Quality Assurance Engineer (Engineer Software 2) - 20279 - Huntington Ingalls Industries : Job Details

Company: HII's Mission Technologies division

Requisition Number: 20279

Required Travel: 0 - 10%

Employment Type: Full Time/Salaried/Exempt

Anticipated Salary Range: $65,593.00 - $93,704.00

Security Clearance: Secret

Level of Experience: Mid

This opportunity resides with Live, Virtual, Constructive Solutions, a business group within HII's Mission Technologies division. As a trusted partner to our military customers, we design, develop and operate systems that bring together service members from across the globe to help you train like you fight, because we understand that preparation requires full coordination-not readiness in piece parts.

Meet HII's Mission Technologies Division

Our team of more than 7,000 professionals worldwide delivers all-domain expertise and advanced technologies in service of mission partners across the globe. Mission Technologies is leading the next evolution of national defense - the data evolution - by accelerating a breadth of national security solutions for government and commercial customers. Our capabilities range from C5ISR, AI and Big Data, cyber operations and synthetic training environments to fleet sustainment, environmental remediation and the largest family of unmanned underwater vehicles in every class. Find the role that's right for you. Apply today. We look forward to meeting you.

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Job Description

The Joint Staff is responsible for training military forces to respond to crises around the globe. From armed conflict to providing humanitarian support after natural disasters, this force relies on joint training across all military branches, Combatant Commands, and Components to be ready to respond at a moment's notice.

Globally integrated training technologies help prepare senior leaders to make decisions in complex environments, strategically integrate operations and resources globally, and develop a force capable of competing and winning against any adversary or triumph in any disaster.

Huntington Ingalls Industries supports the Joint Staff in building the technical capabilities that this force relies on. We develop exercise planning, data, and simulation systems that mimic real life environments and weapons systems. These simulation environments are integrated with live tactical capabilities so warfighters can train using the exact same systems they use in the fight. Our current efforts unify these capabilities seamlessly with our modern web architecture and provide a model for ensuring long-term evolution to keep pace with the constantly evolving technical landscape. Our efforts in the areas of containerized and scalable solutions, continuous delivery pipelines, modernized data integration, and next generation simulation solutions ensures that what we deliver satisfies the needs of our customer today, tomorrow, and well into the future.

We are seeking a skilled Software Engineer with a focus on Quality Assurance (QA) to join our dynamic engineering team. As a Software Engineer, you should have demonstrated ability to learn new and complex technologies, have a drive to contribute new ideas for future development, and be passionate about writing reliable, efficient, and maintainable code.

This role will be instrumental in ensuring the quality and reliability of our software products through rigorous testing and automated test creation. The ideal candidate will possess strong software development skills, experience with automated UI testing frameworks, and a deep understanding of unit testing and regression testing processes. We are looking for a passionate and talented engineer to be a part of a fast-paced, rapidly growing, user-driven development team that is focused on architecting, developing, and maintaining these solutions.

This position will have a hybrid work schedule and may require working onsite periodically in Suffolk, VA at the Joint Staff Complex.

Essential Job Responsibilities

* Strong logical thinking skills and development fundamentals including object-oriented design, data structures, algorithm design, and complexity analysis

* Proficiency, in at least, one modern programming language such as Java, JavaScript, Python, or C++

* Knowledge of best practices for the full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control, build processes, testing, and operations

* A fast learner with the ability to adapt quickly in a fast-paced, team oriented, environment.

Additional Responsibilities and Experience

* Final Peer Review's: Responsible for conducting final Peer Review's for code changes, ensuring thorough testing and validation before integration, recording and creating automated UI tests during the final PR process to evaluate and implement suitable testing tools to build/maintain a comprehensive regression suite, and monitoring and updating existing macro tests; creating new tests as necessary.

* Unit Testing: Responsible for verifying that unit tests are present and properly integrated into the regression suite, and enforcing the requirement for unit tests on new code modifications; collaborating with developers to ensure coverage.

* Release Management: Responsible for assessing whether the changes are ready for release or should be included in a broader release build, managing the pipeline transition to include triggering CSB scans and running automated regression tests, and to reviewing and analyze test and scan reports ensuring all issues are documented and addressed.

* Issue Investigation and Resolution: Responsible for analyzing test failures and reporting issues, drafting new bugs and discussions for action with development team, and using software development background to troubleshoot and diagnose deployment issues or service failures; manually testing and investigating as needed.

* Continuous Improvement: Responsible for conducting regression test audits to identify and remove redundant or duplicative tests, and remaining up-to-date with latest technology and best practices; recommending improvement to the testing process

Minimum Qualifications

2 years' relevant experience with Bachelors in related field; 0 years' experience with Masters in related field; or High School Diploma or equivalent and 6 years' relevant experience

Education requirements may be adjusted for applicable work experience. Work experience may be adjusted for highly specialized knowledge or uniquely application experience.

Preferred Requirements

* Proven experience in a software engineering role with a focus on quality assurance and automated testing.

* Hands-on experience with automated frontend (UI) and backend testing tools.

* Strong understanding of software development life cycle and QA methodologies.

* Ability to analyze and resolve complex issues in a development and testing environment.

* Experience with CI/CD pipelines and version control systems.

* Excellent communication skills, with the ability to work collaboratively across teams.

* Experience with development in a Linux Environment

* Familiarity with git or any Atlassian collaboration tools

Physical Requirements

Adequate visual acuity and manual dexterity for meeting the requirements Software Engineer family.

HII is more than a job - it's an opportunity to build a new future. We offer competitive benefits such as best-in-class medical, dental and vision plan choices; wellness resources; employee assistance programs; Savings Plan Options (401(k)); financial planning tools, life insurance; employee discounts; paid holidays and paid time off; tuition reimbursement; as well as early childhood and post-secondary education scholarships. Bonus/other non-recurrent compensation is occasionally offered for qualified positions, and if applicable to this role will be addressed by the recruiter at the screening phase of application.

Why HII

We build the world's most powerful, survivable naval ships and defense technology solutions that safeguard our seas, sky, land, space and cyber. Our diverse workforce includes skilled tradespeople; artificial intelligence, machine learning (AI/ML) experts; engineers; technologists; scientists; logistics experts; and business administration professionals.

Recognized as one of America's top large company employers, we are a values and ethics driven organization that puts people's safety and well-being first. Regardless of your role or where you serve, at HII, you'll find a supportive and welcoming environment, competitive benefits, and valuable educational and training programs for continual career growth at every stage of your career.

Together we are working to ensure a future where everyone can be free and thrive.

Today's challenges are bigger than ever, and the nation needs the best of us. It's why we're focused on hiring, developing and nurturing our diversity. We believe that diversity among our workforce strengthens the organization, stimulates creativity, promotes the exchange of ideas and enriches the work lives of all our employees.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, physical or mental disability, age, or veteran status or any other basis protected by federal, state, or local law.

Do You Need Assistance?

If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please send an e-mail to [email protected] and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Reasonable accommodations are considered on a case-by-case basis. Please note that only those inquiries concerning a request for reasonable accommodation will be responded to from this email address. Additionally, you may also call 1-844-###-#### for assistance. Press #3 for HII Mission Technologies.