Defense Network Test Engineer (Secret Clearance)

Sigma Defense Systems LLC; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Dental and Vision Insurance

Medical Insurance with HSA/FSA/DFSA

Life and AD&D coverage

Employee Assistance Program

401(k) with Company Matching

160 Hours of PTO

12 Holidays (Floating)

Educational Assistance

Highly Competitive Salary

Job summary

Sigma Defense Systems LLC in San Diego, CA seeks a Test Engineer to design and execute test strategies for high-availability networks. You will document defects, perform RCA, and collaborate with systems and cybersecurity engineers to ensure secure operations.

Applicants must be U.S. citizens and hold a Security+ or CISSP and an OS certification; DoD STIGs experience is valuable. A Bachelor's in Engineering is required and a DoD clearance may be sponsored.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in test engineering or equivalent role.
• Experience developing test strategies and test plans for HA network architectures.
• Creation of functional, integration, system, regression, and performance test cases.
• Perform regression testing after network software/firmware/config changes.
• Document defects with reproducible steps, logs, and telemetry.
• Analyze failures and participate in root-cause analysis (RCA).
• Experience with network devices (switches/routers/Wi-Fi controllers/VOIP).
• Experience with hyper-converged infrastructures.

Responsibilities

• Configure, install, and maintain network equipment and services across Navy Enterprise Network architecture.
• Implement, test, and troubleshoot VLANs, routing, IP addressing, and WAN connectivity.
• Integrate external services and validate DoD security standards (STIGs).
• Create and update installation docs, network diagrams, IP schemas, and script configurations.
• Diagnose faults during official and unofficial test events and productions.
• Collaborate with systems, software, and cybersecurity engineers on secure operations.
• Participate in shipboard testing, validation, and documentation.

Skills

Test strategy development

Test case design

Regression testing

Root-cause analysis

Network devices knowledge

Hyper-converged infrastructures

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Git

Ansible

CI/CD tools

Python

JavaScript

PowerShell

AWS

Azure

Job description

Sigma Defense Systems LLC in San Diego, CA seeks a Test Engineer to design and execute test strategies for high-availability networks. You will document defects, perform RCA, and collaborate with systems and cybersecurity engineers to ensure secure operations.

Applicants must be U.S. citizens and hold a Security+ or CISSP and an OS certification; DoD STIGs experience is valuable. A Bachelor's in Engineering is required and a DoD clearance may be sponsored.