Quality Assurance Engineer - Lynker Corporation
Leesburg, VA
About the Job
Lynker Technologies on contract to NOAA's Office for Coastal Management (OCM) is looking for a Automation QA Engineer.
In This Position You Will
Work with our quality assurance team to write automation tests using latest technologies in the field
Perform manual and automation testing of functional, performance, security and regression tests against web and data based applications, establish testing goals, create test plans, identify critical test cases and writing automation test scripts based on design requirements and client usage
Work closely with an agile team of talented developers to design, develop, test, deploy, and support applications, following industry standards for software product development process using advanced web technologies such as React, Angular, Node.js, Middleman, Ruby, Python.
Participate in research, planning, and brainstorming with development and project management teams through each phase of product's Software Development Life Cycle
Participate as a technical team member to proactively plan the implementation of enterprise systems across a wide platform of technologies
Record, report, and develop workflows for tracking bugs and issues
Triage or prioritize issues as found throughout the development and production environments
Assist with configuration management tasks as necessary
Skills and Requirements of the Quality Assurance Engineer
Five-years of solid experience of writing end to end automation tests using frameworks such as Cypress or Selenium
Solid knowledge of JavaScript is must
Experience with manual testing, creating test plans and test cases
Good grasp of version-control systems like Git
Experience with bug tracking software (for example, Atlassian JIRA or GitHub)
Strong written and verbal skills
Ability to translate requirements into test cases
Nice to Have But Not Required
Experience leading a team of QA engineers while enforcing test coverage and solid QA practices on projects
Experience with functional, performance and regression test coverage using a browser automation frameworks using technologies such as
o Node.js
o Mocha
o Cucumber
o Protractor
o Nightwatch.js
o Capybara
o JMeter
Experience in working with or setting up continuous delivery and integration systems using tools like Github Actions, Bamboo or Jenkins
Working knowledge of containerization technologies such as Docker
Experience with automated 508 compliance testing
Experience with performance and stress testing frameworks
Knowledge of shell scripting (Linux, Windows)
Experience with general automation scripting using Ruby, Python or JavaScript
Open Source Contributions
We love stack overflow reputation
We love to hear about your side projects
We appreciate obsessive need to produce and maintain high quality documentation
View Examples of Recently Developed Applications
Historical Hurricane Tracks
https://coast.noaa.gov/hurricanes
Adapting Stormwater Management for Coastal Floods
https://coast.noaa.gov/stormwater-floods/
Coastal County Snapshots
https://coast.noaa.gov/snapshots/
Sea Level Rise Viewer
https://coast.noaa.gov/slr/
Coastal Flood Exposure Mapper
https://coast.noaa.gov/floodexposure/
About Lynker
Lynker is a growing, employee owned, small business, specializing in professional, scientific and technical services. Our continually expanding team combines scientific expertise with mature, results-driven processes and tools to achieve technically sound, cost effective solutions in hydrology/water sciences, geospatial analysis, information technology, resource management, conservation, and management and business process improvement.
We focus on putting the right people in the right place to be effective. And having the right people is critical for success. Our streamlined organization enables and empowers our talented professionals to tackle our customers' scientific and technical priorities creatively and effectively.
Lynker offers a team-oriented work environment, and the opportunity to work in a culture of exceptionally skilled and diverse professionals who embrace sound science and creative solutions. Lynker's benefits include the following:
- Comprehensive healthcare for the employee at no monthly cost
- Healthcare benefit covers medical, prescription drug, dental, and vision
- Personal Time Off (PTO) Policy plus paid holidays
- Highly competitive compensation plan regularly calibrated against industry and location benchmarks
- 401(k) retirement plan with company-matching
- Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) we're all company owners!
- Flexible spending accounts
- Employee assistance program (EAP)
- Short- and long-term disability insurance
- Life and accident insurance
- Tuition assistance/Training/Workforce improvement reimbursement per year
- Spot bonuses for exceptional performance
- Annual Employee Recognition Awards with bonuses
- Employee Referral Program
- Free centralized, self-directed Learning Management System to learn at your own pace
- Personalized career growth plans for every employee
Lynker is an E-Verify employer.
Lynker is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and encourages women, minorities, individuals with disabilities and veterans to apply.