Overview
Join a team where innovation meets mission, our AI, cloud, cyber, and modernization solutions save agencies thousands of hours, safeguard national security, and strengthen health and humanitarian missions worldwide. With more than 1,700+ team members, 1,500+ AI & data experts, and 100+ prime contracts, we deliver at scale and with purpose.
We’ve been recognized as a Top Workplace by The Washington Post for six consecutive years and named to the Inc. 5000 list of Fastest-Growing Private Companies in 13 of the past 14 years. Credence is a welcoming environment for those looking to grow and make a meaningful impact. We encourage employees to push boundaries and help solve critical, world-changing federal challenges.
Position Summary
Credence has an immediate need for a Testing Specialist to support software quality assurance, integration testing, and acceptance testing for the DLA API Gateway program. The specialist will design and execute tests, prepare test data and documentation, and evaluate results to verify that APIs and software deployments conform to approved requirements, design specifications, and applicable regulations.
The successful candidate will understand RAML and API specifications, develop comprehensive SoapUI test suites, and collaborate with developers while maintaining independent testing judgment.
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to the duties listed below:
- Review software requirements, RAML specifications, API contracts, and design documentation to identify test scenarios and acceptance criteria.
- Design and execute integration, acceptance, functional, regression, and negative tests for APIs and supporting software.
- Develop and maintain SoapUI test suites that validate API behavior against approved specifications.
- Verify REST APIs, HTTP methods and status codes, request and response structures, and JSON and XML payloads.
- Prepare test plans, test cases, test scripts, execution procedures, and all required testing documentation.
- Design and prepare test data covering valid inputs, invalid inputs, boundary conditions, and error scenarios.
- Document expected and actual results, retain execution evidence, and maintain traceability between requirements and test cases.
- Analyze test results for conformance to design, contractual requirements, and applicable regulations.
- Identify, document, and track defects; collaborate with developers on resolution; and retest corrected functionality.
- Analyze internal system security and test applicable authentication, authorization, access controls, and error handling requirements.
- Review test coverage with developers and communicate testing progress, defects, risks, and release readiness to program stakeholders.
- Coordinate testing with development and deployment schedules while maintaining adequate coverage and clearly documenting unresolved quality risks.
Requirements
- At least five years of relevant experience in software development and/or software testing, including integration and acceptance testing.
- Experience with computer software development processes and the software development lifecycle.
- Demonstrated ability to independently design and execute IT software tests and evaluate results against requirements, specifications, and applicable regulations.
- Hands-on experience developing and executing API tests using SoapUI.
- Ability to read and interpret RAML and API specifications and translate them into comprehensive test cases.
- Working knowledge of APIs, REST, HTTP, JSON, and XML.
- Experience preparing test scripts, test data, test documentation, and evidence showing expected and actual results.
- Ability to analyze internal system security and evaluate software behavior against defined security requirements.
- Strong analytical, documentation, communication, and collaboration skills.
Required Certifications and Investigation
- US Citizenship
- 8570/8140 certification: Possess a DoW-approved 8570 Baseline Certification meeting Category IAT Level I.
- Investigative requirement: Must be eligible for Moderate Risk (Confidential, Non-Critical Sensitive, IT II) status with a Tier 3/NACLC/ANACI investigation
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience testing MuleSoft APIs and enterprise integration solutions.
- Experience supporting DoD or other federal IT programs.
- Familiarity with automated testing, CI/CD pipelines, and defect tracking tools.
- Experience supporting user acceptance testing and producing test summaries for release decisions
Salary Range: $100,000.00 to $130,000.00 annually. Actual compensation will be determined based on the selected candidate's experience, education, skills, and overall qualifications.
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Benefits
Benefits
- Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)
- Retirement Plan (401k, IRA)
- Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary & AD&D)
- Paid Time Off (Vacation, Sick & Public Holidays)
- Family Leave (Maternity, Paternity)
- Short Term & Long Term Disability
- Training & Development
- Wellness Resources
Skills Required
- At least five years of relevant experience in software development and/or software testing, including integration and acceptance testing
- Experience with computer software development processes and the software development lifecycle
- Ability to independently design and execute IT software tests and evaluate results against requirements, specifications, and regulations
- Hands-on experience developing and executing API tests using SoapUI
- Ability to read and interpret RAML and API specifications and translate them into test cases
- Working knowledge of APIs, REST, HTTP, JSON, and XML
- Experience preparing test scripts, test data, test documentation, and evidence showing expected and actual results
- Ability to analyze internal system security and evaluate software behavior against defined security requirements
- Strong analytical, documentation, communication, and collaboration skills
- US citizenship
- DoW-approved 8570/8140 Baseline Certification meeting Category IAT Level I
- Eligibility for Moderate Risk status with a Tier 3/NACLC/ANACI investigation
- Experience testing MuleSoft APIs and enterprise integration solutions
- Experience supporting DoD or other federal IT programs
- Familiarity with automated testing, CI/CD pipelines, and defect tracking tools
- Experience supporting user acceptance testing and producing test summaries for release decisions
Credence Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Credence and has not been reviewed or approved by Credence.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Pay is considered competitive or better than average across many roles, with multiple examples describing excellent pay and competitive salaries. Additional cash elements such as bonuses appear alongside base pay.
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Healthcare Strength — Benefits include comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage, supported by HSAs/FSAs and a TRICARE supplement. Employer-paid life and disability coverage further strengthen the protection package.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time off includes flexible PTO and a broad holiday schedule aligned to federal holidays. Additional leave types such as military and bereavement leave are available.
Credence Insights
What We Do
Credence provides innovative technology, health, international development, engineering, and management solutions to support mission-critical programs for Federal government customers. We are one of the nation’s largest privately held government contractors. Our ability to perform exceptionally to implement new solutions, efficiencies, and savings across 220 U.S. Government programs is due to our obsession with exceeding customer expectations and our emphasis on employee wellbeing—best exemplified by our corporate philosophy: “One Measure of Success. Yours.” WHY WORK WITH CREDENCE? We are consistently rated as a Top Workplace and are proud to be one of the fastest growing privately held firms in the U.S. over the last decade. Credence treats each customer, teaming partner, and employee as a trusted partner whom we serve. We ensure successful outcomes by focusing on the measure of success that we consider to be most important—Yours. WHY WORK FOR CREDENCE? We are a diverse, enthusiastic team of professionals who are dedicated to providing exceptional service to our customers. Our culture is focused on employee empowerment, recognition, and reward, and each person is encouraged to take initiative and strive to reach their greatest potential. HOW CREDENCE GIVES BACK: We believe in giving back to the communities in which we live and work through corporate charitable events, support for employee volunteering, and a 100% corporate match for employee charitable giving.
