Test Engineer 1 with Security Clearance
Company: Synergy ECP
Location: Columbia
Posted on: May 6, 2024
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Job Description:
Job Type Full-time Description Founded in 2007 and headquartered
in Columbia, Maryland, Synergy ECP is a leading provider of
cybersecurity, software and systems engineering and IT services to
the U.S. intelligence and defense communities. The company
leverages its expertise in data transport solutions, software and
systems engineering, and other solutions to deliver critical and
innovative capabilities to high-level decision makers that enhance
our nation's security. In an ultra-competitive environment, Synergy
ECP has thrived by adhering to our name, making sure excellence is
displayed by our Employees, to our Customers and by Improving
Performance (ECP). It's what sets us apart, enabling us to be an
autonomous yet agile business that delivers huge results - showing
we're ready to meet our customers' evolving demands. Synergy ECP
has earned a client list that includes numerous Fortune 100
companies, in addition to multiple branches of the US government
and military services. Synergy ECP is an equal opportunity employer
and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to
race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual
orientation, gender identity and expression, age, disability,
veteran status, or any other protected class. Clearance Required:
TS/SCI w/ Polygraph Test Engineer Level 1 Analyzes system
requirements and concept of operations documents, acquisition
plans, and system descriptions to develop evaluation and test plans
and procedures, prepare for and conduct the data collection and
analysis, and report status and results. Supports the development
of Government test and evaluation documentation e.g., Test &
Evaluation (T&E) Strategy, Test & Evaluation Master Plan, Event
Test Plans, Test Readiness Assessments, and T&E Reports. Works
with other test organizations to support T&E program
integration. Provides specialized T&E capabilities tailored to
system functions, level, maturity, and performance area as assigned
in the SOW. Requirements The Level 1 Test Engineer (TE) shall
possess the following capabilities:
--- Assist with any or all of the Level 1 tasks as constrained by
technical training and previous testing experience
--- Conduct research into and apply knowledge of Government test
and evaluation concepts and related engineering, acquisition, and
operations activities as needed to support the T&E
activities
--- Plan and Execute Performance Analysis
--- Review planned acquisition approaches to support T&E
schedule alignment with decision maker needs for T&E
support
--- Analyze performance risk areas to focus T&E planning
--- Specify, validate, and adapt Modeling and Simulation for
T&E use
--- Apply Statistical Analysis of variations in performance
behavior to characterize confidence in performance estimates
--- Select, develop, & use analysis tools
--- Execute the evaluation plan on data collected by the Testing
Tasks (U) Plan and Execute Performance Data Collection
--- Plan program and event level testing for collection of data
required for analysis and to synch T&E events with supported
decision points
--- Establish and employ Data & Configuration Management
capabilities
--- Support Data Authentication group functions; and comply with
program Discrepancy Reporting criteria and processes
--- Assess operational and system performance requirements for
testability and criticality to frame and prioritize T&E
objectives and enable evaluation planning
--- Coordinate with program Systems Engineering (SE) and review
T&E-related SE information to leverage functional analysis,
system descriptions, parameter selection and dependencies, Modeling
and Simulation, and initial performance risk assessments to inform
evaluation planning
--- Assess operational environments and priorities for evaluation
attention and scenario selection, and to coordinate user
participation in T&E
--- Plan program and event level risk-tailored performance
estimation and analysis of system and operational Effectiveness and
Suitability metrics & conditions; levels of T&E include
inspection, demonstration, paper analysis, survey, simulation, and
physical test
--- Design surveys for evaluation of Subject Matter Expert (SME)
input and user assessments of performance
--- Participate in the T&E Working-level Integrated Product
Team (WIPT) and/or Integrated Test Team for coordination of
evaluation plans
--- Produce Evaluation Plans (metric framework, scenarios/threads,
timelines, requirements/T&E cross-walk), Analysis Plans, Data
Requirements, Risk Assessments, Evaluation Reports, Status reports;
provide input to Government T&E products (e.g., Technology
Readiness Assessments, Test & Evaluation Strategy, Test &
Evaluation Master Plan, T&E Plans & Procedures and Test
Readiness Reports)
--- Design data sampling schemes to optimize the
information/resource balance and to control testing
uncertainties
--- Select, coordinate, and calibrate Instrumentation, collection
and data management tools, targets, & facilities
--- Ensure test readiness including training of test event
participants re conduct of the event; equipment readiness, and
security, legal, and privacy compliance arrangements
--- Participate in T&E WIPT and/or Integrated Test Team for
coordination of data collection plans
--- Execute Testing and Data Collection per plan
--- Produce associated Test Plans, Procedures, and
Reports/Briefings, Data Management Plan Qualifications:
--- Two (2) years' experience as a TE in programs and contracts of
similar scope, type and complexity is required. Bachelor's degree
in Math, Science, Engineering, Statistics, Engineering Management,
or related discipline from an accredited college or university is
required. Four (4) years of additional TE experience may be
substituted for a bachelor's degree. Additional contract or
position specific required experience for this level (skills,
technologies, expertise):
--- Public Key Enabling (PKE), RESTful services and containers
(Oracle WebLogic, JBoss, Tomcat), Java programming language, Perl
programming language, Java EE, Secure web (SSL), and file
encryption. LDAP (RedHat directory), Java Linux (CentOS), Modern
IDEs (IntelliJ, Eclispe, etc.) and Agile Scrum process
--- One (1) year experience testing products written in Java or
GoLang
--- One (1) year experience testing in Linux, Unix, Windows, or
Cisco OS operating system Desired Qualifications:
--- One (1) year experience testing a messaging service (such as
Java Messaging Service, TIBCO, ActiveMQ, Artemis, Kafka)
--- One (1) year experience using a requirements tracking tool
(such as Redmine, Jira)
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