Test Systems Engineer (Expert-Level)

Test Systems Engineer (Expert-Level)

Sensor Program Test Support

The NEE contractor shall provide coordination of Sensor Program integration testing services to

include planning and coordinating enterprise test events in support of Sensor Programs with the

NGA Test Organization (NTO) and Mission Partners and coordinating integration,

interoperability, operational and functionality testing for a multitude of Sensor Programs. NGA

Sensor Program Test Support activities may include support in the performance of this

Task Order include, but are not limited to :

a. Support 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.

b. Support early integration testing of multiple interactive systems to demonstrate stability and

readiness for operational exposure in support of Sensor Programs.

c. Perform requirements decomposition to identify and develop test cases and objectives.

d. Conduct system workflow and interoperability analysis to identify test case insertion points.

e. Conduct assessment of risk to the enterprise, architecture, legacy capabilities, and end user to

determine the risk priority and scope of planned testing.

f. Coordinate Sensor Program test participation with all NGA stakeholders, mission partners,

other NSG / ASG programs, segments, and projects, de-conflicting schedule and resource

conflicts.

g. Track Discrepancy Reports (DRs) and developer and program office Technical Investigation

TI) updates to determine need for re-test.

h. Perform 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.

Coordinate 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.

i. Support readiness of programs, segments, and projects at various milestones through

participation in required readiness reviews and assist government POCs with

recommendations to ensure success.

j. Support the NTO to develop Operational Test and Evaluation (OT&E) criteria and system

acceptance tests for Sensor Programs.

k. Coordinate 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).

l. Facilitate and oversee self-service and collaborative end-to-end system testing and analysis

inclusive of DevOps and cloud hosted developed applications, tools, and services

Overall Assignment Description :

Expert-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 Senior-, Mid- 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.

Oversees testing of applications and application programming interfaces (APIs) in DevOps

pipelines utilizing quality assurance measures established by the government and industry best

practices.

Oversees 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.

Leads technical investigations for defects discovered during test activities.

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 18+ related equivalent additional experience.

Expert-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.

• Working knowledge of Software Development Frameworks.
• Previous IC or DoD program / project work experience.

Desired :

Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Engineering

Management, Management Information Systems, or related STEM degree program.

Experience with JMeter and, 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.
• Previous NGA and / or NSG / ASG program / project work experience

Location : Washington Metro Area

Clearance : Active TS / SCI is required