Systems Engineer 3 (Test Coordinator)

Base-2 Solutions, LLC; Maryland; On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job 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 high-visibility test events across the full lifecycle and provides timely status updates to Government leads. You will drive communication, track environments and defects, and prepare concise reports for stakeholders across complex programs.

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI with Full Scope Polygraph.
• Experience coordinating schedule-driven, project-level activities across multiple participants.
• Strong written and verbal communication for diverse audiences.
• Experience working with Government teams, industry vendors, and internal stakeholders.
• Ability to escalate to Government Leads, including ART Leads and CORs.
• Proficiency in requirements validation and test planning.
• Experience tracking schedules and managing test life cycle.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the central facilitator of contractual and programmatic test events across Government teams and vendors.
• Coordinate high-visibility, staggered test events across the full test life cycle.
• Provide timely status updates to Government Leads and other stakeholders.
• Facilitate regular meetings to discuss progress, issues, and risk mitigation.
• Liaise between vendor, integrator, development, and testing teams to ensure effective communication.
• Monitor test case execution and track progress against the test plan.
• Ensure defects and issues are logged, prioritized, and resolved.
• Coordinate environment setup, test data, and configurations for events.
• Prepare and present test status reports and test closure documentation.
• Identify risks and propose recommendations to adjust scope or priorities.

Skills

Security clearance TS/SCI

Test coordination

Systems engineering

Stakeholder management

Scheduling coordination

Effective communication

Requirements validation

Risk assessment

Environment setup

Cross-team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Master's Degree

Associates Degree

High School Diploma/GED

PhD

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 escalate 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.

Required Certifications

• None specified.

Required Security Clearance

• Active TS/SCI with Full Scope Polygraph.