Prior government/federal experience HIGHLY desired

Project Overview:

The purpose of the services to be acquired is to:

1) Develop a modern Interagency Edison System (iEdison) that meets the Bayh-Dole Act, its implementing regulations 37 CFR Part 401, IT security and functional requirements.

• transition iEdison hosting environment from NIH to NIST.
• migrate existing invention, patent, utilization records and documents to the NIST environment for access, search and reporting.
• migrate existing agency and institution profiles as well as user accounts with permission to the NIST environment to establish profile management, authentication and authorization.
• verify the existing data to ensure integrity and accessibility.
• establish a robust hosting environment using AWS services.

2) Redesign iEdison homepage to modernize the look and display of information.

3) Modernize iEdison system in following areas:

• Ensure Bayh-Dole Act and its implementing regulations 37 CFR Part 401 requirements are fully met and enforced as necessary.
• Enhance overall system security to better protect sensitive data and users’ information.
• Ability to control data access using role management to ensure least privilege and least access is enforced.
• Integrate with GSA login.gov to reduce operational support for account management and improve overall security through the implementation of 2-factor authentication.
• Implement an enhanced notification system to improve communication.
• Integrate with sams.gov and other API services to automate and streamline profile creation, review and approval process.
• Redesign the user interfaces to improve usability and accessibility.
• Implement predefined report capabilities to allow users to set filters and retrieve reports.

Required Skills & Qualifications:

• Selenium testing framework
• Ability to communicate clearly, concisely and concretely in writing and verbally

Responsibilities/Task:

• Create and document automated and manual test plans and procedures, execute tests, analyze results, and report on test problems and anomalies (document bugs)
• Perform software testing in all phases of the design-develop-test-release-maintain software life cycle
• Understand various development methodologies, such as Agile and Scrum, and software testing platforms or environments
• Possess thorough knowledge of several testing tools

Required Education/Experience:

Minimum of 3+ years of hands-on testing web and RESTful applications to include:

• SQA Testing & Methodologies
• Test Plans, Cases & Processes
• Functional Requirements
• Scripting & Documentation
• Regression & Negative Testing
• UI & Compatibility Testing
• Data Interface & Migration Testing
• Performance/Load/Stress Testing
• Testing Automation
• Defect/Bug Tracking
• Test Strategies & Coverages

Benefits: Competitive benefits package including: health, dental, vision, life insurance coverage, 401(k) Plan, Training Programs, Accrued Paid Time Off (PTO) and Paid Holidays.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled