Salary
💰 $130,000 - $143,500 per year
About the role
- Support USSTRATCOM NC3 Enterprise Center SE&I as a Systems Test Engineer.
- Work with proprietary software to perform vulnerability, analytical, and technical assessments on NC3 systems.
- Execute tests to determine network performance, voice and video quality, and overall communications and backup system effectiveness in unclassified and classified environments (to TS/SCI).
- Based on test results perform Root Cause Analysis (RCA) for test case failures.
- Conduct tests to determine performance of NC3 communication systems, including secure and non-secure voice, data, and video communications services for classified and unclassified environments.
- Provide specialized engineering, test, and evaluation assistance, and develop and/or leverage, integrate, and modify existing (i.e., GOTS or COTS) tools.
- Assist in refinement of the video testing solution, test cases, test procedures, test plans, data analysis methodologies, and video and network performance testing.
- Prepare studies, plans, and analyses in support of program objectives.
- Work on-site full-time at Fort Meade, collaborating with SE&I division branches and stakeholders.
Requirements
- Citizenship: Must be a US citizen
- Clearance: Must possess an active Top Secret clearance with willingness to be nominated for SCI at the time of application.
- Education: Technical Bachelors of Science degree in one of the following fields: Engineering, Computer Science, or an educational equivalent.
- Years of Experience: 15 years of relevant experience in Testing & Evaluation
- Experience developing and executing test plans, procedures, and test cases.
- Background in root cause analysis (RCA) methodologies.
- Ability to work with and, as required, modify automated test workflows written in proprietary test tools.
- Familiarity with data collection and analysis methodologies
- Providing tests and evaluations of hardware and/or software development.
- Developing and documenting test plans and procedures, conducting testing, and evaluating and documenting results.
- Preparing studies, plans, and analyses in support of a program.
- Preferred: TS clearance with SCI eligibilty in DISS at the time of application
- Preferred Education: Technical Masters of Science degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or Engineering
- Additional Preferred: 10 years Network Testing
- Hands-on experience testing systems to determine network performance using proprietary and/or standard testing tools (e.g., Wireshark, Iperf, Jitter/Latency).
- Experience testing secure/unsecure voice, video, and data communication systems.
- Experience testing and evaluating the effectiveness of systems continuity of operations.
- Experience understanding and maintaining systems configurations in classified lab environments.
- Experience supporting STRATCOM, NC3, or NLCC mission areas.
- Prior work in a DoD test lab or operational environment.