Quality Assurance Tester

MANTECH seeks a motivated, career and customer-oriented Quality Assurance Tester to join our team in Montgomery, AL.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Plan, coordinate, and execute all phases of software testing—including functional, regression, integration, security, performance, and user acceptance testing (UAT)—for CPM FoS software releases.

• Perform system and application testing in strict compliance with the 45th Test Squadron Participating Test Organization (PTO) standards, policies, and guidelines (AFI 99-103 and AFMAN 63-144).

• Collaborate with Requirements Managers to map and trace test plans to their original sources using a Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM), ensuring test descriptions accurately validate software requirements and user stories.

• Author and deliver comprehensive Software Test Plans, Software Test Reports, use cases, and release package documentation in accordance with government contract data requirements (CDRL A002). Conduct peer reviews on all test-related artifacts.

• Establish, optimize, and maintain a robust test automation strategy. Develop agnostic, responsive automated test scripts to eliminate cascading failures caused by minor system modifications.

• Identify, prioritize, and script automated workflows targeting the "20% of core application functionality that 80% of users execute" in daily operations.

• Formulate and execute complex database queries (SQL, PL/T SQL) to validate backend data integrity, structural code endpoints, and interface connections within the OLVIMS cloud environment. Ensure database integrity and reset protocols are in place to support automation routines.

• Serve as the technical escalation point for validated Level II help desk incidents. Diagnose complex, operational issues, validate core software defects, and map verified problems to new Deficiency Reports (DRs) within enterprise tracking systems (Remedy/Jira).

• Actively participate in all Agile/Scrum ceremonies, including release planning, sprint planning, daily stand-ups, backlog refinements, and retrospectives.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related technical discipline, OR equivalent specialized military/civilian logistics software experience.

• 4+ years of hands-on experience in software quality assurance and testing within enterprise-scale or legacy environments.

• Advanced proficiency with enterprise tracking and management tools such as Jira, Azure DevOps, Confluence, and BMC Remedy.

• Experience leveraging automated and static testing tools (e.g., JMeter, SonarQube) and database interface tools (Oracle Developer, SQLplus, SQLNet).

• Must be fully compliant with DoD 8577 / 8140 (formerly 8570.01-M) IAT Level II requirements. Must hold an active baseline certification (such as CompTIA Security+ or equivalent) prior to onboarding.

Preferred Qualifications

• Deep functional and structural understanding of the OLVIMS system (an AWS GovCloud logistics mission application), including vehicle asset management workflows, dispatching operations, and driver tracking data structures.

• Familiarity interpreting automated security scan outputs (ACAS, Checkmarx, AppScan) to verify that high- and medium-severity vulnerabilities are successfully mitigated before product deployment.

• Experience handling or testing databases containing Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) and Personally Identifiable Information (PII) (e.g., driver’s licenses, DoD IDs).

Security & Clearance Requirements

• Active Secret security clearance

Physical Requirements:

• Must be able to remain in a stationary position 50%.

• Needs to occasionally move about inside the office to access file cabinets, office machinery, etc.

• Frequently communicates with co-workers, management, and customers, which may involve delivering presentations. Must be able to exchange accurate information in these situations.