Dezign Concepts LLC
Test Engineer III
Application & Software Development - Jessup, MD - Full Time
20231204-BP-310-01
Active (NSA) Top Secret Clearance with Poly Required
Salary Range: Up to $160K **salary is commensurate with education and experience**
Job Summary
Join the team in a pivotal role as a Test Engineer. Your work will span across unique environments at the NSA like UWE, EVO, and WANDS-U, contributing to national security and technological advancements. You'll engage in cutting-edge projects, some involving public interaction such as contributing to NIST's public GitHub repositories. This role is perfect for those who value impact, innovation, and collaboration.
**Please note: This job requires an existing NSA Top Secret Clearance and Polygraph**
Technical Skills: PYTEST and JUnit
Core Responsibilities:
- Providing end-to end testing to include unit testing, creating test plans and test procedures and other duties required.
- Collaborate on Level 1 tasks, leveraging your technical training and testing experience.
- Research and apply government test and evaluation concepts, alongside related engineering and operational activities.
- Plan and execute performance analysis, focusing on risk areas and aligning with T&E schedules.
- Engage in modeling, simulation, and statistical analysis to support testing and evaluation.
- Implement data and configuration management, supporting data authentication and discrepancy reporting.
- Coordinate with systems engineering teams, contributing to evaluation planning and risk assessment.
- Design and execute testing plans, procedures, and data collection strategies.
- Provide technical leadership and direction, ensuring quality assurance and resource management.
- Drive innovation and respond effectively to program changes and risks.
- Some of the work may require public interaction (e.g. participating on/in NIST's public GitHub) if that has any (e.g. ITAR) entanglements.
Experience Needed:
- Citizenship: Must Be a US Citizen
- Existing Clearance Required: Active Top-Secret SCI with Poly
A Bachelor’s degree in Math, Science, Engineering, Statistics, Engineering Management, or a related field from an accredited institution.
- Eight years of experience in test engineering for similar scope projects. (Note: An additional four years of TE experience can substitute for a bachelor’s degree.)
- Working knowledge of git, gitlab, and either a preferred IDE or VSCode/code-server;
- Familiarity with Behavior-driven development (BDD) in Cucumber, unit testing with at least one testing framework (e.g. JUnit, PyTest) and Terraform would also be good to brush up on.
Health Benefits | Work/Life Balance | Financial Opportunities |
100% Medical & Fixed costs for Dental, Vision & Short-Term Disability | 4 Weeks PTO & 11 Paid Holidays | 401K Up to 5% Matching & $5K Training / Certification Reimbursement |
Dezign Concepts and Triune Solutions have formed a strategic partnership aimed at sourcing skilled IT professionals for the National Security Agency (NSA). We are uniquely positioned to provide the intelligence community with exceptional talent, reinforcing our shared commitment to advancing the mission-critical operations that safeguard our nation's security. This partnership reflects our mutual dedication to excellence and our unwavering focus on contributing to the vital efforts of the intelligence community.
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