Test Engineer with Security Clearance
Title:
Test Engineer Location:
Annapolis Junction, MD Clearance:
Active TS/SCI w/ Polygraph needed to applyo Company Overview:
Cornerstone Defense, in partnership with our military, intelligence, and civil government customers, supports U.
Soperations worldwide through the use of many different types of intelligence, satellite, and cyber technologiesCornerstone's Intelligence Sector provides solutions to the United States Government for information collection, operations, exploitation and dissemination, and research activitiesOur Team specializes in software development, cloud architecture, systems and network engineering, systems integration, agile management, as well as targeting operations and intelligence analysisOur support to our mission customers includes cyber network operations, exploitation and defense, signals intelligence, human intelligence, and critical missions and networksLCAT Description:
Tester Engineer 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 resultsSupports 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 ReportsWorks with other test organizations to support T&E program integrationProvides specialized T&E capabilities tailored to system functions, level, maturity, and performance areasThe Level 2 Test Engineer (TE) shall possess the following capabilities:
o 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 activitieso Plan and Execute Performance Analysiso Review planned acquisition approaches to support T&E schedule alignment with decision maker needs for T&E supporto Analyze performance risk areas to focus T&E planningo Specify, validate, and adapt Modeling and Simulation for T&E useo Apply Statistical Analysis of variations in performance behavior to characterize confidence in performance estimateso Select, develop, and use analysis toolso Execute the evaluation plan on data collected by Testing Taskso Plan and Execute Performance Data Collectiono Plan program and event level testing for collection of data required for analysis and to sync T&E events with supported decision pointso Establish and employ Data and Configuration Management capabilitieso Support Data Authentication group functions; and comply with program Discrepancy Reporting criteria and processeso Assess operation and system performance requirements for testability and criticality to fram and prioritize T&E objectives and enable evaluation planningo 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 planningo Assess operational environments and priorities for evaluation attention and scenario selection, and to coordinate user participation in T&Eo 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 testo Design surveys for evaluation of Subject Matter Expert (SME) input and user assessments of performanceo Participate in the T&E Working-level Integrated Product Team (WIPT) and/or Integrated Test Team for coordination of evaluation planso 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)o Design data sampling schemes to optimize the information/resource balance and to control testing uncertaintieso Select, coordinate, and calibrate Instrumentation, collection and data management tools, targets, and facilitieso Ensure test readiness including training of test event participants re-conduct of the event; equipment readiness, and security, legal, and privacy compliance arrangementso Participate in T&E WIPT and/or integrated Test Team for coordination of data collection planso Execute Testing and Data Collection per plano Produce associated Test Plans, Procedures, and reports/Briefings, Data management Plano Work directly with the Government sponsor to coordinate task implementationo Maintain knowledge of current and evolving agency, national, and international standards applicable to the system development of interest
Qualifications:
Five (5) years' experience as a TE in programs and contracts of similar scope, type and complexity is requiredBachelor's degree in Math, Science, Engineering, Statistics, Engineering Management, or related discipline form an accredited college or university is requiredFour (4) years of additional TE experience may be substituted for a bachelor's degreeTask Description The Test Engineer shall be responsible for the development, execution, and sustainment of test plans/test suites for the testing and evaluation of user interface visualization software solutions against documented requirements and established QA metricsTask Required Skillso Experience using the Linux CLIo Experience writing scripts using Bash/Pythono General knowledge of software QA methodologies, tools, and processeso Experience developing test plans/test suites for UI and visualization software solutionso Experience automating testing procedureso Experience writing clear, concise, and comprehensive bug reports and test caseso Experience with UI Testing tools such as Parasoft Selenic, Katalon, Selenium, mabi, TestIM, Functionize, Perfecto, TestCraft, Squish, and AutonomIQo Experience testing APIs using tools such as Postmano Experience with CI/CD principles, methodologies, and tools such as GitLab CI Task Desired Skillso Experience with the Atlassian Tool Suite (JIRA, Confluence)o Experience with Git Version Control System Recommended Skills Api Architecture Assessments Automation Bash (Scripting Language) Concept Of Operations Estimated Salary: $20 to $28 per hour based on qualifications.
