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Akina, Inc.

Test Engineer -3

Akina, Inc., Fort George G Meade, MD


TS/SCI - Polygraph required
04-8317-TE

Description:
Analyzes system requirements and concept of operations documents, acquisition plans, and system descriptions to develop evaluation and test plans and procedures, prepare for and conduct the data collection and analysis, and report status and results. Supports the development of Government test and evaluation documentation e.g., Test & Evaluation (T&E) Strategy, Test & Evaluation Master Plan, Event Test Plans, Test Readiness Assessments, and T&E Reports. Works with other test organizations to support T&E program integration. Provides specialized T&E capabilities tailored to system functions, level, maturity, and performance area as assigned in the SOW.

Required Skills:
The program is seeking a Test Engineer for the Data Transformation Solutions (DTS) TTO, which supports Dataflow, Transformation and Normalization to the customer's Enterprise. The candidate should have experience with modern programming languages, able to communicate with software engineers and articulate deficiencies in the tools or systems. Candidate should be able to document test procedures and other artifacts for accuracy and repeatability.

Required Skills:
  • Experience building out various test environments for a software development team
  • Experience implementing unit testing, integration testing, stress testing, smoke testing, use case testing, and operational scenario based testing
  • Experience with testing systems at the component, integration, system and end-to-end levels
  • Experience with Functional/non-functional tests, requirements based/structure based testing, black/white testing
  • Experience with test automation, test scripts, regression/performance tests
  • Experience with automated testing tools such as Selenium or Katalon
  • Experience with Requirements Verification Traceability Matrix (RVTM)
  • Has developed thorough test cases and deficiency reports
  • Ability to implement test strategies, plans, procedures/process (monitoring/control/analysis/design/implementation/execution/completion/traceability) and reports
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Ability to prioritize and meet deadlines

Desired Skills:
  • Experience with Agile processes and Scrum ceremonies is a plus
  • Experience using Atlassian tools such as Jira and Confluence is a plus

**This position requires PRIVAC. Candidate must have a current (within 7 years) poly and/or currently possess the minimum level of PRIVAC required for this role (NSYS).

Qualifications:
Eight (8) years experience as a TE in programs and contracts of similar scope, type and complexity is required. Bachelor's degree in Math, Science, Engineering, Statistics, Engineering Management or related discipline from an accredited college or university is required. Four (4) years of additional TE experience may be substituted for a bachelor's degree.

Salary Range:
$100k-$192k (Annually)*
* *The range displayed above is a likely salary range for this position. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possible contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

Akina is a Woman Owned, Service Disabled, Veteran Owned, Small Business, looking for talented and ambitious individuals to join our team. We offer a generous compensation package that includes 24 days PTO accrued annually and 11 federal holidays. Our 401k is 100% vested on your start date and the company makes a direct contribution worth 10% of your salary. Akina covers 100% of healthcare costs for employees and 50% toward dependents. We offer educational assistance towards college classes and will cover costs associated with job related training and certifications Akina is committed to excellence and creating innovative and flexible solutions for our clients. We are a small company with an open ear to our employees' needs in order to attract and retain quality talent that enables our customer's mission .
www.akina-inc.com/careers