System Engineer: SETA Testing Coordinator

Belay Technologies has been voted Baltimore Business Journal's (BBJ) Best Places to Work 2019, runner up in 2020 and a finalist in 2021!
 
Belay Technologies is seeking a System Engineer to join our intel team. 

Candidates should have the following qualifications: 

• TS/SCI Clearance with polygraph
• A High School Diploma or GED plus twelve (12) years of general system engineering experience.
• OR
• A Bachelor’s degree in a Qualified Engineering Field or a related discipline from an accredited college or university plus seven (7) years of systems engineering experience.
  OR
• A Master’s degree in a Qualified Engineering Field or a related discipline from an accredited college or university plus five (5) years of systems engineering experience.
  OR
• A PhD in a Qualified Engineering Field or a related discipline from an accredited college or university plus three (3) years of systems engineering experience.

Labor Category Description:  
Analyzes user’s requirements, concept of operations documents, and high-level system architectures to develop system requirements specifications. Analyzes system requirements and leads design and development activities. Guides users in formulating requirements, advises alternative approaches, and conducts feasibility studies. Provides technical leadership for the integration of requirements, design, and technology. Incorporates new plans, designs and systems into ongoing operations. Develops technical documentation. Develops system Architecture and system design documentation. Guides system development and implementation planning through assessment or preparation of system engineering management plans and system integration and test plans. Interacts with the Government regarding Systems Engineering technical considerations and for associated problems, issues or conflicts. Ultimate responsibility for the technical integrity of work performed and deliverables associated with the Systems Engineering area of responsibility. Communicates with other program personnel, government overseers, and senior executives.

Description:

• The SETA coordinator will serve as the central, active facilitator of contractual and programmatic test events by driving communication, streamlining information

  reception, and removing dependencies across multiple Government teams and vendors. They will be assigned one or more high-visibility, staggered test events to concurrently coordinate, spanning the full test life cycle of that test event, and will provide timely status update to Government Leads (Agile Release Train (ART) Leads, Project Directors, CORs, etc.).

Tasking:

Communication and Collaboration:

• 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 from multiple communication channels (chatrooms, emails, verbal, etc.) on unclassified and classified networks
• Identify and provide recommendations to remove gaps in information or communication
• Escalate issues to appropriate teams or, if necessary, Government Leads
• Centralize data presentation of test events across teams and vendors
• Create SOPs and Templates for government use

Test Event Coordination:

• Maintain a broad view of all testing activities for a given set of equipment across different test phases
• Actively track and communicate information across multiple teams and stakeholders
• Monitor test case execution and track progress against the test plan
• Ensure that defects and issues are properly logged, prioritized, tracked, and resolved
• Provide periodic messaging on status updates for each test event

Environment Setup:

• Coordinate with other teams in the setup of the system/environment under test, including hardware, software, and network configurations
• Ensure that the environment under each test event meets the criteria per each event

Issue Management:

• Triage, prioritize, and summarize issues reported during testing
• Facilitate the resolution of issues by working with teams, vendors and stakeholders Test Reporting

Test Reporting:

• Summarize regular test status reports for stakeholders
• Facilitate culmination of multiple test reports summarizing the environment, detailed results, and recommendations

Risk Management:

• Identify, track and help mitigate potential risks that could impact the testing schedule, scope, or quality
• Provide recommendations on decisions and priorities of test activities

Planning and Scheduling:

• Provide recommendations to help define the 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

Test Case Development and Review:

• Coordinate with Government teams to develop test cases that cover all required functionality and edge cases
• Review test cases to ensure they are well-defined, relevant, and feasible

Test Event Closure:

• Coordinate test closure activities, including final testing, documentation updates, and messaging
• Facilitate identification of and instrumentation of lessons learned to continually improve in future testing efforts

Recommended Skills/Experience:

• Strong experience in coordinating scheduled-driven, project-level activities across multiple participants (e.g. roles such as Project Director, Program Manager, Test Lead)
• Strong written and verbal communication skills; ability to accurately synthesize and summarize complex technical information for a diverse audience
• Experience in working across multiple stakeholders such as government teams, industry vendors, and internal stakeholders; comfortable with escalating to Government Leads (e.g. ART Leads and CORs)
• Proficiency with supporting requirements validation activities
• Proficiency with tracking schedules and anticipating logistical challenges
• Proficiency with tool usage of ticketing systems, collaboration platforms, and dashboard
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• Analytical mindset with the ability to identify gaps, assess risks, and recommend prioritization of test activities

Perks and Benefits:

• 8 weeks paid leave - 4 weeks of personal leave, 3 Yay! days, take off on your birthday,11 paid holidays and optional leave up to 6 days through Belay's volunteer program
• 10% matching in 401(k) contributions vested on day one
• $5,000 annual training/tuition
• Student Loan Repayment Program
• 100% company-funded HSA
• Rich medical coverage (100% coinsurance)
• Dental coverage including orthodontia
• Up to $420,000 in life insurance, premiums 100% company funded
• Amazon Prime, gym reimbursement, monthly lunches, games and prizes
• Pet adoption program, generous referral bonus program, fun events, and more!

 
At Belay, we are committed to creating an environment where you can thrive both professionally and personally. We believe in transparency and fairness in compensation. Several factors influence final salary including, but not limited to, geographic location, Federal Government contract labor categories and contract wage rates, relevant prior work experience, education, specific skills and competencies and certifications. Belay offers a competitive total compensation package that includes benefits and perks, a flexible work-life balance, and career development.

Salary Range: $130,000.00 to $140,000.00 

Belay Technologies is a certified Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business located in Columbia, Maryland (Baltimore/Washington area). Belay Technologies specializes in systems automation and full stack development. Belay Technologies provides leading technology and engineering solutions to the DoD, as well as state-of-the-art commercial products. We hire software engineers, web designers, test engineers, systems engineers, systems administrators, database engineers and other tech services. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic factors, military/veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.