Software Quality Assurance Specialist/Applications Tester

J5 Consulting is a Maryland based company established in 2006 to provide computing and consulting services for government and commercial entities. Our services improve Information System networking performance and compliance and protect electronic assets from loss and compromise. We welcome your application to receive consideration for the following position.

This position is available immediately.

Job Overview:

The Customer requires support to design, build and deploy a bi-directional AWS API Gateway capable of sending and pulling data from various source systems over a secure network. The Contractor will work closely with over forty interface partners, across different organizations and agencies, in defining interface requirements, building a to-be architecture, performing comprehensive system testing and ultimately deploying an integrated internal and external facing API Gateway across two different agencies on the same classification network. This project is part of an overall Customer effort to migrate portions or all of payroll systems to a new-shared service provider. Priorities will be managed by the designated Government Technical Manager (GTM).

For the following roles, this position will:Software Engineering

Plan, design and develop a cloud-based AWS API Gateway capable of moving data from multiple source systems to a shared service provider.

Work with Customer’s engineering team to identify and implement a cloud-based solution for the API gateway.

Use APIs to design Representational State Transfer (REST) services and integrate them with existing data providers, using JSON, XML or other software.

Design, develop, and implement scalable, elastic micro services based platforms.

Dissect existing Java applications.

Develop micro services for specific system functionality.

Provide technical guidance to less senior developers.

Develop detailed program specifications, design, and interface control documents.

Design, develop and brief technical strategies.

Provide technical guidance and coordination across multiple development teams to meet project objectives.

Software Quality Assurance with Application Testing

Review and analyze documentation to create detailed test plans, procedures, and Requirements Verification Traceability Matrixes (RVTM) to support testing activities.

Test the consumption of external APIs or data as it passes through the gateway.

Work collaboratively with partners to plan, coordinate and conduct test activities.

Investigate and create discrepancy reports.

Perform thorough system, interface, user acceptance and regression testing.

Required skills and demonstrated experience:The Contractor shall have the following required skills, certifications and demonstrated experience:

Software Engineering

Demonstrated experience using Java, Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE), Spring Boot, Representational State Transfer (REST), JavaScript Object Notation (JSON), Micro Services, and RabbitMQ.

Demonstrated experience with micro services architecture.

Demonstrated experience with databases, including knowledge of SQL and NoSQL.

Demonstrated experience dissecting existing Java Applications.

Demonstrated experience developing micro services for system functionality.

Demonstrated experience with Angular and React front-end development frameworks.

Demonstrated experience building and designing web services in the cloud.

Demonstrated experience troubleshooting on Java or J2EE technologies.

Demonstrated experience using Java, Spring Framework, and GitHub.Software Quality Assurance with Application Testing

Demonstrated experience analyzing technical documents and preparing test strategies.

Demonstrated experience reviewing and analyzing requirements documentation.

Demonstrated experience writing test plans, procedures, scenarios, and RVTMs.

Demonstrated experience conducting manual or automated testing of complex systems.

Demonstrated experience comprehensively documenting test findings.

Demonstrated experience with system, interface, user acceptance, and regression testing.

Demonstrated experience with functional and regression testing

Highly desired skills and demonstrated experience:

Software Quality Assurance with Application Testing

Demonstrated experience writing automated tests using a programming language, such as Java, JavaScript, or Python

Demonstrated experience with continuous integration and continuous deliverySoftware Engineering

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Engineering

Certification as an AWS Solutions Architect or other cloud related certifications

US Citizenship:

This position requires US Citizenship. Verification of US Citizenship to meet federal government security requirements will be confirmed.

Security Clearance:

The successful candidate must have an active U.S. Government Top Secret Security Clearance with a Full Scope Polygraph.

Clearance Verification: This position requires successful verification of the stated security clearance to meet federal government customer requirements. You will be asked to provide clearance verification information prior to an offer of employment.

Travel:

This position is expected to be onsite. The position will be located within the Washington Metropolitan Area (WMA).

Local travel/POV will be on an as needed basis, within the local place of performance.

J5 Consulting offers excellent benefits and compensation packages. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to providing fair and equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, veteran or military status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws.