Test Engineer - Level IV

Job description

Augustine Consulting, Inc. is a Woman-Owned Small Business professional services provider of engineering and technical services to the United States Government. We seek an experienced, self-starting Senior Test Engineer to support the Integrated Personnel and Pay System-Army (IPPS-A) and the Government Test Lead in planning, executing, analyzing, and reporting test and evaluation activities. **Position Description:** The Senior Test Engineer will work within an integrated Government and contractor team and will interface with program leaders, product teams, technical specialists, Army users, vendors, and other stakeholders while performing the following functions: - Advises on and supports the Government Test Lead in assessing the effectiveness of developmental testing and identifying improvements to testing methodologies, processes, tools, and environments. - Supports the coordination and execution of testing activities and collaborates with developers, product owners, system engineers, requirements analysts, functional subject-matter experts, and other stakeholders. - Assists the Government Test Lead with developing, documenting, and maintaining test strategies supporting iterative development, system integration, operational assessment, release, and deployment cycles. - Applies Agile testing methodologies and assists in ensuring test practices comply with applicable program policies, standards, acquisition requirements, and systems engineering processes. - Collaborates with program teams and stakeholders to develop test plans, test scenarios, test cases, entrance and exit criteria, acceptance criteria, traceability, and test coverage. - Analyzes and evaluates, on quantitative and qualitative bases, the effectiveness of test and evaluation operations in meeting established goals and objectives. - Applies a high degree of technical knowledge and a thorough understanding of testing activities required by defense acquisition policies, Army regulations, program procedures, and the Software Engineering Institute framework. - Supports the development and maintenance of the Test and Evaluation structure, schedule, governance processes, reporting mechanisms, and measures of effectiveness. - Collaborates with staff members, product managers, senior leaders, higher headquarters, external agencies, vendors, and other supporting organizations to advise on the development and implementation of Test and Evaluation policies and procedures. **A Test Engineer who fits our team is:** - **Dynamic:** contributes energy and enthusiasm to our daily tasks, to the team’s interactions, and to the Company’s mission. - **Thorough:** possesses an unparalleled work ethic; produces complete, even polished products; persistent; mission-focused; asks “Why?” as often as necessary to get to the root of the matter. - **Mature:** respects others’ opinions, beliefs, and culture; listens to ideas, shares thoughts, and works independently and together to contribute insights to the company’s leaders. - **Forthright:** speaks with conviction; argues based on understanding, respectfully. - **Inquisitive:** seeks deeper explanations of how systems work, not the surface-level description of the actors involved; goes beyond “stick-fetching” to connect the unconnected. - **Timely:** shows up, ready to think, prepared to get on with the day’s assignments; contributes analytical insights that meet time-sensitive, reasonable requests. - **Honest:** knows what’s right, what’s legal, what’s appropriate; conducts himself/herself accordingly.