Description

The DarkStar Group is seeking a Software Quality Assurance Specialist with a TS/SCI Poly clearance (applicable to this customer) to join one of our top projects in Chantilly, VA. Below is an overview of the project, as well as information on our company, our benefits, and our $25,000 referral program.

THE PROGRAM

The DarkStar Group is a member of 100% of the winning teams for the largest technology program in the Intel Community. We've been supporting this customer on many different sub-projects of this program since our founding in 2013. We've grown on this effort by providing the customer with Engineers who have done exceptional work, and we've retained our staff by paying very strong salaries, and working hard to ensure each Engineer is doing work that aligns with their career interest.

THE PROJECT

The Sponsor requires support to design, build and deploy a bi-directional AWS API Gateway capable of sending and pulling data from various source systems over a secure network. The Contractor will work closely with over forty interface partners, across different organizations and agencies, in defining
interface requirements, building a to-be architecture, performing comprehensive system testing and
ultimately deploying an integrated internal and external facing API Gateway across two different
agencies on the same classification network. This project is part of an overall Sponsor effort to migrate
portions or all of payroll systems to a new-shared service provider. Priorities will be managed by the
designated Government Technical Manager (GTM).

THE ROLE

• The Contractor shall review and analyze documentation to create detailed test plans, procedures, and Requirements Verification Traceability Matrixes (RVTM) to support testing activities.
• The Contractor shall test the consumption of external APIs or data as it passes through the gateway.
• The Contractor shall work collaboratively with partners to plan, coordinate and conduct test activities.
• The Contractor shall investigate and create discrepancy reports.
• The Contractor shall perform thorough system, interface, user acceptance and regression testing.

Required Skills

• Demonstrated experience analyzing technical documents and preparing test strategies.
• Demonstrated experience reviewing and analyzing requirements documentation.
• Demonstrated experience writing test plans, procedures, scenarios, and RVTMs.
• Demonstrated experience conducting manual or automated testing of complex systems.
• Demonstrated experience comprehensively documenting test findings.
• Demonstrated experience with system, interface, user acceptance, and regression testing.
• Demonstrated experience with functional and regression testing

Desired Skills (Optional)

• Demonstrated experience writing automated tests using a programming language, such as Java, JavaScript, or Python
• Demonstrated experience with continuous integration and continuous delivery

About The DarkStar Group

Our Company

The DarkStar Group is a small business that solves BIG problems. We're one of the Inc. 5000 fastest-growing private companies in the US, and our engineers and scientists support the most critical national security missions in Virginia, Maryland, and elsewhere. Data Science, Software Engineering, Cloud/AWS Infrastructure, and Cyber/CNO are our core areas of expertise. We offer interesting and important work, job security, some of the best and most flexible benefits you'll find in the IC, and salaries so strong that they'll likely surprise you. 

Our Benefits

The DarkStar Group offers exceptional compensation and benefits:

• very strong salaries;
• 100% company-paid medical, dental, and vision premiums for you and all dependents;
• the ability to get increased salary if you don't need medical/dental/vision;
• 100% company-paid disability and life insurance benefits;
• a generously-funded HSA;
• an 8% 401(k) contribution; 
• 31 days of PTO/holidays to start (more with tenure);
• the ability to flex time across pay periods without using your PTO;
• a generous training budget;
• $25,000 employee referral bonuses;
• business development / growth incentives; and
• top notch company swag.

** We have a huge growth opportunity, so we are offering up to a $25,000 reward for anyone new you refer whom we hire. **
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.