Senior Software Engineer in Test, Federal Classified

We are seeking a highly specialised and experienced individual for a critical Software Engineer in Test role within a restricted environment. This position is vital for the validation and certification of all platform releases, ensuring customer-critical flows remain intact and reliable.

Responsibilities

• Analyse and refine requirements with Development and Engineering Leads, focusing on test planning and scope to certify releases.
• Participate effectively in a scrum team environment.
• Manage deliverables working under minimal supervision.
• Partner with Development and Release Teams to build and execute on product infrastructure growth and high availability.
• Understand Okta's top customers' usage patterns to define critical test coverage.
• Review new changes going into test and staging environments.
• Ensure new changes are compatible with existing customer deployments and usage.
• Develop, maintain, and debug end-to-end/system test plans and existing test automation to certify the quality of weekly releases.
• Set up and maintain all necessary test configurations and lab environments for end-to-end/system testing.
• Prioritise and ensure that critical customer usage patterns continue to function for every weekly release in our test and staging environments.
• Support the overall QA efforts of our software deployment and release teams, acting as a technical authority on quality in the restricted environment.

Requirements

• Must possess active High clearance.
• 4+ years of experience in software QA with a focus on release-based testing and validation.
• 4+ years of experience working in a SaaS-based environment.
• Experience working on both server and client side of device technology.
• Proven ability to understand, debug, and maintain existing automation code (e.g., Java-based) to diagnose failures.
• 4+ years of experience in at least three of the following cross-disciplinary skills: developing and executing end-to-end or system test plans, setting up and maintaining test configurations and lab environments.

Additional Requirements

• U.S. soil status - the employee must be on U.S. soil.
• U.S. Security Clearance status - the employee must be able to obtain and maintain a U.S. security clearance.

Benefits

• Annual base salary range: $136,000-$187,000 USD.
• Equity (where applicable).
• Bonus.
• Health, dental and vision insurance.
• 401(k).
• Flexible spending account.
• Paid leave (including PTO and parental leave).