Software QA Engineer III

Company Overview

Iridium is an award-winning and innovative satellite communications company with bragging rights to the only network that offers voice and data connectivity anywhere in the world. For over 20 years, Iridium's unique network and services have supported critical communications needs for individuals, businesses, and the evolving Internet of Things.

At Iridium, we understand the importance of staying connected and the limitations of traditional communications networks. People across the globe, including first responders, humanitarians, global militaries, scientific researchers, and lone workers, as well as ships, aircraft and remote operations all rely on Iridium to stay connected. We take our responsibility for providing these essential communications very seriously and pride ourselves on offering a reliable lifeline when needed. Likewise, Iridium is committed to providing an exciting and innovative workplace, where employees are challenged to think outside the box and collaborate on new, bold ideas and solutions. Our talented teams are passionate about their work and the impact our company makes around the world. Iridium fosters an empowering and inclusive culture that allows employees to genuinely be their best selves. We are looking for others who want to join this truly unique company that celebrates our employees and provides the opportunity to truly make a difference in the world.

What We're Looking For:

If you are an experienced QA Engineer who thrives on working independenty to deliver high-quality test designs, plans, and cases while driving projects to completion, you will love working as a Quality Assurance Engineer III at Iridium! In this role, you will focus primarily on Operations Support Systems, test automation, satellite communication products,complex server side application testing, and programming scripts for the the Billing Operations System application stack. You will excel in this role if you are a team player, are able to understand large and complex systems, and have a passion for finding software coding and design bugs.

What You'll Do:

• Be responsible for collaborating in the design, development, and execution of test plans and test cases
• Drive testing efforts for the major releases, patches and hot-fixes in an agile work environment
• Identify testing tasks for user stories and document the acceptance criteria for user stories
• Recognize issues pertaining to software coding and design bugs and craft/propose solutions to them
• Identify new feature functional test cases that may need to be automated
• Participate in backlog grooming, sprint planning, technical design discussions, and daily stand up meetings to ensure successful sprints
• Investigate and troubleshoot application errors in test environments and resolve any configuration issues
• Perform peer reviews for test plans/cases developed by your peers
• Automating updates and maintenance of existing scripts, and identifying and implementing new automation features for each release

What You'll Need to Succeed:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or computer information systems or related field OR
• equivalent relevant experience (4+ years) in lieu of degree
• 5+ years of relevant experience working on full lifecycle software development projects and
• activities
• 3+ years of experience in Software QA Analyst or Engineer role
• 2+ years of experience in Automation in applications such as Selenium, Cucumber, SOAPUI, and JSON
• Programming skills / automation skills are required with Python, perl, Java
• Experience testing SOAP and or REST Webservice calls
• Hands-on work experience with Unix and SQL/Oracle
• Proficiency with SQL queries and database structures and the ability to perform SQL queries to
• validate test scripts
• Solid understanding of server-side testing, Unix environments, and working with various
• database technologies
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to confidently present products, deliverables,
• analyses, and/or issues
• Possess an analytical mindset, with the ability to understand a situation or problem and think
• critically to make decisions or come up with solutions
• Be comfortable managing upward, including being a proactive communicator and asking for
• help when needed
• Have confidence and be able to establish valuable relationships with others
• Must be able to prioritize key tasks and have a strong sense of ownership over your work
• Be active in seeking out ways to continuously improve yourself and gain new knowledge

Things That Would be Great if You Brought to the Table:

• Experience working with Oracle or any other OSS/BSS system

We'll also need you to:

• Be able to work a hybrid schedule that includes at least 3 days a week in office to foster collaboration with the team and stakeholders
• May occasionally work off hours to communicate with offshore team members
• Be on call as needed

Work Environment:

This position primarily works in an office setting and is largely sedentary with the majority of the position working with a computer. The role typically requires the use of basic office equipment such as a phone, video, computer, keyboard, mouse, and printer.

Iridium is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including individuals with disabilities and protected veterans.