Agile Defense
Interoperability Test and Evaluation Analyst
Agile Defense, Fort Huachuca, Arizona, us, 85670
At Agile Defense we know that action defines the outcome and new challenges require new solutions. That's why we always look to the future and embrace change with an unmovable spirit and the courage to build for what comes next.
Our vision is to bring adaptive innovation to support our nation's most important missions through the seamless integration of advanced technologies, elite minds, and unparalleled agility-leveraging a foundation of speed, flexibility, and ingenuity to strengthen and protect our nation's vital interests.
Requisition #: 683
Job Title: Interoperability T&E Analyst
Location: 2001 Brainard Rd Ft. Huachuca, Arizona 85613
Clearance Level: Active DoD - Secret
SUMMARY
WHAT IS DISA JITC TEC II? DISA's mission is to conduct DODIN operations for the joint warfighter to enable lethality across all warfighting domains in defense of our Nation. DISA is a combat support agency of the Department of Defense (DoD). The agency is composed of more than 8,000 military and civilian employees. The agency provides, operates, and assures command and control and information-sharing capabilities and a globally accessible enterprise information infrastructure in direct support to joint warfighters, national level leaders, and other mission and coalition partners across the full spectrum of military operations.
Joint Interoperability Test Command (JITC) Test Evaluation and Certification II Services (TEC II) contract provides technical solutions for the DOD in support of Test and Evaluation (T&E) services and T&E enabling services. JITC's service requirements are categorized in the following areas: T&E Performance Requirements, T&E Capability Management Requirements, T&E Capability Requirements, and Overarching Contract and Task Order (TO) Requirements. TEC Services are provided to DoD Combatant Commanders/Services/Agencies, federal and state agencies, coalition partners, and commercial entities to aid in the design, development, acquisition, integration, deployment, operational use, and sustainment of new and enhanced Information Technology/National Security System capabilities.
JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
•Performs interoperability (IOP) testing on systems exchanging electronic information with other systems, developmental testing on systems under development, and operational testing.
•Responsible for the design and implementation of IOP test planning documentation to determine system under test (SUT) IOP requirements standards and criteria are met. Documentation to support this effort includes requirements analysis plans, data management analysis plans, and IOP evaluation plans.
•Review applicable SUT requirements documents (e.g., Initial Capabilities Documents (ICDs), Capability Development Documents (CDDs), Capability Production Documents (CPDs), Information Support Plans (ISPs), Test and Evaluation Master Plans (TEMPs), Concept of Operations (CONOPs), DOD Architecture Framework (DODAF) Products, etc.) to ensure user requirements and criteria are correctly documented and included early in the T&E planning process.
•Recommend adjustments to the T&E process or detailed procedures to the program manager, program office staff, and other stakeholders. Incorporate Design of Experiment (DOE) and Scientific Based Test Design (SBTD) into T&E approaches.
•Ensure IOP test requirements, test scenarios and test scripts adequately cover Key Performance Parameters (KPPs). Collect all interoperability related technical data found during T&E events.
•Utilize manual data analysis methods and automated test tools to execute assessment of collected data.
•Execute collection of real-time test data, analysis of test results and drafting thorough, accurate, and complete formal test documentation.
•Record all initial findings and document final test results into applicable joint IOP certification reports.
•Ensure T&E reports are written in accordance with current JITC policies and procedures, delivering reports after a thorough administrative and managerial review.
•Ensure full accounting of anomalies and errors found in testing, notifying customers and management.
•Participate in Integrated Product Team (IPT) meetings, Test Concept Briefs (TCBs), Test Readiness Reviews (TRRs), program reviews, teleconferences, and video teleconferences.
QUALIFICATIONS Required
Education, Background, and Years of Experience
•Requires a Bachelor's degree; or an Associate's degree and at least 4 years of experience; a minimum of 60 semester hours of formal education working towards an Associate's or Bachelor's degree and at least 6 years of experience; or at least 8 years of experience is required. The degree must be in a relevant technical curriculum and experience must be related to the job duties.
ADDITIONAL SKILLS & QUALIFICATIONS
Required Skills
•Candidates must have knowledge and experience with Microsoft Office and its tools, to include equation and macro creation and use within Microsoft Excel.
•Candidates must be problem solvers and analytical in nature.
•Candidates must be organized and able to multitask in a fast-paced environment.
