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Principal Systems Integration & Test Engineer - Aurora, CO - SCI

SOC/Day & Zimmermann Federal Services

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Top Secret/SCI
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IT - Hardware
Aurora, CO (On-Site/Office)

Principal Systems Integration & Test Engineer needed for a contract opportunity with SOC's client to work onsite in Aurora, CO.

Contract Length: 12+ Months, possible conversion to FTE
Job Description:
In Systems Integration and Test (SI&T) we integrate, verify, and validate our products. We put our systems together, exercise them in the lab or in the field, measure and analyze performance, and make sure our products work the first time and every time. To accomplish this, we develop plans and procedures, debug and evaluate system functions and interfaces, develop test environments, and work hand-in-hand with our customers.

We are seeking a Principal Systems Integration & Test Engineer to join our Engineering team in Aurora, Colorado for the role of an Integration and Test Engineer. In this role, you will work with a cross-disciplinary team of engineers who are leading the industry in ground systems solutions.

The Integration and Test Engineer supports the Product Owner in completing tasks for Features and Capabilities requested by the government in support of government-led test events. The Integration and Test Engineer also assists the Product Owner and Team in planning the team's scope to complete them efficiently during each program increment. Responsibilities include supporting various government-led enterprise mission events, supporting team's backlog, supporting the team during program increment planning, being involved the team's capacity, participating in retrospectives to continuously improve after each program increment, elaborating and developing test plans and procedures, addressing/prioritizing issues as found in the system, and identifying results. The Integration and Test Engineer also participates in various program reviews and presentations to the customer as well as senior program management.

What You Will Do:
  • Support the Product Owner that oversees and provides daily direction to the assigned Product Team
  • Helps to manage the team's backlog and capacity during each program increment
  • Plan and support various customer-led mission test events
  • Regularly interact with the End-User by managing and nurturing the business relationship, managing expectations vs. scope of contract, proactively addressing emerging needs, and identifying results.
  • Collaborate with the Product Owner and align Product Team's priorities with Test Cross Product Lead.
  • Works independently, determines & develops approach to solution
  • Willingness to travel in support of offsite testing and meetings
  • Work in an Agile program environment
  • Work in a classified lab on site in Aurora, Colorado and at customer sites

Qualifications You Must Have:
  • Typically requires a Bachelor's in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 8 years of prior relevant systems integration and test experience or 5 years of relevant experience with a Master's degree in (STEM)
  • Technical team leadership experience
  • Experience with systems engineering principles and activities
  • Pro-active, can-do and team-oriented attitude to foster a positive culture
  • 5+ years demonstrated experience and knowledge of the system and software development to include:
  • System / Software Development and implementation
  • Management and integration of COTS/FOSS
  • Development kubernetes / container based systems
  • Development and deployment of software dependency repositories, configuration files and logs inn development pipelines, integration and test environments
  • Design and As-Built / Implementation specifications
  • Use of discrepancy report systems and developing closure plans
  • Ability to the identify, manage, and mitigate technical risk
  • Experience developing Software Builds with code quality and security compliance standards
  • Development of unit, component, integration, and acceptance tests
  • Experience integrating, troubleshooting, problem isolation of software / containerized applications
  • Experience configuring tools that capture performance-based metrics in support of requirement sell-off
  • Experience working across product teams
  • Strong desire to learn, take initiative and contribute to a team-oriented environment
  • Knowledge of software development lifecycle models (waterfall and Agile)
  • Active and transferable U.S. government issued TS/SCI clearance is required prior to start date. U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance

Qualifications We Prefer:
  • Software / System development and integration experience on a prototype / pursuit program
  • Experience working in an Agile or DevOps development environment
  • Experience using CI/CD, pipelines and container-based dev sec ops tools; gitlab, jenkins, artifactory, gradle, nexus, junit, pytest, sonarcube, Coverity, docker, helm charts, harbor, ArgoCD, Trivy, Anchore, rancher, cucumber
  • Experience as a Product Owner or Scrum Master
  • Experience with Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) and Agile Lifecycle Management (ALM) tools or similar tools; CameoEA, Jira, Confluence, ZephyrScale
Estimated Min Rate: $59.50
Estimated Max Rate: $85.00

Note: Any pay ranges displayed are estimations, which may have been provided by job boards. Actual pay is determined by an applicant's experience, technical expertise, and other qualifications as listed in the job description. All qualified applicants are welcome to apply.
Employment Prerequisites:

The following requirements must be met to be eligible for this position: successful completion of a background investigation and drug urinalysis.

SOC, a Day & Zimmermann company, is an Equal Opportunity Employer, EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability.

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Job Category
IT - Hardware
Clearance Level
Top Secret/SCI