Senior Test Systems Engineer

Vosper Thornycroft Group; Springfield (VA); On-site; USD 135,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Job summary

Vosper Thornycroft Group (VTG) in Springfield, VA seeks a Senior Test Systems Engineer to lead testing across NSG/ASG and Federal Agencies. You will guide mid-level and junior engineers and execute automated and manual tests in DevOps pipelines to ensure compliance with government and industry standards.

The role requires 12–18 years of experience, a STEM degree, and a TS/SCI w/ Poly clearance. Master’s degree is preferred, with hands-on experience in test management, integration testing, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science, IT, Engineering, or related STEM field.
• Senior-level systems integration experience in government or industry integrating large complex System of Systems or SOA environments (cloud, on-prem, or hybrid).
• 12-18 years of experience in relevant roles.
• Experience with test management and defect tracking tools.
• Experience with traditional, Agile, and DevOps development practices and testing strategies.
• TS/SCI w/ Poly.
• U.S. Citizen with active TS/SCI clearance w/ Polygraph.

Responsibilities

• Guides mid-level and junior-level system engineers across NSG/ASG and Federal Agencies.
• Performs testing of applications and APIs in DevOps pipelines with QA measures.
• Performs independent integration testing to verify compliance with requirements.
• Plans and executes manual tests and automated scripts using relevant languages.
• Supports investigations for defects found during testing.

Skills

Test management

Defect tracking

Agile methodologies

DevOps

Security clearance TS/SCI w/ Poly

Education

Bachelor’s or higher in STEM

Master’s degree (preferred)

Tools

JMeter

Jenkins

Docker

Postman

Swagger

Nexus

Apigee

GitHub/GitLab

Java

Bash

Curl

XML

JSON

SQL

Python

JavaScript

AWS

C2S

Job description

Overview

VTG is seeking a Senior Test Systems Engineer, located in Springfield, VA. Senior-level Test Systems Engineers assist in leading Application, System and Integration Testing teams performing test and evaluation across the National System of Geospatial-intelligence (NSG), Allied System of Geospatial-intelligence (ASG) and Federal Agencies to ensure timely and accurate GEOINT.

What will you do?

• Guides Mid-level and Junior-level system engineers performing test and evaluation across the National System of Geospatial-intelligence (NSG), Allied System of Geospatial-intelligence (ASG) and Federal Agencies.
• Performs testing of applications and application programming interfaces (APIs) in DevOps pipelines utilizing quality assurance measures established by the government and industry best practices.
• Performs independent integration testing on system software and hardware to determine the system’s compliance with specified requirements.
• Plans and executes manual tests, and automated test scripts using scripting and programming languages.
• Supports technical investigations for defects discovered during test activities.

Do you have what it takes?

Required

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Engineering Management, Management Information Systems, or related STEM degree program, or related equivalent additional experience.
• Senior-level systems integration experience working in government or industry integrating large complex System of Systems or Service Oriented Architecture environments residing in cloud, on premise, or hybrid infrastructures.
• 12-18 years of experience.
• Experience with testmanagement and defect tracking tools.
• Experience with traditional, Agile, and DevOps development practices and associated testing strategies.
• TS/SCI w/Poly.
• Must be a U.S. Citizen with an active TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph.

Desired

• Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Engineering Management, Management Information Systems, or related STEM degree program.
• Experience with JMeterand, Jenkins, Docker, Postman, Swagger, Nexus, Apigee or GitHub/GitLab (or equivalent software packages), Java, Bash, Curl, XML, JSON, SQL, Python, Javascript, and AWS and C2S.
• Working knowledge of Model-Based Systems Engineering, processes, tools and languages.
• Working knowledge of Software Development Frameworks.
• Previous NGA and/or NSG/ASG program/project work experience.
• Previous IC or DoD program/project work experience.

Pay Range: VTG’s estimated starting pay range is $135,000 - $190,000 annually, which is a general guideline for the geographic location. When extending an offer, VTG also considers work experience, education, skill level, market considerations and may possibly include contractual requirements which may cause an offer to fall outside of this range.