Test Engineer - 3 - Prime Contract Position
A real opportunity to make a real difference. If that speaks to you, LufCo and this program are for you. Come be a part of the LufCo adventure!
You like digging into your tasks and have a desire to be a part of pushing secure access solutions forward to support the customer. You enjoy engaging with your teammates and have strong communication skills to effectively communicate at all levels, both those that work with you and those you serve.
You bring attention to detail and possess the agency to make decisions in support of problem solving and completing tasks in a timely manner. You value the support from company leadership to deliver the highest quality product while supporting a healthy work/life balance. You want to grow and contribute to improve the mission.
Location: Annapolis Junction, MD
The Test Engineer will be responsible for the following duties:
- Experience in automating all levels of tests, including traditional manual testing, across a wide variety of platforms
- Proficient with popular open source testing platforms and tools to perform integration, system and load/performance testing
- Uncanny ability to think about how to test the untestable followed up with planning and executing creative testing ideas
- Ability to plan, execute and present test Performance Data
- Knowledge of security testing as part of a DevSecOps development process and the ability to plan program and event level testing for collection of data required for analysis and to sync T&E events with supported decision points
- Assess operational and system performance requirements for testability and criticality to frame and prioritize T&E objectives and enable evaluation planning
- Coordinate with program Systems Engineering (SE) and review T&E-related SE information
- Participate in the T&E Working-level Integrated Product Team (WIPT) and/or Integrated Test Team for coordination of evaluation plans
- Structure tests for build/deploy in stages for Dev, Test/Integration, and Production environments
- Produce Evaluation Plans (metric framework, scenarios/threads, timelines, requirements/T&E crosswalk), 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)
- 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
- Provide overall leadership of the T&E task and serve as primary liaison to the government for supporting contract coordination and task execution
- 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
What You'll Need:
- TS/SCI w/ Polygraph
- Strong knowledge of constructing and implementing test plans (including Strategies, Suites, Cases, Cycles, & Archiving Test Artifacts)
- Familiarity with Agile tools like Jira & TestRay
- Test Frameworks with Cypress (strong background), Selenium and/or Puppeteer
- Familiarity with Java J2EE, Gradle, and Node.js
- CI/CD knowledge strongly encouraged. Configuring gitlab-ci.yml and gitlab runners
- Working knowledge of running Docker containers
- Strong knowledge of types of tests needed for the program: Unit, Integration, End-to-end, Regression, Performance, Accessibility, etc.
- 8 years experience as a Test Engineer in programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity is required. Bachelor’s degree in Math, Science, Engineering, Statistics, Engineering Management, or related discipline from accredited college or university is required
- 4 years of additional TE experience may be substituted for a bachelor’s degree.
Compensation and Benefits:
What We Offer:
- Competitive Pay
- Flexibility and autonomous work with frequent collaboration
- Continuing Education and Workforce Development
- Positive work environment with professionals, no drama!
- Professional growth and mentorship
- Flexible Schedule, within the pay period
LufCo provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
