Currently the team is working remotely, however there could be meetings and or training in which staff will be required to be onsite. Candidates willing to relocate within in first 60 days are ok to submit.

Candidates must be a U.S. Citizen and able to pass Limited Background Investigation.

Ariel Partners is seeking a Test Engineer to work in our Stafford, VA office.

Automated Tester provides hands-on test development and execution experience implementing automated testing and integration into Azure DevOps pipelines. This Automated Tester is primarily responsible for designing, expanding, improving, and maintaining our test automation framework. This Automated Tester should be self-starting and proactive; they are expected to serve as a trusted resource on the business logic in place as well as our system architecture.

Required Skills:

• Experience providing technical leadership – understands overall architecture, understands software engineering and testing best practices
• Strong Test Engineer background – tools, practices, risk mitigation
• Experience with test suite development and maintenance
• Experience with scripting language such as Python, JavaScript, Ruby, etc.
• Strong experience with automated testing tools/frameworks/languages such as Selenium, UFT, Robot, Test Complete, Cucumber, NUnit, JMeter, etc.
• Experience writing automated tests for web front ends, web services, APIs, and databases
• Experience with manual testing
• Experience with integration testing
• Experience cross-browser/cross-platform testing
• Experience working as part of an agile team using SAFe, Scrum, XP and/or Kanban
• Generation and maintenance of controlled test datasets and scenarios
• Desire to work in a collaborative environment
• Quality and Detail-orientated
• Team player who works well with customers and colleagues at all levels.

Desired Skills:

• Experience working with Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipelines
• Security testing experience a plus
• Performance testing experience a plus
• Self-motivated, quick learner with strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Familiarity with SPA web applications such as Angular, React, or Blazor
• Experience with Cloud-native web-based applications hosted in Azure or AWS

They are expected to work collaboratively, with minimal supervision, on teams including DevOps Engineers and Developers to ensure our application meets users’ needs, as well as business requirements and scalability characteristics. Each team member is expected to be cross-functional and take collective ownership to ensure deliverables are met and superb quality is achieved.

This team provides agile software development and maintenance for CODIS, a mission-critical application for the FBI. CODIS is a client server application developed using Microsoft .NET that supports a database repository of DNA profiles from individuals, unsolved crime scene evidence, and missing persons. CODIS software allows local, state, and national laboratories to compare DNA profiles electronically, thereby linking serial crimes to each other and identifying suspects by matching DNA profiles from crime scenes to individuals’ profiles. Additionally, the CODIS software is used to assist with the identification of unidentified human remains, missing persons and disaster victims.

Candidate will join a team of engineers, scientists, and domain experts taking this long-standing, successful project to the next level by implementing new features, improving automation, and incorporating DevOps and Agile practices. Candidate will be working closely with the product owner, business analysts, build master, automated test engineers, system administrators, and other team members. 

At Ariel Partners, we solve the most difficult problems that inhibit technology from enabling our customers to achieve their goals. Our vision is to be recognized by our stakeholders as an elite provider of IT solutions, so when they have their biggest challenges we’re on their short list. We’re looking for team members who share our values of: Integrity to do the right thing even when it hurts; Commitment to the long term success and happiness of our customers, our people, and our partners; Courage to take on difficult challenges, accept new ideas, and accept incremental failure; and the constant pursuit of Excellence. 
Ariel Partners is an Equal Opportunity Employer in accordance with federal, state, and local laws.