Senior DT&E System Engineer

Company: SSATI (Sensible Solutions and Technology), Inc.
Location: Annapolis
Posted on: March 19, 2023

Job Description:

Senior DT&E System Engineer, Clearance Required - TS/SCI w/Polygraph
Please note, this position requires all candidates to currently possess an active Top-Secret SCI Clearance with a Polygraph. This position is not an opportunity to be sponsored or nominated for a government security clearance.
The Challenge:
We encode mission critical software for our partners who analyze more than 25 petabytes of data a day. We ingest millions of signals confidentially utilizing our sensible solutions that identify and respond to attacks before they are even executed. We incorporate automated tools and cutting-edge technology that saves lives and protects property of everyday people. With our technology we are looking to refine our software to more securely protect, analyze, and increase the number of petabytes we work with.
How We Meet the Challenge:
A combination of utilizing the right people and giving them the tools, resources, support, and freedom to develop effective signal processing algorithms, excellent software, and use strong intuition on what works for a scalable system.
Minimum Qualifications:

• A current Top-Secret/SCI government security clearance with polygraph is required.
  
• Bachelor's degree or advanced degree in computer science, information systems, engineering or other related discipline plus at least 15 years of systems engineering experience.
  
• A Master's degree or PhD may be substituted for two years of experience.
  
• A high school diploma or GED plus 19 years of systems engineering experience would also be acceptable.
  Bonus Points:
  
  • Experience with test planning and implementation for complex software engineering programs.
    
  • Experience with automated test tools, integrated testing, and continuous testing.
    
  • Experience setting up and automating testing for software engineering programs.
    
  • Able to work with supported organizations and test teams to review/improve test planning and execution.
    
  • Strong interpersonal and communication skills, including demonstrated ability to comfortably interact with all levels of organizational. management, be willing to operate in a dynamic environment with minimal supervision, and possess strong interpersonal, problem solving, and decision-making skills.
    
  • Technical and people skills necessary to collaborate with customers, subject matter experts, and senior technical and programmatic leadership.
    As a Senior DT&E System Engineer, You Will:
    
    • Identify disconnects, risks, and concerns with test requirements, criteria, and testing.
      
    • Utilize existing Systems Engineering policies and processes, identify Systems Engineering, interoperability, and testing issues and risks.
      
    • Perform Technical Reviews on enterprise Systems Engineering artifacts and prepare comments and recommendations to the customer Chief Systems Engineer.
      
    • Prepare technical reports with rationale for their recommendations.
      
    • Engage with Operational Test & Assessment team personnel; maintain awareness of status and schedule of programs of interest.
      
    • Curate and propagate DT&E heuristics and best practices.
      
    • Team with agency organizations to develop testing policy and guidelines.
      
    • Advise programs and test teams on current standards, practices, and procedures for integrating, testing, evaluating and transitioning systems and enterprise capabilities.
      
    • Evaluate enterprise capabilities, architectures, system design concepts, requirements, risks and opportunities, and processes for integration, test, evaluation and transition impacts.
      
    • Advise test teams on the design and implementation of test and evaluation strategies.
      
    • Review requirements for testability.
      
    • Participate in reviews of systems and elements under development to ensure traceability of requirements.
      
    • Monitor program preparation and execution of comprehensive test & evaluation plans, procedures and schedules.
      
    • Monitor to ensure system integration, test, evaluation and transition activities are coordinated with other organizations.
      
    • Monitor and advise program test team readiness for system integration, test and evaluation, and transition activities.
      
    • Recommend necessary changes in testing configurations, testing procedures, testing processes, or new testing requirements.
      Work Site: Greater Ft. Meade, MD area.
      To Learn More About Our Team and Solutions, Check Out the Following:
      At Sensible Solutions and Technologies, Inc. (SSATI), we don't just accept difference-we celebrate it, we support it, and we thrive on it for the benefit of our employees, our services, and our community. SSATI is honored to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.
      

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