We are looking for an experienced Systems Engineer to join their rapidly growing team!

Requires an active TS/SCI Poly security clearance 

The SETA coordinator will serve as the central, active facilitator of contractual and programmatic test events by driving communication, streamlining information reception, and removing dependencies across multiple Government teams and vendors. They will be assigned one or more high-visibility, staggered test events to concurrently coordinate, spanning the full test life cycle of that test event, and will provide timely status update to Government Leads (Agile Release Train (ART) Leads, Project Directors, CORs, etc.).

Taskings:

Communication and Collaboration:

• Facilitate regular meetings and communication mechanisms to discuss progress, address issues, and mitigate risks
• Liaise between vendor, integrator, development and testing teams to ensure effective communication
• Actively participate in communications from multiple communication channels (chatrooms, emails, verbal, etc.) on unclassified and classified networks
• Identify and provide recommendations to remove gaps in information or communication
• Escalate issues to appropriate teams or, if necessary, Government Leads
• Centralize data presentation of test events across teams and vendors
• Create SOPs and Templates for government use

Test Event Coordination

• Maintain a broad view of all testing activities for a given set of equipment across different test phases
• Actively track and communicate information across multiple teams and stakeholders
• Monitor test case execution and track progress against the test plan
• Ensure that defects and issues are properly logged, prioritized, tracked, and resolved
• Provide periodic messaging on status updates for each test event

Environment Setup

• Coordinate with other teams in the setup of the system/environment under test, including hardware, software, and network configurations
• Ensure that the environment under each test event meets the criteria per each event

Issue Management

• Triage, prioritize, and summarize issues reported during testing
• Facilitate the resolution of issues by working with teams, vendors and stakeholders

Test Reporting

• Summarize regular test status reports for stakeholders
• Facilitate culmination of multiple test reports summarizing the environment, detailed results, and recommendations

Risk Management

• Identify, track and help mitigate potential risks that could impact the testing schedule, scope, or quality
• Provide recommendations on decisions and priorities of test activities

Planning and Scheduling

• Provide recommendations to help define the testing scope, objectives, and criteria for success
• Facilitate review of detailed test plans, including timelines and milestones
• Coordinate resources and schedules between the vendor, integrator, and testing teams

Test Case Development and Review

• Coordinate with Government teams to develop test cases that cover all required functionality and edge cases
• Review test cases to ensure they are well-defined, relevant, and feasible

Test Event Closure

• Coordinate test closure activities, including final testing, documentation updates, and messaging
• Facilitate identification of and instrumentation of lessons learned to continually improve in future testing efforts

Recommended Skills/Experience:

• Strong experience in coordinating scheduled-driven, project-level activities across multiple participants (e.g. roles such as Project Director, Program Manager, Test Lead)
• Strong written and verbal communication skills; ability to accurately synthesize and summarize complex technical information for a diverse audience
• Experience in working across multiple stakeholders such as government teams, industry vendors, and internal stakeholders; comfortable with escalating to Government Leads (e.g. ART Leads and CORs)
• Proficiency with supporting requirements validation activities
• Proficiency with tracking schedules and anticipating logistical challenges
• Proficiency with tool usage of ticketing systems, collaboration platforms, and dashboard tools
• Analytical mindset with the ability to identify gaps, assess risks, and recommend prioritization of test activities

Qualifications

• Requires an active TS/SCI with Polygraph (with last poly within 5 years)

• BS + 7 yrs experience 

Employee Freedom of Choice
Our focus is on people first. We offer comprehensive and flexible compensation packages that match the best the industry has to offer and can be customized to fit your needs.

Our Benefits:

• 100% company-paid individual health, dental, and vision premiums
• Automatic company contributed Health Savings Account (HSA) up to $3,900 for families
• Up to 7 weeks of Paid Time Off (PTO) 
• 401(k) Plan, 4% match with 3% guaranteed
• Paid 11 Federal Holidays
• BlueCross BlueShield Health Insurance
• BlueCross CareFirst dental, ortho and vision
• Tuition/Training, up to $5250 annually  for pre-approved education
• Company-paid events, including golf events, fishing trips, baseball games, hockey games and more

 
We provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, pregnancy, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

The projected compensation range for this position is $100K - $160K. There are differentiating factors that can impact a final salary/hourly rate, including, but not limited to, Contract Wage Determination, relevant work experience, skills and competencies that align to the specified role, geographic location (For Remote Opportunities), education and certifications as well as Federal Government Contract Labor categories.  In addition, we invest in our employees beyond just compensation.  Our benefit offerings include, dependent upon position, Health Insurance, Dental and Vision Coverage, Health Savings Account (HSA), Paid Time Off, Holiday Pay, Short Term and Long Term Disability, Life Insurance, 401(k) Plan, Safe Harbor 401k Investment, Learning and Development opportunities, Referral Bonuses and Flex Time.

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