Areté is seeking to solve the nation's most complex security challenges by hiring a Software Systems Engineer to define, document, test, and validate complex software systems, ensuring optimal performance, reliability, and scalability.
Requirements
- Experience as a Scrum master, who can hold efficient daily stand-ups, maintain multiple Jira Boards, and can provide bi-weekly status reports to customers
- Create automated test scripts (in python) and integrate automated test suite as part of each pull request utilizing a software package called Squish (we will provide Squish training)
- Candidates will play an active role in troubleshooting software failures amongst a diverse team of engineers and technicians.
- Experience with the Agile process and can utilize Confluence and JIRA
- Familiarity with Squish/Jenkins/GIT (or a willingness to learn)
- Basic knowledge and experience with C++/Python
- Involvement with systems integration, test, and performance verification within the IC
Responsibilities
- Define, document, test, and validate complex software systems, ensuring optimal performance, reliability, and scalability.
- Create and maintain detailed software documentation to include, but not limited to, release notes, user guides, training material, and troubleshooting procedures
- Develop detailed test plans and procedures, ensuring they could be run by a novice user
- Responsible for identifying and updating data keys and training data sets
- Execute all phases and types (manual/automated) of testing: user story testing, end-to-end testing, regression testing of releases, and performance testing
- Create automated test scripts (in python) and integrate automated test suite as part of each pull request utilizing a software package called Squish (we will provide Squish training)
- Document findings, generate test reports, and present results to stakeholders.
Other
- MUST hold an active Top-Secret clearance and be eligible and willing to obtain an SCI clearance (which will include a polygraph)
- U.S. citizenship is required to meet position eligibility.
- Successful passage of a criminal background screen is required to meet position eligibility.
- Selected applicants will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.
- Successful passage of a Department of Transportation (DOT) drug test is required to meet position eligibility.