•Candidates must be willing to learn new software, tools, techniques, and processes.
Preferred Skills
•Candidates should hold themselves accountable and take responsibility and ownership of the work they're assigned.
•Candidates should have a strong ability to communicate, both written and verbally, and should be comfortable with public speaking.
•Candidates should possess technical computer skills with the ability to research, navigate, and update a variety of formal documents, test plans, and test reports.
•Candidates should have good time management skills and be able to manage their time across multiple responsibilities to meet program deadlines.
WORKING CONDITIONS
Environmental Conditions
•General office environment. Work is generally sedentary in nature.
Strength Demands
•Sedentary - 10 lbs. Maximum lifting, occasional lift/carry of small articles. Some occasional walking or standing may be required. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally, and all other sedentary criteria are met.
Physical Requirements
•Stand or Sit; Walk
Employees of Agile Defense are our number one priority, and the importance we place on our culture here is fundamental. Our culture is alive and evolving, but it always stays true to its roots. Here, you are valued as a family member, and we believe that we can accomplish great things together. Agile Defense has been highly successful in the past few years due to our employees and the culture we create together. What makes us Agile? We call it the 6Hs, the values that define our culture and guide everything we do. Together, these values infuse vibrancy, integrity, and a tireless work ethic into advancing the most important national security and critical civilian missions. It's how we show up every day. It's who we are.
Happy
- Be Infectious.
Happiness multiplies and creates a positive and connected environment where motivation and satisfaction have an outsized effect on everything we do.
Helpful
- Be Supportive.
Being helpful is the foundation of teamwork, resulting in a supportive atmosphere where collaboration flourishes, and collective success is celebrated.
Honest
- Be Trustworthy.
Honesty serves as our compass, ensuring transparent communication and ethical conduct, essential to who we are and the complex domains we support.
Humble
- Be Grounded.
Success is not achieved alone, humility ensures a culture of mutual respect, encouraging open communication, and a willingness to learn from one another and take on any task.
Hungry
- Be Eager.
Our hunger for excellence drives an insatiable appetite for innovation and continuous improvement, propelling us forward in the face of new and unprecedented challenges.
Hustle
- Be Driven.
Hustle is reflected in our relentless work ethic, where we are each committed to going above and beyond to advance the mission and achieve success.
Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)
Our vision is to bring adaptive innovation to support our nation's most important missions through the seamless integration of advanced technologies, elite minds, and unparalleled agility-leveraging a foundation of speed, flexibility, and ingenuity to strengthen and protect our nation's vital interests.
Requisition #: 683
Job Title: Interoperability T&E Analyst
Location: 2001 Brainard Rd Ft. Huachuca, Arizona 85613
Clearance Level: Active DoD - Secret
SUMMARY
WHAT IS DISA JITC TEC II? DISA's mission is to conduct DODIN operations for the joint warfighter to enable lethality across all warfighting domains in defense of our Nation. DISA is a combat support agency of the Department of Defense (DoD). The agency is composed of more than 8,000 military and civilian employees. The agency provides, operates, and assures command and control and information-sharing capabilities and a globally accessible enterprise information infrastructure in direct support to joint warfighters, national level leaders, and other mission and coalition partners across the full spectrum of military operations.
Joint Interoperability Test Command (JITC) Test Evaluation and Certification II Services (TEC II) contract provides technical solutions for the DOD in support of Test and Evaluation (T&E) services and T&E enabling services. JITC's service requirements are categorized in the following areas: T&E Performance Requirements, T&E Capability Management Requirements, T&E Capability Requirements, and Overarching Contract and Task Order (TO) Requirements. TEC Services are provided to DoD Combatant Commanders/Services/Agencies, federal and state agencies, coalition partners, and commercial entities to aid in the design, development, acquisition, integration, deployment, operational use, and sustainment of new and enhanced Information Technology/National Security System capabilities.
JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
•Performs interoperability (IOP) testing on systems exchanging electronic information with other systems, developmental testing on systems under development, and operational testing.
•Responsible for the design and implementation of IOP test planning documentation to determine system under test (SUT) IOP requirements standards and criteria are met. Documentation to support this effort includes requirements analysis plans, data management analysis plans, and IOP evaluation plans.
