Test Engineer

Test Engineer 3 year contract Clearance: Must have at least an active Secret clearance to be considered. Hybrid: 4 days a week on-site. Pay Range: $60-$80/hr. The Tactical Networks Group specializes in advanced network and communications systems development, with a focus on tactical mobile, military airborne networks of the future. The Tactical Networks Group uses a combination of technical analysis, modeling, simulation, emulation, prototype development, and ?ight evaluation to develop new communication systems and evaluate and predict their performance under expected conditions. This position will be responsible for helping integrate and test software components in a testbed for space network field experimentation capabilities. This testbed consists of containers, custom programs, and graphical elements. Must Have: TCP/IP, routing protocols (BGP, OSPF) API Testing and Integration (RESTful APIs, GRPC, YANG Models, etc.) Test plan development, execution, and documentation Regression testing and automated test framework development Writing Scripts (e.g. python) Linux Operating System Fundamentals Version control systems (Git) Packet analysis tools (Wireshark, tcpdump) Nice to have: Hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) or Software-in-the-loop (SIL) testing Bash/shell scripting Understanding of Software-Defined Networking Network simulation/emulation tools Understanding of network orchestration and automation frameworks Ansible or other configuration management tools Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipelines Clearance: Candidates should have an active clearance (secret/top secret, etc.) in order to be considered for this position due to the nature of the work being done. Work Location: This position will be 80% onsite (4 days a week) due to the nature of the work. There may be some remote flexibility on a case by case basis but there are no regular remote days. Must Have Experience Currently holds a Secret Clearance (OR a higher clearance) Yes Version control systems (Git) 5 years Networks TCP/IP, routing protocols (BGP, OSPF) 5 years Programming Writing Scripts (e.g. python) 3 years Software Tools Packet analysis tools (Wireshark, tcpdump) 5 years Systems Linux OS 5 years Testing API Testing and Integration (RESTful APIs, GRPC, YANG Models, etc.) 1 years Regression testing and automated test framework development 3 years Test plan development, execution, and documentation 3 years Nice to Have Experience Hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) or Software-in-the-loop (SIL) testing 0 years Networks Network simulation/emulation tools 0 years Understanding of network orchestration and automation frameworks 0 years Understanding of Software-Defined Networking 0 years Programming Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipelines 0 years Software Tools Ansible or other configuration management tools 0 years #J-18808-Ljbffr Connexion Systems + Engineering