Quality Assurance Engineer III Automation

Ad Hoc is a technology company that empowers organizations to deliver scalable, impactful digital services. Using modern, agile methods, our team creates products that meet people’s needs and transform their experience of government.

Our collaborations have shaped some of the defining moments in public-sector service delivery. We’ve helped build products that connect Veterans to tailored services, help millions access affordable health care, and support important programs like Head Start. As we work with agencies to deliver critical services, we’re also changing how the government approaches technology.

Our culture, communications, and tools are built for remote work, enabling us to bring together top talent nationwide. At Ad Hoc, remote life empowers our teams to design work environments that fit their lives and that foster flexibility and collaboration to achieve positive outcomes for our customers.

Ad Hoc values acceptance, accountability, and humility. We aren’t heroes. We learn from our mistakes and improve the process for the next time. We build small, inclusive teams to collaborate closely with our partners to solve the right problems and deliver software that works.

The Veterans Affairs business unit helps transform the VA into a modern digital services organization where Veteran outcomes are at the center of every effort. We partner with the VA to design and deliver seamless user experiences for Veterans, their families and caregivers, and VA employees. By applying better practices in service design, product management, and technology, we enable the VA to increase the use, quality, and reliability of services and decrease the time Veterans spend waiting for outcomes.

Quality Assurance Engineer III serves as an emerging individual contributor within a team, expanding your leadership, guidance and mentoring skills. With the support and guidance of leadership, you will be responsible for supporting the goal of meeting scope, schedule and delivery requirements. You will interact with stakeholders and utilize influential skills to drive improvements in engineering processes and practices. Primary expectations of a Quality Assurance Engineer III include:

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  Exhibits a comprehensive understanding of the business, how practices interact, and what customer problems we're solving

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  Estimates, designs, and develops test cases as well as manual and automated testing with little feedback and guidance from their team

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  Able to lead the development of a variety of test suites and partner with the team on including them in the software development lifecycle

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  Anticipates coverage needed for automation tools and frameworks and proactively provides it

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  Proactively writes boilerplate and exploratory test cases that cover unique or new functionality/ technology

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  Able to extend program testing strategies to provide plans to teams for new functionality/ technology

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  Participates in planning sessions, demonstrating understanding of overall testing strategy for the program, CI/CD delivery models, etc.

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  Actively participates in design and ensures building systems that are testable in the outset

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  Supports recruiting efforts by evaluating homework assignments and potentially assisting with interviews

• Bachelor’s degree and 3+ years of experience

  • Relevant years of experience may be substituted for education

• Progressive experience with relevant technologies, understands roles with which they interact and how their work impacts business goal

• Demonstrates moderate knowledge in testing methodologies