Senior Manual Test Engineer (TS/SCI Poly)

About the role

Leidos is hiring a Senior Manual Test Engineer for its Intel Sector's Cyber & Analytics Business Area (CABA) in Annapolis Junction. The role sits on a fast-paced, mission-critical program within a test organization that also includes teams that automate regression tests and maintain a complex testing framework. The engineer performs component, integration and system-level testing, evaluates software changes and verifies defect corrective actions.

Key responsibilities

• Coordinate with engineers and customer test stakeholders to define testing priorities and test event schedules.
• Partner with System-Level Test Teams and Scrum Masters on test environment preparation, test procedure development and execution of informal and formal testing.
• Manage cross-team dependencies needed for program release testing events.
• Perform manual component, integration, system and end-to-end testing of software applications.
• Develop, write and execute system-level and integration-level test procedures and test reports.
• Evaluate software changes and verify defect corrective actions.
• Use basic system administration skills and work with physical equipment in a test lab.
• Develop test data, define acceptance criteria and create test methodologies for subsystem interfaces and modules.
• Plan, perform and oversee regression testing with a full suite of Operational Test Scenarios.
• Prepare for and run formal test milestones (Test Readiness Reviews, Test Results Reviews), coordinate customer witnessing and support customer test events.
• Contribute to test plans and procedures, support software configuration management of test artifacts, and work with Software Development, Systems Engineering, Integration, Deployment and Sustainment teams.

Required profile

• Clearance: TS/SCI with polygraph.
• Experience in formal test events (acceptance, user acceptance, final release, maintenance release tests) and in developing and running formal system tests.
• Experience working with physical equipment in a test lab, reporting test results verbally and in writing, and using elevated privileges to run manual tests.
• Experience documenting test results for corrective actions, reporting and audits, and testing from system and functional specifications.
• Strong leadership and communication skills.
• Education: BS with 18-20 years of experience, or Masters with 15-20 years, or Doctorate with 13-16 years of prior relevant experience.

Preferred qualifications

• Behavior Driven Development (BDD) and Test-Driven Development (TDD).
• Programming and scripting languages such as Java, shell and Python.
• Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) and key management experience.
• SAFe Agilist or DevOps certification.
• Agile development environment experience.

What we offer

• Paid time off and 11 paid holidays.
• 401K with a 6% company match and immediate vesting.
• Flexible schedules, discounted stock purchase plan, technical upskilling and education/training support.
• Parental paid leave.