Job Title: Test Engineer
Posted by: Sierra7 on Jul 08, 2025
Location:
McLean , VAJob Description:
Sierra7, Inc. is seeking a Test Engineer to join our team and work with the Veterans Health Information Systems and Technology Architecture Blood Establishment Computer Software (VBECS) team for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). In this position, the Test Engineer would work with the team and be responsible for communications and leadership of the VBECS testing team to support the VBECS Product and ensure best practices, standards, and regulations are adhered to. This includes source control and traceability, build management, as well as deployment and release procedures. Additionally, the Test Engineer will attend Change Management Committee meetings to review tasks in Azure DevOPS and document any action items and notes from stakeholders.
Position Responsibilities:
• Assist in capturing testing requirements and success criteria for VBECS Product
• Attend all VA meetings to capture testing priorities and provide inputs when required
• Work with internal and external stakeholders to determine development and testing needs
• Coordinate with VA leadership, developers, and analysts to provide insight into business rules of the applications
• Support all project test activities in a test-driven development UAT cloud environment.
• Review, define and write acceptance criteria for user stories ensuring each are testable. Link test cases in the supplied tool suite with user stories and test results
• Work with developers and web designers to create test scenarios and test data
• Translate user requirements, into simplified, well-organized user stories accompanied by clearly defined acceptance criteria
• Document testing activities and all testing activities using best practices to maintain traceability using Jira
• Analyze areas for process improvement and identify technical solutions
Requirements:
• Demonstrated success as a Test Engineer
• Comfortability working with a team to formulate solutions to complex problems
• Experience working with customers, users and project leads in analyzing, designing, implementing and supporting IT business applications and systems
• Experience with regression testing and in writing test plans and test procedures and managing the defect database
• Experience with configuring necessary hardware and operating environments as needed to complete testing
• Comprehensive technical expertise on IT products, operating systems, software, hardware, systems and networks and specialized environments.
• Agile software development lifecycle (experience building and managing user stories based on business, functional and technical requirements)
• Familiarity with SQA especially within the VA or federal government environment
• Understanding of Java and SQL
• Experience with cloud systems (Azure)
Education & Experience:
• Bachelor's degree in Operations Research, Mathematics, Computer Science, Cost Accounting, Business or related technical discipline (8 years of additional relevant experience may be substituted for education)
• Minimum of 6 years of relevant experience
• Experience working in VA or other Government agency [desired]
• Ability to obtain a Government public trust clearance.
• Bachelor's degree in Operations Research, Mathematics, Computer Science, Cost Accounting, Business or related technical discipline (8 years of additional relevant experience may be substituted for education)
Why Join Sierra7?
Sierra7 is a Small Disabled Veteran Owned Business. We were founded in 2009 with the mission of "serving those who serve". We are a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) and CMMI-SVC Level 3-appraised member of the government technology and services industry. We are also a proud member of the International Association of Accessibility Professionals (IAAP) and a recipient of the 2024 Gold HIRE Vets Medallion Award from the US Department of Labor, which recognizes employers who successfully recruit, hire, and retain Veterans.
Benefits: Medical/Dental/Vision FSA (Flexible Spending Account) HSA (Health Savings Account) Life Insurance, Voluntary Life Insurance, Voluntary Short- and Long-Term Disability Additional Supplemental Medical Benefits Critical Care, Hospital Indemnity, Legal Plan, Pet Insurance, Accident 401K Legal Assistance Financial Wellness Paid Time Off (PTO) Federal Holidays Education Reimbursement LinkedIn Learning Employee Referral Program
Position Responsibilities:
• Assist in capturing testing requirements and success criteria for VBECS Product
• Attend all VA meetings to capture testing priorities and provide inputs when required
• Work with internal and external stakeholders to determine development and testing needs
• Coordinate with VA leadership, developers, and analysts to provide insight into business rules of the applications
• Support all project test activities in a test-driven development UAT cloud environment.
• Review, define and write acceptance criteria for user stories ensuring each are testable. Link test cases in the supplied tool suite with user stories and test results
• Work with developers and web designers to create test scenarios and test data
• Translate user requirements, into simplified, well-organized user stories accompanied by clearly defined acceptance criteria
• Document testing activities and all testing activities using best practices to maintain traceability using Jira
• Analyze areas for process improvement and identify technical solutions
Requirements:
• Demonstrated success as a Test Engineer
• Comfortability working with a team to formulate solutions to complex problems
• Experience working with customers, users and project leads in analyzing, designing, implementing and supporting IT business applications and systems
• Experience with regression testing and in writing test plans and test procedures and managing the defect database
• Experience with configuring necessary hardware and operating environments as needed to complete testing
• Comprehensive technical expertise on IT products, operating systems, software, hardware, systems and networks and specialized environments.
• Agile software development lifecycle (experience building and managing user stories based on business, functional and technical requirements)
• Familiarity with SQA especially within the VA or federal government environment
• Understanding of Java and SQL
• Experience with cloud systems (Azure)
Education & Experience:
• Bachelor's degree in Operations Research, Mathematics, Computer Science, Cost Accounting, Business or related technical discipline (8 years of additional relevant experience may be substituted for education)
• Minimum of 6 years of relevant experience
• Experience working in VA or other Government agency [desired]
• Ability to obtain a Government public trust clearance.
• Bachelor's degree in Operations Research, Mathematics, Computer Science, Cost Accounting, Business or related technical discipline (8 years of additional relevant experience may be substituted for education)
Why Join Sierra7?
Sierra7 is a Small Disabled Veteran Owned Business. We were founded in 2009 with the mission of "serving those who serve". We are a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) and CMMI-SVC Level 3-appraised member of the government technology and services industry. We are also a proud member of the International Association of Accessibility Professionals (IAAP) and a recipient of the 2024 Gold HIRE Vets Medallion Award from the US Department of Labor, which recognizes employers who successfully recruit, hire, and retain Veterans.
Benefits: Medical/Dental/Vision FSA (Flexible Spending Account) HSA (Health Savings Account) Life Insurance, Voluntary Life Insurance, Voluntary Short- and Long-Term Disability Additional Supplemental Medical Benefits Critical Care, Hospital Indemnity, Legal Plan, Pet Insurance, Accident 401K Legal Assistance Financial Wellness Paid Time Off (PTO) Federal Holidays Education Reimbursement LinkedIn Learning Employee Referral Program
Pay Rate:
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About Sierra7
Sierra7, Inc. is a leading solutions provider in Management Consulting and Information Technology services. As a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) and CMMI-SVC Level 3-appraised member of the government technology and services industry, Sierra7 holds critical federal government prime contracts, including T4NG, VHA-IHT, GSA VETS 2, NIH CIO-SP3, NASA SEWP V, VA TeleCare Companion, and several GSA schedules. Sierra7 is certified in ISO 9001-2015, ISO/IEC 2000-1:2018, and ISO/IEC 270001:2013. In 2023, Sierra7 ranked No. 459 on the Inc. 5000 list of the fastest-growing private companies in America and was recognized as a Vet100 honoree.
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