Senior Software Test Engineer

You’ll work with visionaries across multiple industries to improve the hybrid cloud and AI journey for the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Your ability to accelerate impact and make meaningful change for your clients is enabled by our strategic partner ecosystem and our robust technology platforms across the IBM portfolio; including Software and Red Hat.

Curiosity and a constant quest for knowledge serve as the foundation to success in IBM Consulting. In your role you’ll be encouraged to challenge the norm investigate ideas outside of your role and come up with creative solutions resulting in ground breaking impact for a wide network of clients. Our culture of evolution and empathy centers on long-term career growth and development opportunities in an environment that embraces your unique skills and experience.

Your Role and Responsibilities
This role will be located in Colorado Springs and requires a minimum of a Secret security Clearance.

As a Software Test Engineer with IBM your development activities at the Cyber Operations Branch program office adhere to Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe). SAFe offers proven integrated principles practices and competencies to implement lead agile and DevOps at scale. Additionally this program office personifies DevSecOps which automates the integration of security at every phase of the software development lifecycle from initial design through integration testing deployment and software delivery. These development efforts shall result in two deployable defensive cyber solutions to protect defend and respond to USSF mission systems.

Required Technical and Professional Expertise
Demonstrated working knowledge & experience in the following areas:
Agile software development agile methodologies agile project management software project management defensive cyber operations software development life cycle management
Version control continuous integration configuration management deployment automation containers infrastructure orchestration software testing
Experience with code quality tools: Chef Docker Puppet & scripting Linux

At least four years (4) relevant experience performing activities in the Government (military and/or civil servant) federally funded research and development center or profit or non-profit Government support or development contractor arena
Programming Languages (at least 2):
React Angular Python JavaScript CSS & HTML Databases SQL Gitlab & antifactory
Experience or knowledge in the following areas:
Agile methodologies agile project management software development life cycle management program/project management cross-functional team agile software testing test-driven development software test planning software test automation
Desired skills/experience:
Education/Certification
Minimum Requirements:
Bachelors degree in STEM related specialty and 6 years professional experience; or Masters degree in STEM related specialty and 4 years’ professional experience
Must have SAFe for Teams certification
Minimum Education: Bachelors degree in computer science software engineering data science software development or STEM related specialty and 4 years related professional experience; Or Masters degree in computer science software engineering data science software development or STEM related specialty and 2 years related professional experience

DoD Secret clearance required

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise
Familiarity & knowledge:
SIMP Project Docker GIT Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Suricata Zeek Kibana Logstash Elastic Search Neo4J PostgreSQL

SAFe for Teams certification
Relevant DoD and/or Industry work experience in Space Systems Command
Experience with Cyber Operations Branch (SSC/SZYO) program office