Test Lead / Product Owner with Security Clearance

• Company: Northrop Grumman • Position: Test Lead / Product Owner • Location: Colorado Springs 80921
• Duration: Long term, on-going contract, we are a direct sub on the program • Clearance: Top Secret "Position Responsibilities

""This position requires daily technical and programmatic interaction with civilian, military, contract leadership, and technical personnel at MDA Facilities at the MDIOC and VB3 and LM Offices in Colorado Springs, CO (Voyager and Federal Dr.) and Huntsville, AL. Candidate will engage the C2BMC (Command & Control, Battle Management, and Communications)-Global system to provide technical support to Agile Product Teams and the I&T functional area for conducting hardware-, software-, and system-level verification and validation testing. This position, as the test technical leadership central point of contact for the C2BMC National Team, is responsible for:• Primary point of contact for C2BMC-G Test and Analysis Topics to include interacting with MDIOC technical support supplied by other Government contracted entities including the Missile Defense Agency (MDA).• Scheduling lab test and installation activities; coordinate with MDA BCD-E and the C2BMC-G Integration Team on release installation and integration schedules in the test labs. Key stakeholder in test lab build-out design meetings and design reviews.• Coordinating with Tech. Leads (SE, SWE, Deployment) and Cross Functional Product Team (CFPT) Product Owners for arranging CFPT plans and workloads to most effectively comply with Task Order baselines as provided by the CAM to include:o Forecasting test needso Identifying Test impactso Resolution of issues o Identifying inefficiencies/implementing efficiencieso Manage/briefing statuso C2BMC NT chair of MDA CR (Capability Release) and BCD (Battlefield Coordination Detachment) Test Assessment Verification.• Leading the resolution of test technical issues• Execution of test tasks in accordance with program processes• Identification to the CAM, TO PM, PO and FAM of cost and technical risks and the development and implementation of effective mitigation strategies.• Support the FAM in resource planning.• Support to the JERB, JCCB, and ROMB and other boards as appropriate.• Support Task Order and customer reviews.• Support metrics collection and analysis in accordance with the QMP.""

Basic Qualifications
Generally has 5+ years of related experience and may have a post-secondary degree or training in a related discipline.*Active Top Secret is required at start*Experience in the technical aspects of complex and highly integrated networked computer systems is paramount. Must be familiar with DoD/MDA testbed baseline concepts for the testing of hardware, software, and Cyber IA applications.

Knowledge of the integration and testing of Command & Control systems with applied relevance to basic architectures utilized in the BMDS and/or Space environment and focused for C2BMC to include external C2BMC element interfaces and/or space sensors. Technical understanding of computer network systems, servers, VMs, Multicast techniques, including hardware such as firewalls, routers, switches, Blade servers, etc.

Required Skills: Demonstrated knowledge of and experience with hardware and software verification and validation processes and techniques, requirements decomposition, test plan, test procedures, test reporting, regression testing, and test data analysis. Able to assist test engineers with technical troubleshooting and analysis of test-bed configurations for hardware, software, and Information Assurance issues or functionality

Preferred Qualifications
Experience in Agile Test-Driven Development; knowledge and experience with DOORS, JIRA, Confluence, Test Management for JIRA (TM4J), or similar applications; and experience with test automation tools such as Gherkin and Cucumber. Knowledge of basic message formats such as TADIL-J, HTML, ATOMS, COI, and XML. Daily use of computers with Windows, MS Office, or Linux products is a must.

A final TOP SECRET DoD clearance is mandatory for this position; SCI clearance is desired Other
Candidate is expected to travel as needed, but the majority of work will be conducted at the MDIOC Facility on Schriever SFB. Additional assignments include training for security functions, resident Air Force, Space Force, and MDA training as a resident of the MDIOC Facility, and other duties expected of contractor personnel on a military installation."