Software Test Engineer

Software Test Engineer
Job Locations

US-VA-Herndon | US-CO-Aurora

Requisition ID
2024-150723

Position Category
Information Technology

Clearance
Top Secret/SCI w/Poly
Responsibilities

Peraton is now hiring a Software Test Engineer in Herndon, VA to support
Intelligence Community and DoD customers as part of a talented,
high-performing team. As part of this team you will work with emerging service
and distributed computing technologies for satellite situational awareness
(SSA) data processing and distribution.

The EMMETT program, a next gen Space Domain Awareness (SDA) Indications
and Warning (I&W) system, establishes a repository of resident space
objects (RSOs), finds RSOs of interest, and provides data to ground
operators. The EMMETT team uses: programmatics, sensor modeling, and
system engineering expertise to deliver this world-class SDA I&W system.

What youll do:
Utilize experience in maintaining and enhancing test scripts and creating and
executing test procedures to support development, integration, regression
and user acceptance testing.
Design and write test plans and procedures, analyze test results and develop
and review code as necessary.
Document bugs in Jira and provide test reports.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:
Associates degree with 4 years of relevant experience; OR Bachelors
degree with 2 years of relevant experience. Additional Four (4) years
of experience may be considered in lieu of a Bachelors degree and 6 years
experience without a degree.
This position requires the candidate possess a minimum of Top Secret clearance
with ability to upgrade to TS/SCI and pass a polygraph within 30 days of
employment or at customers request- contract requires TS/SCI with poly. The
candidate must maintain the clearance.
Two (2) years experience with software testing
Two (2) years experience creating test plans/procedures
Two (2) years experience in an Agile software development environment
Desired Qualifications:
Experience supporting customer-facing test events or requirement sell-off
activities
Experience working in a Linux based environment
Experience working with an RDBMS (Postgres, MySQL, etc.)
Experience creating or maintaining automated software testing scripts/tools
(Selenium, Cypress, etc.)
Experience working with Jira, Jenkins, Gitlab, Ansible
Experience with Agile
Benefits:
Peraton offers enhanced benefits to employees working on this critical
National Security program, which include heavily subsidized employee
benefits coverage for you and your dependents, 25 days of PTO accrued
annually up to a generous PTO cap and eligible to participate in an attractive
bonus plan.

Peraton Overview

Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of
consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the
galaxy. As the worlds leading mission capability integrator and
transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly
differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies.
Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional
threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace.
The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and
supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees do
the cant be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our
customers. Visit peraton.com to learn how were keeping people around the
world

Target Salary Range

$80,000 – $128,000. This represents the typical salary range for this
position based on experience and other factors.

We are an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. We consider
applicants without regard to race, color, religion, age, national
origin, ancestry, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, gender
expression, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status,
disability, genetic informati n, citizenship status, or membership in
any other group protected by federal, state, or local law.