Software Test Engineer Level IV

Kalman & Company is seeking to hire a Software Test Engineer Level IV to work onsite in Edgewood, MD. The salary range for this position is $100K/year-$130K/year. The salary range for this position is a general guideline only and is not a guarantee of compensation. Kalman considers factors such as, but not limited to, position responsibilities, education, work experience, knowledge, training, skills, and business considerations when extending an offer.

1. The contractor shall lead all Information Technology (IT) and cybersecurity efforts, to include leading Working-level IPT (WIPT) meetings relative to IT and cybersecurity. In addition, the contractor shall manage all action items and products that result from the WIPT.
2. The contractor shall write IT-relevant performance specification requirements (i.e., open architecture design specification requirements, net-ready specification requirements, and interface requirements) that describe program connections to external systems (e.g., radios, cabling, etc.).
3. The contractor shall develop and maintain the software, cybersecurity, and interoperability portions of the program's Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) that has been drafted by the program office, including all established program milestones, reviews, submittals, deliveries, and other significant events and activities necessary to relate planning to performance and cost objectives for the program. The IMS inputs shall identify the critical path(s) necessary for program/project success and provide direct linkages, as appropriate, to the other functional areas (e.g., test, systems engineering, etc.). The contractor shall update the schedule when required to ensure it completely and accurately reflects program status. In addition, the contractor shall analyze the schedule to detect actual or potential problem areas which impact scheduled program activities and events and provide risk management recommendations for solutions.
4. The contractor shall ensure traceability, consistency, and alignment of IT and cybersecurity items between Request for Proposal (RFP) packages, Test and Evaluation Master Plans (TEMPs), and Systems Engineering Plans (SEPs).
5. The contractor shall provide IT-related and software engineering inputs to program Performance Work Statements (PWSs) to describe reasonable requirements for program software and cybersecurity development.
6. The contractor shall develop test plans, as part of the program TEMP, for any unique software, interoperability, and/or cybersecurity testing required.
7. The contractor shall directly facilitate the conduct of program technical review assessments; specifically, anything that is unique to software (e.g., software baselines, etc.).
8. The contractor shall directly facilitate development and execution trade-off analyses to support optimization of system capabilities.
9. The contractor shall deliver schedule- and risk-related concerns at the different stages of design and fielding.
10. The contractor shall ensure that, upon development contract award, the Prime(s) are using the best software and cybersecurity practices, adequately executing the software program, and progressing appropriately with respect to both systems engineering and test and evaluation activities.
11. The contractor shall develop and review the delivery requirements for all draft software-, cybersecurity-, and interoperability-related Contract Data Requirements List (CDRLs), providing input to the Assistant Program Manager and functional leads regarding the timing of these deliveries from the development contractor(s).
12. The contractor shall deliver briefings on program software, cybersecurity, and interoperability to the Assistant Program manager and systems engineering, test and evaluation, and logistics managers.
13. The contractor shall support the Assistant Program Manager and Leads for test and evaluation and systems engineering in all meetings.
14. The contractor shall directly facilitate the preparation of meeting (e.g., announcements and agendas, etc.); attend and participate in the meetings; develop meeting minutes which reflect the purpose, content, decisions, and tasks resulting from the meetings; and track after-action correspondence.
15. 15. The contractor shall provide presentation materials and publications (i.e., PowerPoint, video, and Compact Disk-Read Only Memory (CD-ROM) presentations; charts; and other visual aids) for use during briefings and technical/programmatic exhibits and displays.

Minimum Requirements:

• US Citizen
• Active Secret Clearance
• Must possess a Bachelor's Degree in computer-related technical discipline (computer science, computer/electrical engineering), with eight
• (8) years of experience. Experience in development and/or planning, managing, implementing networked data transmission and architectures.
• Tradeoff Requirement: Possess a Bachelor's Degree in information systems technology field and have achieved ten (10) years of experience in software development and testing.
• The contractor shall be able to use the Microsoft Suite of applications (e.g. Outlook, Word, Excel, Power Point) to create and maintain documents and communications.