Senior Readiness Tester
Peraton
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Responsibilities
Specific Responsibilities include:
- Ensure the operational readiness of products before their deployments
- Execute and support operational testing
- Working as expert, conduct research and evaluate technical performance of customer products and overall system segments.
- Provide expertise, foundational knowledge, and comprehensive instruction for new team members and stakeholders
- Ensure products and systems comply with requirements and government information assurance and cyber security standards and practices through formal verification methods.
- Participate in design reviews of components (hardware and software) to ensure applicability to the current system and traceability of requirements. This includes reviews of test plans/procedures and ensuring requirements verification/validation.
- Ensure that all equipment, documentation, etc. is complete and available prior to testing start
- Write test plans
- Work with the team to ensure testing coverage
- Review technical documentation (Product guides, Quick Start guides) and identify discrepancies
- Work with the product team to improve the documentation
- Produce high-quality papers, presentations, recommendations, and findings for senior US government intelligence and operations officials.
- Work closely with development, test, security, and leadership teams for deliverables
- Provide feedback to design engineers and evaluate end-to-end systems and systems-oriented products through their entire life cycle.
- Provide operational input into product development
- Collect and work with the development teams to resolve any issues found before or during testing
- Prepare test results briefings
- Present briefings to management
- Maintain documentation in Confluence and emails for team
- Attend product demos
- Support general meeting facilitation, note taking, and follow-up, etc.
Qualifications
Required:
- Minimum of 12 years with BS/BA; Minimum of 10 years with MS/MA; Minimum of 7 years with Ph.D.; an additional four years of experience may be considered in lieu of degree
- Active TS/SCI with Polygraph level clearance
- Customer Technical Operations certification
- Prior experience and fundamental knowledge of the systems engineering lifecycle
- Product requirements experience
- Experience in writing test plans
- Prior product testing experience
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Desired:
- Some basic knowledge of RF
- Previous CONOPS development
Benefits:
Peraton offers enhanced benefits to employees supporting this critical National Security program, which include heavily subsidized employee benefits coverage for you and your dependents, 25 days of PTO accrued annually up to a generous PTO cap, and eligibility to participate in an attractive bonus plan.
Peraton Overview
Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world’s leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees do the can’t be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit peraton.com to learn how we’re keeping people around the world safe and secure.
Target Salary Range
$135,000 - $216,000. This represents the typical salary range for this position. Salary is determined by various factors, including but not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the position, the individual’s experience, education, knowledge, skills, and competencies, as well as geographic location and business and contract considerations. Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay.
EEO
EEO: Equal opportunity employer, including disability and protected veterans, or other characteristics protected by law.
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