•Review applicable SUT requirements documents (e.g., Initial Capabilities Documents (ICDs), Capability Development Documents (CDDs), Capability Production Documents (CPDs), Information Support Plans (ISPs), Test and Evaluation Master Plans (TEMPs), Concept of Operations (CONOPs), DOD Architecture Framework (DODAF) Products, etc.) to ensure user requirements and criteria are correctly documented and included early in the T&E planning process.
•Recommend adjustments to the T&E process or detailed procedures to the program manager, program office staff, and other stakeholders. Incorporate Design of Experiment (DOE) and Scientific Based Test Design (SBTD) into T&E approaches.
•Ensure IOP test requirements, test scenarios and test scripts adequately cover Key Performance Parameters (KPPs). Collect all interoperability related technical data found during T&E events.
•Utilize manual data analysis methods and automated test tools to execute assessment of collected data.
•Execute collection of real-time test data, analysis of test results and drafting thorough, accurate, and complete formal test documentation.
•Record all initial findings and document final test results into applicable joint IOP certification reports.
•Ensure T&E reports are written in accordance with current JITC policies and procedures, delivering reports after a thorough administrative and managerial review.
•Ensure full accounting of anomalies and errors found in testing, notifying customers and management.
•Participate in Integrated Product Team (IPT) meetings, Test Concept Briefs (TCBs), Test Readiness Reviews (TRRs), program reviews, teleconferences, and video teleconferences.
QUALIFICATIONS Required
Education, Background, and Years of Experience
•Requires a Bachelor's degree; or an Associate's degree and at least 4 years of experience; a minimum of 60 semester hours of formal education working towards an Associate's or Bachelor's degree and at least 6 years of experience; or at least 8 years of experience is required. The degree must be in a relevant technical curriculum and experience must be related to the job duties.
ADDITIONAL SKILLS & QUALIFICATIONS
Required Skills
•Candidates must have knowledge and experience with Microsoft Office and its tools, to include equation and macro creation and use within Microsoft Excel.
•Candidates must be problem solvers and analytical in nature.
•Candidates must be organized and able to multitask in a fast-paced environment.
•Candidates must be willing to learn new software, tools, techniques, and processes.
Preferred Skills
•Candidates should hold themselves accountable and take responsibility and ownership of the work they're assigned.
•Candidates should have a strong ability to communicate, both written and verbally, and should be comfortable with public speaking.
•Candidates should possess technical computer skills with the ability to research, navigate, and update a variety of formal documents, test plans, and test reports.
•Candidates should have good time management skills and be able to manage their time across multiple responsibilities to meet program deadlines.
WORKING CONDITIONS
Environmental Conditions
•General office environment. Work is generally sedentary in nature.
Strength Demands
•Sedentary - 10 lbs. Maximum lifting, occasional lift/carry of small articles. Some occasional walking or standing may be required. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally, and all other sedentary criteria are met.
Physical Requirements
•Stand or Sit; Walk
Employees of Agile Defense are our number one priority, and the importance we place on our culture here is fundamental. Our culture is alive and evolving, but it always stays true to its roots. Here, you are valued as a family member, and we believe that we can accomplish great things together. Agile Defense has been highly successful in the past few years due to our employees and the culture we create together. What makes us Agile? We call it the 6Hs, the values that define our culture and guide everything we do. Together, these values infuse vibrancy, integrity, and a tireless work ethic into advancing the most important national security and critical civilian missions. It's how we show up every day. It's who we are.
Happy
- Be Infectious.
Happiness multiplies and creates a positive and connected environment where motivation and satisfaction have an outsized effect on everything we do.
Helpful
- Be Supportive.
Being helpful is the foundation of teamwork, resulting in a supportive atmosphere where collaboration flourishes, and collective success is celebrated.
Honest
- Be Trustworthy.
Honesty serves as our compass, ensuring transparent communication and ethical conduct, essential to who we are and the complex domains we support.
Humble
- Be Grounded.
Success is not achieved alone, humility ensures a culture of mutual respect, encouraging open communication, and a willingness to learn from one another and take on any task.
Hungry
- Be Eager.
Our hunger for excellence drives an insatiable appetite for innovation and continuous improvement, propelling us forward in the face of new and unprecedented challenges.
Hustle
- Be Driven.
Hustle is reflected in our relentless work ethic, where we are each committed to going above and beyond to advance the mission and achieve success.
Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)