Testing Systems Engineer - Non-Common, TS/SCI w/Poly

White Sky Technologies LLC; Fort Meade (MD); On-site; USD 180,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous PTO

Benefits package

Job summary

White Sky Technologies LLC in Fort Meade, Maryland, is seeking a System Engineer to support a web-based mission application used by national analysts. The role focuses on testing, validation, and documentation across a full software lifecycle, with collaboration across DevOps and development teams.

The position requires ten years of SWE experience, a CS-related bachelor’s, and an active TS/SCI with poly. Salary ranges from $180,000 to $210,000 with generous benefits and opportunities for

Qualifications

• Ten years of SWE experience on programs/contracts of similar scope.
• Bachelor’s degree required; substitutions allowed for additional SWE experience.
• Active TS/SCI with poly required.

Responsibilities

• Perform manual testing of system and application testing against defined requirements.
• As Epic Champion, collaborate with DevOps and Development teams to define testing needs and plans.
• Execute functional, regression, integration and user acceptance testing as appropriate.
• Document test results and submit defects through defect-tracking processes.
• Install, upgrade and validate configurations in support of testing tasks.
• Develop and maintain test documentation and materials.
• Provide user training on application functionality and usage/monitoring.
• Validate defect fixes with development teams and verify acceptance criteria.
• Travel CONUS/OCONUS 1-2 times per year.

Skills

Manual testing

Test documentation

Communication

Linux basics

CI/CD knowledge

Linux

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or related

Active TS/SCI w/ poly

Tools

GitLab CI/CD

Jira

Confluence

Grafana

RHEL/Rocky Linux

Job description

White Sky Technologies specializes in systems engineering and technology management solutions for U.S. Government clients. We are committed to meeting our customer’s needs with a dedicated and highly qualified workforce.

As a System Engineer, you are responsible for providing support to our web-based mission application and its customers. This software product is a full life cycle software suite that provides audio & video ingest, storage, query, playback, analysis, and transcription features. Our application is used by national and tactical analysts on small systems (laptops) and large systems (server farms). You will be working with technologies including Linux (RHEL/Rocky), GitLab CI/CD, Grafana, Jira and Confluence.

Responsibilities

• Perform manual testing of system and application testing to validate functionality, usability and system performance against defined requirements
• As an Epic Champion, collaborate with DevOps and Development teams to define testing needs and develop compliant test plans and cases
• Execute functional, regression, integration and user acceptance testing as appropriate
• Document test results, identify defects and submit detailed findings through established defect-tracking processes
• Perform system and application installations, upgrades and configuration validation in support of testing responsibilities
• Develop and maintain test documentation, procedures and supporting technical materials
• Provide training to users on application functionality and system usage/ monitoring
• Collaborate with development teams to validate defect fixes and verify that changes meet acceptance criteria
• Participate in occasional CONUS/OCONUS travel (:1-2 times per year)

Skills Required

• Experience with GitLab and CI/CD pipelines
• Experience working in Linux environments (RHEL 8/9, Rocky Linux 8/9)
• Experience with manual software testing, including functional and regression testing
• Experience documenting test cases, test results, and software defects
• Experience with Jira and Confluence for test documentation and defect tracking
• Familiarity with Grafana for reviewing system information in support of test activities, as needed
• Strong written and verbal communication skills and the ability to collaborate across technical teams

Qualifications

• Ten (10) years of experience required as a SWE in programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related discipline from an accredited college or university is required. Four (4) years of additional SWE experience on projects with similar software processes may be substituted for a bachelor's degree.
• Active TS/SCI w/ poly

Salary range - $180,000-$210,000, based on qualifications/experience.

Please check out our amazing benefits and generous PTO plan.

White Sky Technologies, LLC., provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.