Testing & Evaluation Specialist Job Listing at SPA in Washington, DC (Job ID 2024-19369)

Description

Qualifications

Required:

• Ability to obtain and retain DHS Suitability and/or CBP Background Investigation.
• Bachelor's degree with 7+ years of demonstrated operational test and evaluation experience with strong experience managing and overseeing successful implementation of solutions that are designed, engineered, tested, and sustained meeting operational needs.
• Possess an understanding of the DHS or DoD SELC and DHS Management Directive 102-01, DoD 5000, Federal Acquisition Institute guidelines, and acquisition support for complex system acquisitions.

Desired:

• Active DHS Suitability or CBP Background Investigation.
• Experience with the DHS Instruction 026-06-001 and the DHS T&E Management Guide.

Please note that the salary information shown below is a general guideline only. Salaries are commensurate with experience and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.

Salary transparency pay range for the Washington DC area: $115K- $170K

Develop detailed OT&E strategies; schedules; mission-based test designs; cost estimates; business, performance, and technical architecture; test and accreditation plans, including T&E master plans (TEMP) with POA&Ms, OT&E Concept, detailed method of test, data collection and analysis plans; T&E strategy briefs; operational evaluation frameworks, work breakdown structures, and operational scenarios to evaluate the operational effectiveness, suitability, and resiliency of the system under test. Plan and execute OT&E activities by identifying, coordinating, and collaborating with stakeholders, including outside organizations. Perform modeling and simulation (M&S) requirements development to include identifying and documenting candidate critical measures/response variables. Oversee and be responsible for pre-test, test, and post-test activities and coordination to include the Operational Test Execution Summary Report, Post-Test Data Validation and Scoring, Post-Test Data Analysis, Deficiency/Risk Documentation, System Evaluation, the Operational Test and Evaluation Report, the OT&E Results Summary Brief, post-test Letter of Assessments, and Post-Test Evaluation reviews. Perform Cyber Resilience Test Planning Research, Cyber Resilience SUT/SoS and Schedule Development, Cyber Resilience Test Plan Tabletop, Cyber Resilience Final Technical Planning, Cyber Resilience Test Plan Finalization, Cyber Resilience OT&E Execution, and Cyber Resilience OT&E Post-Test Evaluation and Reporting. Oversee a tracking and management system for test assets, articles, and tools; a configuration management tracking system; and a risk management tracking system.