Software Testing Specialist

Summary

PLEASE NOTE: Based on the current hiring restrictions, selectees may be subject to additional approvals prior to an offer being extended. This position is located at Bureau of the Fiscal Service, Debt Solutions Support Division. As a Software Testing Specialist, you will be responsible for managing assignments in the delivery of a variety of services relating to software testing in disbursing and debt management.

Duties

As a Software Testing Specialist, you will: Report on the status and progress of assigned software testing assignments, ensuring that the supervisor's instructions on work priorities, methods, deadlines, and quality have been met. Research, learn, and apply a wide range of qualitative and or quantitative methods to identify, assess, analyze, and improve test team effectiveness, efficiency and work products. Develop automated test scripts using automated off-the-shelf software or other programming methods to conduct routine personnel transactions testing (e.g., scenarios, scripts, data, and expected results for functional and performance testing). Analyze and provide performance testing considerations and expected performance impact on existing functionality for all directly related activities associated with Change Request (CR) or modification deployment.

Qualifications

You must meet the following requirements by the closing date of this announcement. The experience may have been gained in either the public, private sector or volunteer service. One year of experience refers to full-time work; part-time work is considered on a prorated basis. To ensure full credit for your work experience, please indicate dates of employment by month/day/year, and indicate number of hours worked per week on your résumé. Specialized Experience for the GS-12, you must have one year (full 52 weeks) of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-11 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience for this position is defined as: - Experience writing and testing software using industry languages, methodologies, techniques, and procedures; AND - Experience using queries and automated scripts to analyze, troubleshoot, and identify problems, documenting objects or data, warranting cleanup, re-testing, and validating modifications for system problems. AND - Experience supporting debt collection, financial management, accounts receivable or similar transaction-based systems, applying problem solving skills and collaborating with other stakeholders to develop test scenarios and determine impact to existing functionality.