Software Test Lead

Typical Responsibilities

• Manage the customer developmental test and evaluation program and collaborate on operational and, or integrated test and evaluation planning.
• Lead working groups and other teams on the formulation of test objectives, requirements and plan development.
• Provide DevSecOps test support to both factory and site development and acceptance testing.
• Provide interface test support of an application with enterprise/infrastructure and software interfaces with external systems.
• Provide test support to both developmental and operational test and evaluation events.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree with 9+ years of related experience.
• Must have an active Top Secret clearance with in-scope SSBI/T5 background investigation. Ability to obtain and maintain Sensitive Compartmented Information and Special Access Program accesses. Must be willing to consent to a polygraph.
• Experience with supporting and/or managing test programs throughout the engineering life cycle.
• Familiarity of Scaled Agile Framework and, or DevSecOps development processes.
• Knowledge of Developmental Test & Evaluation (or Integrated Test & Evaluation).

Candidates Preferred

• Master's Degree in engineering, computer science, math or a related field.
• Knowledge of Operational-level Command and Control systems and/or applications.
• Professional certification (e.g., ITEA CTEP, INCOSE CSEP, SAFe, etc.).
• National Security Space and, or the Space Control mission area.
• Test Experience implemented on a Continuous Integration/Continuous Development (CI/CD) pipeline.
• Experience testing in a cloud environment.
• Experience working in development environment and, or U.S. Government weapons system program office.
• Test experience in the following areas:
  • Writing Automated Tests
  • Unit testing. Validates new features and functions added to the build
  • Dynamic application security testing (DAST). Scans the build for security flaws, such as weak passwords or missing credentials
  • Interactive application security testing (IAST). Analyzes traffic and execution flow to detect security issues, including those in third-party or open source components
  • Regression testing. Verifies that changes or additions do not harm previous features
  • Integration testing. Ensures the build operates with other applications or services
  • User acceptance testing. Assesses whether users are able to use new features and functions as intended
  • Performance testing. Ensures the build operates as required under load

Benefits

• Company 401K Contribution (no employee contribution required) up to 10% of qualifying salaries
• Life and AD&D insurance
• Company paid Long-term Disability insurance
• Short-term Disability insurance
• Discretionary Performance Bonus
• Paid Time Off, including Holidays, Vacation
• Flexible Work Hours and supportive/collaborative work environment
• Continuous education sponsorship
• Career opportunities to participate in the next generation space sensing enterprise ground system integration, test and deployment and develop/enhance enduring professional skills and network.