Test Engineering Team Lead

Overview As a  Test Engineering  Team Lead , you will work with our growing DevSecOps practice as a team lead delivering quality assurance services to support application, cloud and data systems development. We are looking for candidates with 5-7 years experience with responsibility for leading a team of quality assurance and test automation profeesionals to drive projects in an Agile/DevSecOps environment. Contributions Serves as the technical delivery leader, accountable for completion of team delivery efforts including quality oversight and client acceptance  Fosters and promotes innovative thinking across the client environment  Builds and maintains client relationships, developing a strategic vision for clients and internal teams   Handles challenging client situations and offers technical and business guidance & direction to client executives   Manages staff and monitors performance and training needs to create skills expansion and career advancement opportunity  Understanding the needs of stakeholders and conveying this to developers   Meet with product design team to determine testing parameters  Write test plans, create test cases, test procedures, bug reports, final QA reports for products  Manage test data architecture definition and requests  Troubleshoot errors and streamline the test procedures  Testing and examining code written by others and analyzing results, including three or more of the following: Data validation testing Functional testing Performance and load testing  Usability testing  Accessibility (508) testing  Establishing automated testing tools and infrastructure for test automation  Provide validation testing of different system and data sets for cloud migrations  Develop automated testing scripts considering parallelization and idempotency  Automate and improve development, testing, deployment, and release processes   Ensuring that systems are safe and secure against cybersecurity threats  Working with software developers and software engineers to ensure that development follows established processes and works as intended  Document as-is state of the environment, perform a gap analysis, and produce artifacts that articulate options and recommendations   Leverage virtualization and containerization to optimize testing software systems  Work with teams to bring continuous improvement to DevSecOps processes and tools.  Engineer and implement solutions and provide recommendations for continuous improvement for the services provided  Present regular status updates and provide cross training to other DevOps team members.  Leads and manages team members  Assists in sales and technical strategy activities beyond their current program  Engineer and implement solutions and provide recommendations for continuous improvement for the services provided  Qualifications Ability to obtain a U.S. government Security Clearance  BS Degree in an IT field OR BS in a non-IT field and 2 years related IT experience  Proven experience of leading the deployment of enterprise and custom Software solutions in client environments  Demonstrated ability to influence and consult while providing thought leadership to sponsors/stakeholders in solving governance, program/project management, business process and/or technical problems  Proven experience growing and selling while delivering  5 Years of Experience with Git SCM providers such as GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket  5 Years of Experience with one or more programming or scripting languages  5 Years of application DevSecOps Experience with actual/active development experience in an Agile environment  Experience utilizing docker containers and utilizing platforms such as Kubernetes  5 Years of Experience implementing test automation, using tools such as Selenium, Appium, Soap UI, RestAssured, Postman  3 Years of Experience integrating test automation including performance, security, and functional tests into CI/CD Pipelines  3 Years of Experience with performance and load testing  Preferred:   MS Degree  Certifications:  CAST (Certified Associate in Software Testing)  International Software Testing Qualifications Board (ISTQB) Certification  Certified Manager of Software Testing (CMST)  DHS Trusted Tester Certification (TTv5)  Excellent written and verbal communication skills, interpersonal and collaborative skills  Experience with documenting an as-is state of the environment, perform a gap analysis, and produce artifacts that articulate options and recommendations preferred About steampunk Steampunk relies on several factors to determine salary, including but not limited to geographic location, contractual requirements, education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience. The projected compensation range for this position is $110,000 to $160,000.  The estimate displayed represents a typical annual salary range for this position. Annual salary is just one aspect of Steampunk’s total compensation package for employees. Learn more about additional Steampunk benefits here.  Identity Statement As part of the application process, you are expected to be on camera during interviews and assessments. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud. Steampunk is a  Change Agent  in the Federal contracting industry, bringing new thinking to clients in the Homeland, Federal Civilian, Health and DoD sectors.  Through our  Human-Centered delivery methodology , we are fundamentally changing the expectations our Federal clients have for true shared accountability in solving their toughest mission challenges.  If you want to learn more about our story, visit http://www.steampunk.com. We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or