Acceptance Test Plan Lead - Senior

Joint Research and Development; Belcamp (MD); Remote; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Life & AD&D Insurance

Section 125 Flexible Spending Accounts

Disability Insurance

401K Plan

Tuition Reimbursement

Job summary

JRAD is seeking a Senior Acceptance Test Plan Lead to support the U.S. Army TENM program. This telework role involves frequent travel and extended onsite support to ATEC Test Centers.

You will oversee development of comprehensive test plans, coordinate with government representatives, and ensure alignment with engineering specs and operational requirements across network, wireless, RF, and fiber systems.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field.
• 10+ years of experience in technical project management, systems integration, acceptance testing.
• Experience leading site-level acceptance test planning and execution.
• Experience with DoD/federal programs and government stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead development, coordination, and execution planning of acceptance test plans for TENM program.
• Oversee site-level acceptance test planning activities, personnel, schedules, and coordination with government reps.
• Interface with government stakeholders for acceptance test planning, readiness, and approval coordination.
• Develop test plans, procedures, test scenarios, and verification methodologies for network and telecom infra.
• Coordinate with engineers, cybersecurity, and government reps to align with specs and requirements.
• Manage test objectives, readiness milestones, and dependencies to support evaluation.
• Oversee site readiness and availability of assets for test execution.
• Lead testing planning meetings, reviews, and coordination sessions with stakeholders.
• Manage schedules, resources, risks, and corrective actions for testing activities.
• Coordinate identification and resolution of test planning deficiencies and discrepancies.
• Ensure test plans incorporate cybersecurity controls and configuration management standards.
• Prepare and submit government-facing test documentation including TRMs and readiness packages.
• Monitor progress, assess schedule impacts, and provide status updates to government and management.
• Provide senior leadership oversight to site personnel and technical teams.

Skills

Acceptance testing

Test planning

Project management

Stakeholder coordination

Government contracting

DoD cybersecurity

Site leadership

Risk management

Technical documentation

SAT coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT/CS/Engineering

Job description

JRAD is seeking candidates for a Senior Acceptance Test Plan Lead position supporting the U.S. Army Test and Evaluation Command. This position is a telework position with frequent travel and extended onsite support to ATEC Test Centers.

Roles/Responsibilities:

• Lead the development, coordination, management, and execution planning of comprehensive acceptance test plans supporting the U.S. Army Test Enterprise Network Modernization (TENM) program.
• Serve as the Senior Site Manager responsible for overseeing site-level acceptance test planning activities, technical personnel, schedules, resources, and coordination with ATEC government representatives.
• Act as the primary interface with government stakeholders for acceptance test planning, requirements validation, test readiness, scheduling, and approval coordination.
• Develop and maintain detailed acceptance test plans, procedures, test scenarios, performance criteria, and verification methodologies for network, wireless, RF, fiber-optic, and associated communications infrastructure.
• Coordinate with network engineers, installation leads, cybersecurity personnel, systems integrators, and government technical representatives to ensure test plans align with approved engineering specifications and operational requirements.
• Establish and manage acceptance test objectives, success criteria, requirements traceability, test dependencies, and readiness milestones to support government evaluation and acceptance.
• Oversee site readiness assessments and coordinate the availability of personnel, equipment, infrastructure, test environments, and technical documentation necessary for successful test execution.
• Lead acceptance test planning meetings, technical reviews, test readiness reviews, and coordination sessions with government stakeholders and program leadership.
• Manage technical project schedules, resource allocation, risks, issues, and corrective action planning to ensure testing activities support established program milestones.
• Coordinate the identification, documentation, tracking, and resolution of test planning deficiencies, technical discrepancies, and requirements gaps.
• Ensure acceptance test plans incorporate applicable cybersecurity requirements, network security controls, configuration management standards, and system performance objectives.
• Oversee the preparation, review, and submission of government-facing test documentation, including test plans, procedures, requirements traceability matrices, readiness assessments, and final acceptance planning packages.
• Monitor acceptance testing progress, evaluate schedule impacts, coordinate necessary test plan revisions, and provide regular status updates to government representatives and program management.
• Provide senior-level leadership and oversight to site personnel and technical teams, ensuring acceptance testing is properly planned, coordinated, documented, and aligned with ATEC mission requirements.

Required Skills and Education:

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, Telecommunications, Information Systems, Project Management, or a related technical discipline.
• Minimum of 10 years of professional experience in technical project management, systems integration, acceptance testing, test planning, or related engineering program management activities.
• Demonstrated experience developing, managing, and coordinating formal acceptance test plans for complex technical systems, network infrastructure, telecommunications, or systems integration projects.
• Experience serving as a site manager, technical project lead, or senior testing manager responsible for personnel, schedules, resources, and technical deliverables.
• Demonstrated experience working directly with government representatives or customer stakeholders to develop test plans, establish acceptance criteria, and coordinate testing milestones.
• Experience managing technical project schedules, acceptance testing dependencies, requirements traceability, risk mitigation, and issue resolution.
• Experience supporting DoD, federal government, military test and evaluation, or similarly complex mission-critical technical programs.
• Appropriate DoD 8140-aligned cybersecurity qualification or certification based on the designated cyber workforce role and required proficiency level.
• CompTIA Security+ CE or another qualifying credential may be applicable, subject to the specific DoD 8140 requirements assigned to the position.
• Strong knowledge of technical project management methodologies, including project planning, scheduling, resource management, risk assessment, stakeholder coordination, and performance reporting.
• Demonstrated expertise developing comprehensive acceptance test plans, test procedures, test scenarios, verification methodologies, and technical evaluation criteria.
• Experience establishing requirements traceability, acceptance criteria, test readiness milestones, and verification and validation processes.
• Working knowledge of enterprise network infrastructure, including routing, switching, TCP/IP, wireless communications, RF systems, fiber-optic networks, and telecommunications technologies.
• Ability to interpret engineering specifications, system architecture diagrams, technical requirements, and network implementation documentation.
• Experience coordinating system integration testing, Site Acceptance Testing (SAT), verification and validation (V&V), and government acceptance processes.
• Strong understanding of test planning documentation, configuration management, discrepancy tracking, corrective action procedures, and technical quality assurance.
• Familiarity with applicable DoD cybersecurity requirements, system security controls, network hardening practices, and information assurance principles.
• Ability to coordinate multidisciplinary technical teams, manage competing project priorities, and resolve scheduling or technical dependencies.
• Experience developing government-facing technical documentation, requirements traceability matrices, test readiness reports, and acceptance planning deliverables.
• Strong leadership, organizational, analytical, written communication, and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Proficiency with technical project management, scheduling, requirements management, and test documentation tools.

Security Clearance:

• An active Secret clearance.
• Candidates must be able to meet all applicable government background investigation, installation access, cybersecurity, and personnel security requirements associated with their assigned duties.

When you work for JRAD you will never be just a number. We put people before profits!

JRAD is committed to the health and well-being of its employees. We offer more paid time off than the average company upon hire and the following benefits are available to all full-time employees:

• Health Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Life & Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance
• Section 125 Flexible Spending Accounts for unreimbursed medical & dependent day care
• Disability Insurance
• 401K Plan
• Tuition Reimbursement

JRAD is an equal opportunity employer as to all protected groups, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.

The JRAD salary range for this position is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. These factors include, but are not limited to position responsibilities, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and contract terms and conditions.