NESD Test Engineer | Active Secret clearance

<p style="text-align:left"><b><u>Type of Requisition:</u></b></p>Regular<p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:left"><u><b>Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:</b></u></p>Secret<p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:left"><u><span><span><span><span><span><b>Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:</b></span></span></span></span></span></u></p>Secret<p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:left"><b><u>Public Trust/Other Required:</u></b></p>None<p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:left"><u><b>Job Family:</b></u></p>Professional Engineering<p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:left"><b><u>Job Qualifications:</u></b></p><p style="text-align:left"><b>Skills:</b></p>QA Automation, Software Test Engineering, Software Test Planning, Test Engineering<p style="text-align:left"><b>Certifications:</b></p>None<p style="text-align:left"><b>Experience:</b></p>8 + years of related experience<p style="text-align:left"><b>US Citizenship Required:</b></p>Yes<p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:left"><u><b>Job Description:</b></u></p><p>Transform technology into opportunity as a <b>Test Engineer</b> at GDIT. Shape what’s next for mission-critical government projects while shaping what’s next for your engineering career.<br> </p><p><b>MEANINGFUL WORK AND PERSONAL IMPACT</b></p><ul><li><p>As a <b>Test Engineer</b>, the work you’ll do at GDIT will be impactful to the mission of the Navy Enterprise Service Desk team.</p></li><li><p>Provide Software Test and Evaluation Capability - plan, prepare, and perform testing, evaluation, verification, and validation of software to evaluate results against specifications, requirements, and operational need.</p></li><li><p>Team lead role, responsible for providing guidance and leadership to test team members. (Not a people manager)</p></li><li><p>Lead QA efforts for BMC Helix, ensuring automated ticketing, anomaly detection, and incident lifecycle management function properly. </p></li><li><p>Developing and maintaining comprehensive test plans and test cases to ensure that software meets specifications, requirements, and operational needs</p></li><li><p>Conducting unit testing, integration testing, system testing, and acceptance testing to identify and report defects and discrepancies</p></li><li><p>Prepare and deliver reports and advance analysis related to past performance and future efforts</p></li><li><p>Verifying that software meets functional and non-functional requirements, including security, usability, and accessibility</p></li><li><p>Validating that software meets operational needs and user expectations, including conducting user acceptance testing and feedback sessions</p></li><li><p>Identifying and reporting defects and discrepancies, and collaborating with development teams to resolve issues and implement fixes</p></li><li><p>Developing and maintaining test environments, including test data, test scripts, and test tools. Ensuring methodology and procedures meet company and industry standards</p></li><li><p>Conducting testing and evaluation of software in various environments, including development, staging, and production</p></li><li><p>Conducting testing and evaluation of capabilities against various hardware, operating systems, software versions, and environments</p></li><li><p>Collaborating with stakeholders to develop and refine testing and evaluation strategies, including identifying and prioritizing testing objectives and scope</p></li><li><p>Providing testing and evaluation results and recommendations to stakeholders, including developers, project managers, and operational users</p></li></ul><p></p><p><b>WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO SUCCEED</b></p><p>Bring your test engineering expertise along with a drive for innovation to GDIT. Our <b>Test Engineer</b> must have:</p><ul><li><p><b>Clearance Requirement: </b>Active Secret clearance required.</p></li><li><p><b>Experience:</b> 8+ years of Test Engineering experience</p></li><li><p>Validation of workflows within BMC Helix or closely related enterprise service management platforms. </p></li><li><p>Establishing QA frameworks to consistently evaluate unstructured, dynamic AI outputs for accuracy and safety. </p></li><li><p>Design and execution of test plans for Agentic AI, focusing on multi-orchestration, intent recognition, and decision trees. </p></li><li><p>Testing automation frameworks capable of evaluating APIs, microservices and web interfaces. </p></li><li><p><b>Education:</b> Bachelor’s Degree in technical discipline.</p></li><li><p><b>Work Location:</b> Remote</p></li><li><p><b>US Citizenship Required</b></p></li></ul><p></p><p><b>GDIT IS YOUR PLACE</b><br>At GDIT, the mission is our purpose, and our people are at the center of everything we do.</p><ul><li><p><b>Growth:</b> AI-powered career tool that identifies career steps and learning opportunities</p></li><li><p><b>Support:</b> An internal mobility team focused on helping you achieve your career goals</p></li><li><p><b>Rewards:</b> Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages, 401K with company match, and competitive pay and paid time off</p></li><li><p><b>Flexibility:</b> Full-flex work week to own your priorities at work and at home <b>Community:</b> Award-winning culture of innovation and a military-friendly workplace</p></li></ul><p></p><p><b>OWN YOUR OPPORTUNITY</b><br>Explore a career in software development at GDIT and you’ll find endless opportunities to grow alongside colleagues who share your dedication to advancing innovation.</p><p></p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p>The likely salary range for this position is $97,968 - $129,950. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.<p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:left"><u><b>Scheduled Weekly Hours:</b></u></p>40<p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:left"><b><u>Travel Required:</u></b></p>None<p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:left"><b><u><span><span>T</span>elecommuting Options:</span></u></b></p>Remote<p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:left"><u><b>Work Location:</b></u></p>Any Location / Remote<p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:left"><u><b>Additional Work Locations:</b></u></p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:left"><b><u>Total Rewards at GDIT:</u></b></p>Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. GDIT typically provides new employees with 15 days of paid leave per calendar year to be used for vacations, personal business, and illness and an additional 10 paid holidays per year. Paid leave and paid holidays are prorated based on the employee’s date of hire. The GDIT Paid Family Leave program provides a total of up to 160 hours of paid leave in a rolling 12 month period for eligible employees. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available. We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.<p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p>We are GDIT. A global technology and professional services company that delivers consulting, technology and mission services to every major agency across the U.S. government, defense and intelligence community. Our 26,000 experts extract the power of technology to create immediate value and deliver solutions at the edge of innovation. We operate across 50 countries worldwide, offering leading capabilities in digital modernization, AI/ML, Cloud, Cyber and application development. Together with our clients, we strive to create a safer, smarter world by harnessing the power of deep expertise and advanced technology.<p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p>Join our Talent Community to stay up to date on our career opportunities and events at<p><a href="https://www.gdit.com/tc" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">gdit.com/tc</a>.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p>Equal Opportunity Employer / Individuals with Disabilities / Protected Veterans

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