Test Engineer - Remote at Sierra7 in Hines, Illinois

Job Description:

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 recently received the DAV (Disabled American Veteran) award. Also, Sierra7 is ranked No. 457 out of 5,000 fastest growing private companies in America by Inc. Apply today and help us with our mission of "Serving those who Serve".

Benefits:

Medical/Dental/VisionFSA (Flexible Spending Account)HSA (Health Savings Account)Life Insurance, Voluntary Life Insurance, Voluntary Short- and Long-Term DisabilityAdditional Supplemental Medical Benefits
Critical Care, Hospital Indemnity, Legal Plan, Pet Insurance, Accident

401KLegal AssistanceFinancial WellnessPaid Time Off (PTO)Federal HolidaysEducation ReimbursementLinkedIn LearningEmployee Referral Program

About this role:
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 in conducting User Acceptance Testing including monthly security patch releases, software releases, and ensure all software/system testing is in accordance with VA regulations. The results of this testing in the UAT environment will be incorporated into JIRA/Azure DevOps.

Position Responsibilities:
Assist in capturing testing requirements and success criteria for VBECS ProductAttend all VA meetings to capture testing priorities and provide inputs when requiredWork with internal and external stakeholders to determine development and testing needsCoordinate with VA leadership, developers, and analysts to provide insight into business rules of the applicationsSupport 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 resultsWork with developers and web designers to create test scenarios and test dataTranslate user requirements, into simplified, well-organized user stories accompanied by clearly defined acceptance criteriaDocument testing activities and all testing activities using best practices to maintain traceability using JiraDevelop products in adherence to 508 regulations and standardsAnalyze areas for process improvement and identify technical solutions