Cyber Test Engineer

Cyber Test Engineer

Responsibilities

• Evaluates, recommends, and implements automated test tools and strategies.
• Designs, implements, and conducts Operational Test and Evaluation (OT&E), analyzes, and reporting procedures to ensure requestor requirements are met.
• Plan, execute test, and reports findings on the operational telecommunications or cyberspace system in operational realistic environments.
• Develops, maintains, and upgrades automated test and architectures for application products.
• Writes, implements, and reports status for system test cases for testing.
• Analyzes test cases and provides regular progress reports.
• Serves as subject matter expert, possessing in-depth knowledge of a particular area, such as Cyberspace weapon system operational experience, Test and Evaluation (T&E) applications, business, computer science, engineering, mathematics, or the various sciences.
• Provides testing know-how for the support of user requirements of complex to highly complex software/hardware applications.
• Directs and/or participates in all phases of risk management assessments and software/hardware development with emphasis on analysis of user requirements, test design and test tools selection.
• Applies principles, methods and knowledge of the functional area of capability to specific task order requirements, advanced mathematical principles and methods to exceptionally difficult and narrowly defined technical problems in engineering and other applications to arrive at analytical justified recommendations.
• Apply knowledge of Department of Defense Operational Test & Evaluation (OT&E) process.
• Detects, diagnoses, and reports severity and impact of related problems.
• Makes recommendations to the test requestor regarding effectiveness, suitability, and security of proposed software/hardware, documentation, and training applications.

Requirements

• Experience with DevSecOps and/or Scaled Agile Framework Enterprise (SAFE).
• Active DoD TS/SCI government clearance in JPAS.
• Bachelor's degree in related field; additional years of experience in lieu of degree will be considered.
• 1-3 years of experience in Test Engineer role preferred.
• Requires a DoD 8140 IAT level II certification or higher (example: a minimum of CCNA Security, CySA+, GICSP, GSEC, Security+ CE, CND, or SSCP).

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of customary approaches, techniques, and requirements appropriate to the assigned legacy systems, current operational systems, and latest trends in related technologies for future weapon systems.
• Knowledge of operations test and evaluation (OT&E) types and applications for evaluating, analyzing, maintaining, managing, or improving cyberspace system performance.
• Knowledge of operational test initiation, risk management, planning, execution, data collection, analyzing, evaluating, and reporting activities.
• Knowledge of Headquarters Air Force and Air Combat Command Test and Evaluation directives.
• Experience with SCRUM/AGILE test framework.
• Operating System Command Line experience with LINUX and Windows.
• Zero Trust
• Cloud Architecture/Engineering
• Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
• Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response (SOAR)
• Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR)
• Programming experience in Python, Batch, C++, JAVA, SQL
• Experience with Docker and Robot Framework
• Experience with Link 16 or other Data Transfer systems
• The initiative to work the advancement of activity in a defined test process lifecycle.
• Adept at problem solving, identifying risk, and clearly communicate results and recommendations to decision makers at all levels.
• Intermediate level of experience in use Microsoft Office programs plus Project, Visio, SharePoint applications.
• Travel is limited but may be needed.