Test Engineer Location:
Annapolis Junction, MD Clearance:
Active TS/SCI w/ Polygraph needed to applyo Company Overview:
Cornerstone Defense, in partnership with our military, intelligence, and civil government customers, supports U.
Soperations worldwide through the use of many different types of intelligence, satellite, and cyber technologiesCornerstone's Intelligence Sector provides solutions to the United States Government for information collection, operations, exploitation and dissemination, and research activitiesOur Team specializes in software development, cloud architecture, systems and network engineering, systems integration, agile management, as well as targeting operations and intelligence analysisOur support to our mission customers includes cyber network operations, exploitation and defense, signals intelligence, human intelligence, and critical missions and networksLCAT Description:
Tester Engineer 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 resultsSupports 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 ReportsWorks with other test organizations to support T&E program integrationProvides specialized T&E capabilities tailored to system functions, level, maturity, and performance areasThe Level 2 Test Engineer (TE) shall possess the following capabilities:
o 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 activitieso Plan and Execute Performance Analysiso Review planned acquisition approaches to support T&E schedule alignment with decision maker needs for T&E supporto Analyze performance risk areas to focus T&E planningo Specify, validate, and adapt Modeling and Simulation for T&E useo Apply Statistical Analysis of variations in performance behavior to characterize confidence in performance estimateso Select, develop, and use analysis toolso Execute the evaluation plan on data collected by Testing Taskso Plan and Execute Performance Data Collectiono Plan program and event level testing for collection of data required for analysis and to sync T&E events with supported decision pointso Establish and employ Data and Configuration Management capabilitieso Support Data Authentication group functions; and comply with program Discrepancy Reporting criteria and processeso Assess operation and system performance requirements for testability and criticality to fram and prioritize T&E objectives and enable evaluation planningo 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 planningo Assess operational environments and priorities for evaluation attention and scenario selection, and to coordinate user participation in T&Eo 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 testo Design surveys for evaluation of Subject Matter Expert (SME) input and user assessments of performanceo Participate in the T&E Working-level Integrated Product Team (WIPT) and/or Integrated Test Team for coordination of evaluation planso 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)o Design data sampling schemes to optimize the information/resource balance and to control testing uncertaintieso Select, coordinate, and calibrate Instrumentation, collection and data management tools, targets, and facilitieso Ensure test readiness including training of test event participants re-conduct of the event; equipment readiness, and security, legal, and privacy compliance arrangementso Participate in T&E WIPT and/or integrated Test Team for coordination of data collection planso Execute Testing and Data Collection per plano Produce associated Test Plans, Procedures, and reports/Briefings, Data management Plano Work directly with the Government sponsor to coordinate task implementationo Maintain knowledge of current and evolving agency, national, and international standards applicable to the system development of interest
Qualifications:
Five (5) years' experience as a TE in programs and contracts of similar scope, type and complexity is requiredBachelor's degree in Math, Science, Engineering, Statistics, Engineering Management, or related discipline form an accredited college or university is requiredFour (4) years of additional TE experience may be substituted for a bachelor's degreeTask Description The Test Engineer shall be responsible for the development, execution, and sustainment of test plans/test suites for the testing and evaluation of user interface visualization software solutions against documented requirements and established QA metricsTask Required Skillso Experience using the Linux CLIo Experience writing scripts using Bash/Pythono General knowledge of software QA methodologies, tools, and processeso Experience developing test plans/test suites for UI and visualization software solutionso Experience automating testing procedureso Experience writing clear, concise, and comprehensive bug reports and test caseso Experience with UI Testing tools such as Parasoft Selenic, Katalon, Selenium, mabi, TestIM, Functionize, Perfecto, TestCraft, Squish, and AutonomIQo Experience testing APIs using tools such as Postmano Experience with CI/CD principles, methodologies, and tools such as GitLab CI Task Desired Skillso Experience with the Atlassian Tool Suite (JIRA, Confluence)o Experience with Git Version Control System Recommended Skills Api Architecture Assessments Automation Bash (Scripting Language) Concept Of Operations Estimated Salary: $20 to $28 per hour based on qualifications.
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