Overall Assignment Description:Senior-level Test Systems Engineers assist in leading Application, System and Integration Testing
teams performing test and evaluation across the National System of Geospatial-intelligence (NSG),
Allied System of Geospatial-intelligence (ASG) and Federal Agencies to ensure timely and accurate
GEOINT.
Duties may include:- Guides Mid-level and Junior-level system engineers performing test and evaluation across the
National System of Geospatial-intelligence (NSG), Allied System of Geospatial-intelligence
(ASG) and Federal Agencies. - Performs testing of applications and application programming interfaces (APIs) in DevOps
pipelines utilizing quality assurance measures established by the government and industry best
practices. - Performs independent integration testing on system software and hardware to determine the
system's compliance with specified requirements. - Plans and executes manual tests, and automated test scripts using scripting and programming
languages. - Supports technical investigations for defects discovered during test activities
Supports agile, end-to-end system, operational, integration, and regression testing and analysis
on NGA, NSG, and ASG mission production systems, GEOINT services in support of Sensor
Programs. - Supports early integration testing of multiple interactive systems to demonstrate stability and
readiness for operational exposure in support of Sensor Programs. - Performs requirements decomposition to identify and develop test cases and objectives.
- Conducts system workflow and interoperability analysis to identify test case insertion points.
- Conducts assessment of risk to the enterprise, architecture, legacy capabilities, and end user to
determine the risk priority and scope of planned testing. - Coordinates Sensor Program test participation with all NGA stakeholders, mission partners,
other NSG/ASG programs, segments, and projects, de-conflicting schedule and resource
conflicts. - Tracks Discrepancy Reports (DRs) and developer and program office Technical Investigation
(TI) updates to determine need for re-test. - Performs analysis of Sensor Program test case results and analyze output from artifacts
against risk to the NSG/ASG to develop a recommendation for operational readiness. - Coordinates recommendation with Sensor program, Mission Partner, segment, and project
office to determine the appropriateness of deployment with liens, delayed deployment, or
partial operationalization of capabilities. - Supports readiness of programs, segments, and projects at various milestones through
participation in required readiness reviews and assist government POCs with
recommendations to ensure success. - Supports the NTO to develop Operational Test and Evaluation (OT&E) criteria and system
acceptance tests for Sensor Programs. - Coordinates with NGA Foundational Engineering (NFE) contractor to ensure the Sensor
program test campaigns are in accordance with the NSG/ASG Test & Evaluation Master Plan
(TEMP). - Facilitates and oversee self-service and collaborative end-to-end system testing and analysis
inclusive of DevOps and cloud hosted developed applications, tools, and services.
Skills and Experience:Required:- Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering,
Engineering Management, Management Information Systems, or related STEM degree program,
or related equivalent additional experience. - Senior-level systems integration experience working in government or industry integrating large
complex System of Systems or Service Oriented Architecture environments residing in cloud, on
premise, or hybrid infrastructures. - Experience with test management and defect tracking tools.
- Experience with traditional, Agile, and DevOps development practices and associated testing strategies.
Desired:- Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Engineering
Management, Management Information Systems, or related STEM degree program. - Experience with JMeterand, Jenkins, Docker, Postman, Swagger, Nexus, Apigee or
GitHub/GitLab (or equivalent software packages), Java, Bash, Curl, XML, JSON, SQL, Python,
Javascript, and AWS and C2S. - Working knowledge of Model-Based Systems Engineering, processes, tools and languages.
- Working knowledge of Software Development Frameworks.
- Previous NGA and/or NSG/ASG program/project work experience.
- Previous IC or DoD program/project work experience.
