government background investigation. No dual citizens. Other Job Specific Skills Experience required with the following: Continuous Integration (CI) / Continuous Delivery (CD); Behavior Driven Development (Cucumber); Java (including frameworks such as Spring and Springboot). Experience with Serenity and/or Cucumber Experience with Functional Testing, Integration Testing, System Testing, and User Acceptance Testing phases. Experience with REST/SOAP webservices and APIs. Experience with SQL. Preferred Skills Hands on experience in Open-Source Automated Test Frameworks (e.g. Serenity, Selenium, Cucumber) Experience using Java development tools (e.g. Eclipse, JUnit, Git). Prior experience with front-end development including JavaScript frameworks. Experience in a large scale Federal IT Program. Experience with Agile delivery framework. Compensation Ranges Compensation ranges for ASM Research positions vary depending on multiple factors; including but not limited to, location, skill set, level of education, certifications, client requirements, contract-specific affordability, government clearance and investigation level, and years of experience. The compensation displayed for this role is a general guideline based on these factors and is unique to each role. Monetary compensation is one component of ASM's overall compensation and benefits package for employees. EEO Requirements It is the policy of ASM that an individual's race, color, religion, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation or national origin are not and will not be considered in any personnel or management decisions. We affirm our commitment to these fundamental policies. All recruiting, hiring, training, and promoting for all job classifications is done without regard to race, color, religion, sex, disability, or age. All decisions on employment are made to abide by the principle of equal employment. Physical Requirements The physical requirements described in "Knowledge, Skills and Abilities" above are representative of those which must be met by an employee to successfully perform the primary functions of this job. (For example, "light office duties' or "lifting up to 50 pounds" or "some travel" required.) Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with qualifying disabilities, who are otherwise qualified, to perform the primary functions. Disclaimer The preceding job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.