Test Engineer III TS SCI with Poly at BCT LLC in FT MEADE, MD

Job description

• BCT LLC is seeking a Test Engineer 3. The ideal candidate must possess an active TS/SCI with POLY. This position is located in Annapolis Junction, Maryland. CI Poly must be less than five years old.
• The candidate will be a dedicated tester with experience in both the Software and Hardware worlds. A tester in this role will enable other test teams and testing activities by designing testing postures/frameworks at a macro level and supporting work performed at the micro level. Members of this team will get a broad spectrum of the entire effort and help drive testing design/ improvements.

Responsibilities

• Provide overall leadership of the T&E task and serve as primary liaison to the government for supporting contract coordination and task execution
• Manage T&E resources and tasks; ensure quality assurance of test processes and products
• Communicate issues and solutions to the broader government and contract management structure as requested by Leadership
• Drive innovation and responsiveness to program changes and evolving T&E status to help manage program risk: develop alternative courses of action, work-arounds, and fallback positions with a recommended course of action for each risk, and monitor and re-evaluate risks at appropriate milestones
• Ensure the appropriate level of independence of the team from the solution provider to support government management of objectivity risk
• Familiarity with troubleshooting and performing system administration on Linux servers.
• Experience with Splunk, Grafana, Kabana, or other data visualization dashboard tools.
• Experience creating user stories and defining acceptance criteria.
• Recommend draft plans and reports from the Level 1 tasks for approval by the task leader
• Work directly with the Government sponsor to coordinate task implementation
• Maintain knowledge of current and evolving agency, national, and international standards applicable to the system development of interest
• Familiarity with the creation and maintenance of test documentation.
• Understanding of software configuration management practices and CI/CD tools (e.g., GitLab, Jenkins).
• Basic understanding of database concepts and query languages such as SQL or others.
• Ability to develop test cases through the analysis of system requirements.
• Scripting in languages such as Bash, Python, or similar.
• Basic understanding of software testing methodologies.
• Self-motivated and able to work effectively both independently and in a team.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or above from an accredited University in Math, Science, Computer Science, Engineering, Statistics, Engineering Management, or a related field is required.
• Eight (8) years of experience
• If the degree is not in the STEM field, must have an additional 5 years of Testing for a total of 13 years.
• Five (5) additional years of TE experience may be substituted for a bachelor’s degree; Professional Certification as SE or T&E level 3 and PM level 2, or equivalent experience is required.
• Demonstrated experience of at least five (5) years shall be within the focus areas needed by the program.
• Familiarity with programming languages such as Python, Java, or C#.
• Comfortable with Linux/Unix command line interface and command execution.
• Experience designing and developing automated test frameworks from scratch.

Skills

Required

• Linux
• Splunk
• Grafana
• Kabana
• GitLab
• Jenkins
• SQL
• Bash
• Python
• Java
• C#
• CI/CD

Benefits

• Very competitive 401(k) Plan with Matching Contributions
• Independent 401(k) and Investment Advisory Services
• BCT-Funded Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Health/Dental/Vision Coverage
• Competitive PTO & Federal Holiday package
• Life/AD&D/Disability Coverage paid 100% by BCT
• Generous Employee Referral Program
• Tuition/Training Reimbursement
• Wellness Membership Program
• Pet Adoption Program
• Several Scholarship Opportunities- available to BCT family members/dependents
• The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, BCT-LLC considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions.