Systems Engineering (SCRUM Master/Tester)

Company Overview:

ANSER enhances national and homeland security by strengthening public institutions. We provide thought leadership for complex issues through independent analysis, and we deliver practical, useful solutions. ANSER values collaboration, integrity, and initiative and we are client focused in all that we do. Because we were established for the purpose of public service and not for profit, we measure our success in the impact of our service.

Position Summary:

Analytic Services Inc. (ANSER) is seeking a skilled and analytical DoD Systems Engineering (SCRUM Master, Application Tester) with strong technical skills to support the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Infrastructure Modernization and Resilience in the real property program.  The Systems Engineering (SCRUM Master, Application Tester) will use domain knowledge of real property military construction (MilCon) and Energy Resilience and Conservation Investment Program (ERCIP) data hierarchy metadata and the relationships within the data to build operate and sustain a real property data warehouse. Through project management skills with Agile methodologies the systems engineer will drive the delivery of products to the worldwide customer base for the data. In this key role you will perform comprehensive testing to ensure the data warehouse meets stakeholder needs. 

Day To Day Responsibilities:

• •    Provides comprehensive testing of the Real Property Data Warehouse.
• •    Understanding of how the databases delivers data, how the application presents data, and all the business rules that govern the          data. 
• •    Comprehensive understanding and execution of unit, system, and regression testing.
• •    Application of Basic SQL knowledge to allow root cause debugging of issues discovered during testing.
• •    Creation and maintenance of documentation, including test plans, cases, scripts and reports.
• •    Technical understanding of how web-based applications should function.
• •    Promotion of the software development lifecycle and AGILE methodologies including knowledge of the SCRUM master role.
• •    Application of Microsoft AZURE DEVOPS or similar.
• •    Testing employing automation.
• •    Collaboration with team on approaches, challenges, and problems.
• •    Ability to create a descriptive issues report as discovered during testing.
• •    API testing with tools such as SOAP UI
• •    Application of SQL knowledge to pull in data from disparate tables and validate testing.
• •    Discussions on basic source code repository (GIT) terminology.
• •    Peer reviewing code, such as SQL scripting, basic HTML, and JAVA.
• •    Enforcement of Section 508 compliances promoting government accessibility standards; employment of 508 testing processes, such as Trusted Tester.
• •    Customer facing for requirements gathering and support for project planning as well as Help Desk support.

Required Qualifications:

•    Active Secret security clearance. 
•    Bachelor’s Degree in: Operations Research, Engineering, Mathematics, Economics or Management Science – or – Bachelors in any other field + 5yrs experience commensurate professional experience in DoD Real Property Management and/or Energy, Installations, and Environment disciplines (Real Property Asset Accountability, Facility Management, Facility Operations, Engineering, Installations Energy, Environment), or Systems Engineering.   
•    Experience with an Integrated Development Environment (IDE), such as IntelliJ or Eclipse.
•    Experience with the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) and Java programming language.
•    Basic object-oriented terminology, such as classes, methods and events.
•    Basic HTML knowledge.
•    JavaScript ecosystem language such as TypeScript, Angular, Vue, etc.
•    Basic understanding of AGILE methodologies
•    Source code control concepts, such as GIT
•    Basics of how a web application functions, meaning what are the layers to an application (front end is HTML, back-end is Java              code served through a web application such as TOMCAT.)
•    Experience with software testing and ability to create test plans and issues descriptions.

Preferred Qualifications:

• •    Section 508 experience.
• •    Understanding of what an Application Programming Interface (API). 
• •    Basic SQL language conventions such as select, insert, update statements.
• •    Familiarity with Microsoft AZURE cloud based resources.
• •    Use of Microsoft DEVOPS as a tool to support AGILE methods.
• •    Familiarity with GIT Source Code
• •    Development of test plans.

In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), if you have a disability and would like to request an accommodation in order to apply for a position with ANSER, please call 703-416-2000 or e-mail Recruiting@anser.org

ANSER is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We seek individuals from a broad variety of backgrounds with varying levels of experience who have a desire to do meaningful work. We recruit, employ, train, compensate, and promote regardless of race, color, gender, religion, national origin, ancestry, disability, age, veteran status, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by law.