Systems Engineer 3 (Test Coordinator)

RPMGlobal; Annapolis (MD); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Base-2 Solutions is seeking a Systems Engineer 3 / SETA Test Coordinator to coordinate contractual and programmatic test events across Government teams and vendors. You will act as central facilitator, drive communications, and provide status updates to leads on unclassified and classified networks.

The role requires coordinating high-visibility test events through the full life cycle, facilitating issue resolution, and creating SOPs/templates for government use.

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI with Full Scope Polygraph.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the central facilitator of contractual and programmatic test events.
• Coordinate multiple high-visibility test events across the full test life cycle.
• Provide timely status updates to Government Leads and stakeholders.
• Facilitate regular meetings to discuss progress, address issues and mitigate risks.
• Liaise between vendor, integrator, development and testing teams.

Skills

Communication

Stakeholder management

Scheduling coordination

Test coordination

Risk assessment

Education

Bachelor's degree

Associates degree

Master's degree

High School Diploma/GED

PhD

Tools

Ticketing systems

Collaboration platforms

Dashboard tools

Job description

Position Summary

Base-2 Solutions is seeking a Systems Engineer 3 / SETA Test Coordinator to serve as the central, active facilitator of contractual and programmatic test events across multiple Government teams and vendors. This role coordinates one or more high-visibility, staggered test events across the full test life cycle and provides timely status updates to Government leads.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Serve as the central facilitator of contractual and programmatic test events by driving communication, streamlining information reception, and removing dependencies across multiple Government teams and vendors.
• Coordinate one or more high-visibility, staggered test events concurrently across the full test life cycle.
• Provide timely status updates to Government Leads, including Agile Release Train Leads, Project Directors, CORs, and other stakeholders.
• Facilitate regular meetings and communication mechanisms to discuss progress, address issues, and mitigate risks.
• Liaise between vendor, integrator, development, and testing teams to ensure effective communication.
• Actively participate in communications across multiple channels, including chatrooms, emails, and verbal communication, on unclassified and classified networks.
• Identify and recommend actions to remove gaps in information or communication.
• Escalate issues to appropriate teams or, when necessary, to Government Leads.
• Centralize presentation of test-event data across teams and vendors.
• Create SOPs and templates for Government use.
• Maintain a broad view of testing activities for assigned equipment across different test phases.
• Track and communicate information across multiple teams and stakeholders.
• Monitor test case execution and track progress against the test plan.
• Ensure defects and issues are properly logged, prioritized, tracked, and resolved.
• Provide periodic status messaging for each test event.
• Coordinate with other teams in the setup of the system or environment under test, including hardware, software, and network configurations.
• Ensure each test environment meets event-specific criteria.
• Triage, prioritize, and summarize issues reported during testing.
• Facilitate issue resolution by working with teams, vendors, and stakeholders.
• Summarize regular test status reports for stakeholders.
• Facilitate the culmination of multiple test reports summarizing the environment, detailed results, and recommendations.
• Identify, track, and help mitigate risks that could impact testing schedule, scope, or quality.
• Provide recommendations on decisions and priorities for test activities.
• Provide recommendations to help define testing scope, objectives, and criteria for success.
• Facilitate review of detailed test plans, including timelines and milestones.
• Coordinate resources and schedules between the vendor, integrator, and testing teams.
• Coordinate with Government teams to develop test cases covering required functionality and edge cases.
• Review test cases to ensure they are well defined, relevant, and feasible.
• Coordinate test closure activities, including final testing, documentation updates, and messaging.
• Facilitate identification and incorporation of lessons learned to improve future testing efforts.

Required Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI with Full Scope Polygraph.
• Experience in systems engineering sufficient to meet one of the stated education/experience pathways.
• Strong experience coordinating schedule-driven, project-level activities across multiple participants.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills and the ability to synthesize and summarize complex technical information for diverse audiences.
• Experience working across multiple stakeholders, including Government teams, industry vendors, and internal stakeholders.
• Ability to escape appropriately to Government Leads, including ART Leads and CORs.
• Proficiency supporting requirements validation activities.
• Proficiency tracking schedules and anticipating logistical challenges.
• Proficiency using ticketing systems, collaboration platforms, and dashboard tools.
• Analytical mindset with the ability to identify gaps, assess risks, and recommend prioritization of test activities.
• Ability to coordinate environment setup, issue management, reporting, planning, scheduling, and closure activities across the test life cycle.

Required Education and Experience Equivalency

• High School Diploma/GED with 12 years of experience.
• Associates Degree with 12 years of experience.
• Bachelors' Degree with 7 years of experience.
• Masters' Degree with 5 years of experience.
• PhD with 3 years of experience.

RequiredCertifications

• None specified.

Required Security Clearance

• Active TS/SCI with Full Scope Polygraph.