Database Administrator in Test

Who We’re Looking For (Position Overview):

Spry is seeking a highly skilled and motivated Database Administrator in Test in a quality focused role to support testing efforts for a government client.

Position is available in Fort Collins, CO or Reston, VA or Remote (near a USDA Facility)

Must be a knowledgeable and experienced Database Administrator and be willing to learn and apply quality assurance standards, interpretation of product requirements, test plan development, test case development, and develop and implement test automation. Candidates will require excellent critical thinking skills, along with the ability to use their experience to make sound, common sense judgment calls during the testing process. Testing tools, test framework and quality process training is provided.

• Support database testing efforts for specific application project teams
• Work with automated TFS and Jenkins based CI/CD pipelines to deploy Visual Studio database solutions to multiple environments
• Build robust functional, and regression tests as part of a SQL Server value pipeline
• Troubleshoot database issues in multiple environments as part of a highly collaborative team
• Participate in SAFe ceremonies, including Product Increment (PI) planning. Contribute to maintaining Project Backlogs are required
• Create test plans and test cases
• Defect reporting and tracking

• Computer Science or related technology/engineering degree
• At least three years of hands-on experience with SQL Server Database Design and Administration
• SQL Server 2016+ T-SQL development experience
• SQL Server 2016+ Administrative skills
• Familiarity with one or more version control systems such as Git, Subversion, or SourceSafe
• Ability to performance tune T-SQL queries
• Excellent analytical and problem determination skills
• The ability to effectively communicate and work independently on a team
• Candidates for this position are subject to a background investigation by the government and must be able to meet the requirements to hold a position of public trust.
• U.S. Citizenship or Green Card with 3 year residence requirement

• Working knowledge of Microsoft Visual Studio database projects
• Ability to write robust functional and regression tests for T-SQL views, stored procedures, and functions
• Experience testing in a SAFe/Agile development environment
• Experience with a centralized agile life cycle management system such as Jira
• Experience using a document management system, such as Confluence, to document test planning and reporting
• Experience in: Black box testing, White box testing, boundary testing, negative testing, functional and regression testing.
• Experience testing in a large data warehouse environment
• Test Plan and Test Case Development based on software engineering documentation (testing based on product requirements)
• Experience with reporting of test results
• Experience with commercial bug management systems such as Jira