Junior Software Automation Tester - DCS Corp

Do you want to join a small team of developers, in an environment where your contributions and opinions matter and can yield measurable change?  Join a company that cares and invests in your success?

At DCS Corporation, we work closely with the touch points of the software development life cycle: developers, testers, Subject Matter Experts and end-users.

We create critical solutions for real world problems in a fast-paced Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) development environment embracing innovation through collaboration with opportunities to work on full stack development.

There are also opportunities to collaborate across DCS with other development groups on smaller focused projects.

DCS Corporation is a 100% employee-owned company, as such we all share in the growth and successes of DCS. As an Employee-Owner, you will have a strong partnership with the management team and be empowered to take control of your future and flourish in your career. DCS Corporation is fully committed to employee growth, offers a competitive benefits package, and our teams work a 9/80 work schedule, with every other Friday off.

Essential Job Functions:

With a strong focus on regression test automation, test various software components to ensure they meet business and system requirements, effectively communicating, documenting, and tracking system-related issues until resolution so that our customers’ mission needs are met.

Build and configure test environments.

Test Automation Development: Design, develop, and maintain automated test scripts using Robot Framework for functional, regression, and performance testing. Perform automated nightly testing on product builds.

Test Planning and Execution: Create detailed test plans, test cases, and test scenarios based on functional and non-functional requirements. Execute automated test cases, analyze results and take corrective action.

Collaboration: Participate as an integral member of a SAFe agile software development team, promoting quality throughout the entire software development lifecycle via automated and manual tests.

Defect Tracking and Reporting: Identify, document, and track defects. Collaborate with development teams to troubleshoot and resolve issues. Provide insights and recommendations based on test results.

Required Skills:

Due to the sensitivity of customer related requirements, U.S. Citizenship is required.

Minimum of a High School diploma plus 10 years of related experience, Associate's degree in related field plus 4 years of experience, or a Bachelor’s degree in related field plus 2 years of experience.

Able to obtain DoD Secret Security Clearance.

Strong critical thinking, problem-solving skills.

Strong written and oral communication skills.

Understanding of the software development processes.

Proficiency with open-source automation tools, such as Robot Framework, Playwright, Appium, Cypress, Selenium, or other appropriate test automation frameworks.

Proficiency writing and maintaining automation code, libraries, and frameworks in Python and/or JavaScript.

Experience with source control and defect tracking software tools.

Desired Skills:

Hands-on experience with test automation using Robot Framework.

Experience with the SAFe Agile Framework.

Experience with using Azure DevOps.

Experience implementing automated testing and integration into Azure DevOps pipelines.

Experience with a virtualization technology, creating and using windows based virtual machines.

Knowledge and understanding of mission planning needs of military aviators.