SQAFYI - Software QA Resource - FYI

US-VA-Mclean: Software Test Engineer

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Date: 02-Feb-2016

Software Test Engineer

1) Develop test plans, procedures, installation scripts, and tools for testing of software and any new hardware 2) Perform software integration and testing on AWIPS test beds (Alpha functionality weather application testing) 3) Perform Discrepancy Reports (DRs) validation testing and regression testing, as necessary 4) Maintain system acceptance test procedures as new capabilities/enhancements are added to the software baseline 5) Provide daily testing status to AWIPS Test Team Lead as part of the daily test coordination meeting 6) Maintain test configuration logs and draft baseline documentation changes, as required 7) Provide science-related inputs for weather applications to the Release Notes for each software release 8) Support evolution of testing strategy as AWIPS architecture changes 9) Assist in evaluating requests for testing of new weather capabilities/enhancements and product improvements 10) Help train new meteorologist/testers on executing test cases and learning the AWIPS software/hardware baseline 11) Develop Training materials and conduct Training courses (Train the Trainer), as required

Basic Qualifications:

* Bachelors in Science in Meteorology, Atmospheric Science, or related field

* Minimum of 7 years of experience in testing weather-related software

* Minimum of 5 years of work experience in operational weather services or supporting the National Weather Service (NWS)* Must have strong, hands-on experience with UNIX and/or Linux operating system

* Must have strong understanding of program and system/software development life cycle models

* Experience in testing weather applications to include developing and implementing test plans, test procedures, and test reports

* Experience in formal software testing of mission critical systems

* Ability to multi-task competing priorities

* Strong written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills

* Demonstrated ability to communicate with different levels of employees (managers, supervisors and team members)* Possess strong work ethic

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Team SQAFYI - Software QA Resource FYI
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US-VA-Mclean: Software Test Engineer