Test Coordinator/System Engineering with Security Clearance

A career at BCT LLC means being part of something bigger than yourself. Our success comes from the dedication of our people and their commitment to delivering meaningful solutions for our customers and their missions. If you’re looking for a supportive, team-oriented workplace where collaboration and shared success matter, we invite you to explore a career with BCT LLC. 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.).Require a CI poly within the last 5 years. In addition, you will: 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 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 tools

Analytical mindset with the ability to identify gaps, assess risks, and recommend prioritization of test activities

Required Experience/Education: 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. Salary Range: $167,000 - $219,000 The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, BCT-LLC considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions.