This is a contract with a great organization. As a contractor for Smith Johnson, you are eligible for medical, dental, life, disability. Smith Johnson pays for 70% of your medical and dental and 100% of life and disability. The contract is also eligible for PTO/holiday accrued monthly. You are also eligible for a 3% retirement matching plan. Smith Johnson believes in taking care of our contractors.

Job Description:

The Software Development Engineer in Test 3 is an experienced-professional position that participates in developing and maintaining test software source code to support a solution. As a member of a development team, general work direction will be given, and the individual will be expected to solve complex technical issues and complete programming and quality assurance tasks. This position may play the role of an automation technical lead on test projects or solutions where complexity or scope is moderate.

We value early, mid and late-career candidates and encourage all applicants with the posted skills and abilities to apply.

Responsibilities:

• Help create or improve a centralized automated testing harness and testing framework to execute tests and provide automated quality reports
• Develop automated test code for software development projects
• Draft, revise and approve test plans and scripts to ensure alignment with standards and IT strategy
• Create test data with valid and invalid records to thoroughly test program logic and verify system flow
• Coordinate with users to plan user acceptance testing, alpha and beta testing
• Ensure that tests are successfully completed and documented, and problems are resolved using a Continuous Delivery model
• Provide estimates for QA tasks
• Participate in code reviews
• Mentor less senior Developers in Test, if assigned
• Contribute to the development of technical documentation
• Participate in our Defect Management process to identify and resolve issues
• Influence the design, testing, and measures required to protect solutions from security compromise or system failure
• Comply with policies, standards, and regulatory requirements and help ensure all other are doing the same
• Assesses risk and tests for robustness and functionality in a Continuous Delivery model

 Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in related field or equivalent professional work experience
• Four years of progressive relevant professional experience or significant internship
• Verifiable knowledge of the applicable technical systems and functions
• Ability to communicate clearly both orally and written
• Moderate ability to solve problems in a timely manner
• Intermediate skill in engineering/programming, analytical/diagnostic/troubleshooting, web technology, and programming methodology
• This job operates in a professional office environment
• To successfully perform the essential functions of the job there may be physical requirements which need to be met such as sitting for long periods of time and using computer monitors/equipment

Preferred: 

• Experience testing cloud-based applications in Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery in a service-oriented architecture
• Experience in testing systems for scalability, fault tolerance, load, and other operational areas for a data center-based service is beneficial