Base-2 Solutions is seeking a Systems Engineer 3 / SETA Test Coordinator to serve as the central, active facilitator of contractual and programmatic test events across multiple Government teams and vendors. This role coordinates one or more high-visibility, staggered test events across the full test life cycle and provides timely status updates to Government leads.
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Serve as the central facilitator of contractual and programmatic test events by driving communication, streamlining information reception, and removing dependencies across multiple Government teams and vendors.
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Coordinate one or more high-visibility, staggered test events concurrently across the full test life cycle.
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Provide timely status updates to Government Leads, including Agile Release Train Leads, Project Directors, CORs, and other stakeholders.
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Facilitate regular meetings and communication mechanisms to discuss progress, address issues, and mitigate risks.
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Liaise between vendor, integrator, development, and testing teams to ensure effective communication.
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Actively participate in communications across multiple channels, including chatrooms, emails, and verbal communication, on unclassified and classified networks.
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Identify and recommend actions to remove gaps in information or communication.
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Escalate issues to appropriate teams or, when necessary, to Government Leads.
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Centralize presentation of test-event data across teams and vendors.
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Create SOPs and templates for Government use.
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Maintain a broad view of testing activities for assigned equipment across different test phases.
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Track and communicate information across multiple teams and stakeholders.
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Monitor test case execution and track progress against the test plan.
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Ensure defects and issues are properly logged, prioritized, tracked, and resolved.
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Provide periodic status messaging for each test event.
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Coordinate with other teams in the setup of the system or environment under test, including hardware, software, and network configurations.
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Ensure each test environment meets event-specific criteria.
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Triage, prioritize, and summarize issues reported during testing.
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Facilitate issue resolution by working with teams, vendors, and stakeholders.
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Summarize regular test status reports for stakeholders.
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Facilitate the culmination of multiple test reports summarizing the environment, detailed results, and recommendations.
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Identify, track, and help mitigate risks that could impact testing schedule, scope, or quality.
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Provide recommendations on decisions and priorities for test activities.
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Provide recommendations to help define testing scope, objectives, and criteria for success.
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Facilitate review of detailed test plans, including timelines and milestones.
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Coordinate resources and schedules between the vendor, integrator, and testing teams.
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Coordinate with Government teams to develop test cases covering required functionality and edge cases.
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Review test cases to ensure they are well defined, relevant, and feasible.
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Coordinate test closure activities, including final testing, documentation updates, and messaging.
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Facilitate identification and incorporation of lessons learned to improve future testing efforts.
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Active TS/SCI with Full Scope Polygraph.
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Experience in systems engineering sufficient to meet one of the stated education/experience pathways.
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Strong experience coordinating schedule-driven, project-level activities across multiple participants.
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Strong written and verbal communication skills and the ability to synthesize and summarize complex technical information for diverse audiences.
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Experience working across multiple stakeholders, including Government teams, industry vendors, and internal stakeholders.
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Ability to escalate appropriately to Government Leads, including ART Leads and CORs.
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Proficiency supporting requirements validation activities.
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Proficiency tracking schedules and anticipating logistical challenges.
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Proficiency using ticketing systems, collaboration platforms, and dashboard tools.
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Analytical mindset with the ability to identify gaps, assess risks, and recommend prioritization of test activities.
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Ability to coordinate environment setup, issue management, reporting, planning, scheduling, and closure activities across the test life cycle.
Education
Years of Experience
High School Diploma/GED
12
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Active TS/SCI with Full Scope Polygraph.
