NHLBI BioData Catalyst Tester

Responsibilities for this Position

Location: Any Location / Remote
Full Part/Time: Full time
Job Req: RQ213399

Type of Requisition:
Regular

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:
None

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:
None

Public Trust/Other Required:
MBI (T2)

Job Family:
Software Engineering

Job Qualifications:

Skills:
Agile Methodology, Test Automation, Test Automation Framework
Certifications:
None
Experience:
5 + years of related experience
US Citizenship Required:
No

Job Description:

GDIT is seeking a Tester to support the National Institute of Health (NIH), National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) . The Tester will help our team develop a new system to making it easier for researchers to find, access and use heart, blood, lung, and sleep data.

This role requires an understanding of how validate the functional and non-functional requirements of a system. The Tester will have a strong understanding of test automation and using Agile methodologies to enable teams to create compelling software systems.

HOW AN IT QUALITY ASSURANCE TESTER WILL MAKE AN IMPACT:

• Working across the software life-cycle, with an emphasis on testing focusing on a new scientific application that searches for data in large datasets which include biological, genomic and/or proteomic data.
• Working collaboratively with the team to best realize system solution.
• Specifying and executing tests to validate the system behavior for both user interfaces (single-page web applications) and API's
• Creating automated tests.
• Engaging with other team members to align the tests to the system requirements.
• Engaging with other system owners and stakeholder to facilitate collaboration.
• Collaborating with other team members to enable the teams to advance all aspects of the Software Development Lifecycle (e.g. Requirements, Design, Development, and Testing).
• Collaborating with the team on Agile activities, including estimation, iterative planning and retrospectives.

WHAT YOU'LL NEED TO SUCCEED:

• Bachelor's Degree (or equivalent).
• 7+ years of relevant experience.
• Experience testing software systems.
• Experience with test automation.
• Experience working in an Agile software development environment.
• Experience with Selenium-based test frameworks.
• Experience using test specification as a requirements tool.

DESIRED SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

• Prior experience with the NHLBI BioData Catalyst environment; active NIH badge is a plus.
• Experience working in the biomedical research domain.

SECURITY CLEARANCE LEVEL:

• Ability to obtain and maintain a NIH's Public Trust.

GDIT IS YOUR PLACE:

• 401K with company match.
• Customizable health benefits packages.
• Internal mobility team dedicated to helping you own your career.
• Challenging work that makes a real impact on the world around you.
• Full-flex work week.

The likely salary range for this position is $106,250 - $143,750. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

Scheduled Weekly Hours:
40

Travel Required:
None

Telecommuting Options:
Remote

Work Location:
Any Location / Remote

Additional Work Locations:

Total Rewards at GDIT:
Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. GDIT typically provides new employees with 15 days of paid leave per calendar year to be used for vacations, personal business, and illness and an additional 10 paid holidays per year. Paid leave and paid holidays are prorated based on the employee's date of hire. The GDIT Paid Family Leave program provides a total of up to 160 hours of paid leave in a rolling 12 month period for eligible employees. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available. We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.

We are GDIT. A global technology and professional services company that delivers consulting, technology and mission services to every major agency across the U.S. government, defense and intelligence community. Our 30,000 experts extract the power of technology to create immediate value and deliver solutions at the edge of innovation. We operate across 50 countries worldwide, offering leading capabilities in digital modernization, AI/ML, Cloud, Cyber and application development. Together with our clients, we strive to create a safer, smarter world by harnessing the power of deep expertise and advanced technology.

Join our Talent Community to stay up to date on our career opportunities and events at
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GDIT is seeking a Tester to support the National Institute of Health (NIH), National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) . The Tester will help our team develop a new system to making it easier for researchers to find, access and use heart, blood, lung, and sleep data.


This role requires an understanding of how validate the functional and non-functional requirements of a system. The Tester will have a strong understanding of test automation and using Agile methodologies to enable teams to create compelling software systems.



HOW AN IT QUALITY ASSURANCE TESTER WILL MAKE AN IMPACT:

• Working across the software life-cycle, with an emphasis on testing focusing on a new scientific application that searches for data in large datasets which include biological, genomic and/or proteomic data.
• Working collaboratively with the team to best realize system solution.
• Specifying and executing tests to validate the system behavior for both user interfaces (single-page web applications) and API's
• Creating automated tests.
• Engaging with other team members to align the tests to the system requirements.
• Engaging with other system owners and stakeholder to facilitate collaboration.
• Collaborating with other team members to enable the teams to advance all aspects of the Software Development Lifecycle (e.g. Requirements, Design, Development, and Testing).
• Collaborating with the team on Agile activities, including estimation, iterative planning and retrospectives.

WHAT YOU'LL NEED TO SUCCEED:

• Bachelor's Degree (or equivalent).
• 7+ years of relevant experience.
• Experience testing software systems.
• Experience with test automation.
• Experience working in an Agile software development environment.
• Experience with Selenium-based test frameworks.
• Experience using test specification as a requirements tool.

DESIRED SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

• Prior experience with the NHLBI BioData Catalyst environment; active NIH badge is a plus.
• Experience working in the biomedical research domain.

SECURITY CLEARANCE LEVEL:

• Ability to obtain and maintain a NIH's Public Trust.

GDIT IS YOUR PLACE:

• 401K with company match.
• Customizable health benefits packages.
• Internal mobility team dedicated to helping you own your career.
• Challenging work that makes a real impact on the world around you.
• Full-flex work week.

The likely salary range for this position is $106,250 - $143,750. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.



Scheduled Weekly Hours:
40



Travel Required:
None



Telecommuting Options:
Remote



Work Location:
Any Location / Remote



Additional Work Locations:



Total Rewards at GDIT:
Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. GDIT typically provides new employees with 15 days of paid leave per calendar year to be used for vacations, personal business, and illness and an additional 10 paid holidays per year. Paid leave and paid holidays are prorated based on the employee's date of hire. The GDIT Paid Family Leave program provides a total of up to 160 hours of paid leave in a rolling 12 month period for eligible employees. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available. We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.


We are GDIT. A global technology and professional services company that delivers consulting, technology and mission services to every major agency across the U.S. government, defense and intelligence community. Our 30,000 experts extract the power of technology to create immediate value and deliver solutions at the edge of innovation. We operate across 50 countries worldwide, offering leading capabilities in digital modernization, AI/ML, Cloud, Cyber and application development. Together with our clients, we strive to create a safer, smarter world by harnessing the power of deep expertise and advanced technology.


Join our Talent Community to stay up to date on our career opportunities and events at
gdit.com/tc.


Equal Opportunity Employer / Individuals with Disabilities / Protected Veterans

PI281847839