Quality Assurance Engineer

Quality Assurance Engineer (Job Number:326523)

Description:

The scope for the AF/A1 SOA Project includes requirement analysis, design, development, testing, fielding, sustainment and Tier 3 (developmental and operational) support for a library of web services to support the AF/A1 Human Resources (HR) Information Technology (IT) portfolio.

This is a contingent position pending award second quarter of 2013. The organization will consist of a wide range of professionals from various organizations working as a virtual team.

The web services will implement standards-based (AF, DoD, and Industry) security models, use standards-based (AF, DoD, and Industry) communication protocols and be registered in a domain registry, discoverable by enterprise users. Web services as mentioned herein referrers to SOAP/HTTPS web services and will include:

1. Data Web Services - Web services that expose approximately 2200 Military data elements and 1000 Civilian data elements from their respective data sources, primarily a database [key data sources in the AF Human Resource (HR) domain include the Military Personnel Data System (MilPDS) and the Defense Civilian Personnel Data System (DCPDS)], based on a pre-defined ontology,

2. Aggregation Web Services - Web services that provide more elaborate capability by calling 2 or more data web services (ie Career Brief/Single Unit Retrieval Format (SURF), Performance Evaluation web services, etc.),

3. Infrastructure Web Services - General utility type web services (ie logging, auditing, conversion web services, etc), and

4. Sustainment - resolve and deploy defects, minor changes/enhancements and inventory of the AF/A1 web services portfolio, provide Tier 3 Helpdesk support (on-call support) and provide Metadata Environment (MDE, ie Registry/Repository) entry & administration for all web services developed through this or external contracts.

Responsibilities:

- Design, development and execution of test plans and scripts for web services

- Execution of unit and integrated testing

- Identification and resolution tracking of product defects

- Support of analysis and issue resolution for any reported defects

Qualifications:
- Experience developing and executing test strategies for web services based on SOAP/HTTPS approach.

- Ability to apply intermediate level of subject matter knowledge to solve a variety of common business issues.

- Work on problems/projects of moderately complex scope.

- Exercises independent judgment within defined practices and procedures to determine appropriate action.

- Acts as an informed team member providing analysis of information

- Follows established guidelines and interprets policies.

- Evaluates unique circumstances and makes recommendations.

Desired Skills and Education

A Bachelors degree and up to 2 years of related experience.

Experience with Quality Center and its use in testing web services

SAIC Overview:

SAIC is a FORTUNE 500® scientific, engineering, and technology applications company that uses its deep domain knowledge to solve problems of vital importance to the nation and the world, in national security, energy and the environment, critical infrastructure, and health. The company's approximately 41,000 employees serve customers in the U.S. Department of Defense, the intelligence community, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, other U.S. Government civil agencies and selected commercial markets. Headquartered in McLean, Va., SAIC had annual revenues of $11.1 billion for its fiscal year ended January 31, 2011. For more information, visit www.saic.com. SAIC: From Science to Solutions®

Job Posting: May 13, 2013, 3:08:21 PM
Primary Location: United States-TX-SAN ANTONIO

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess: None
Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: Secret
Potential for Teleworking: Yes
Travel: None
Shift: Day Job
Schedule: Full-time