Chief Development Tester Details

Chief Development Tester

Xator Corporation - Springfield, VA

Employment Type : Full-Time

Xator seeks enthusiastic, positive, and proactive self-starters to join our team. Our leadership aims to attract and retain the best and brightest employees, maintain an environment built on trust and pride, and encourage individual and team achievements. We uphold ourselves to an exceptional professional standard of conduct, setting ourselves apart from our competition.

Xator is dedicated to creating and maintaining a lifelong learning environment. We encourage forward-thinking, innovation, and out-of-the-box ideas in an inclusive environment. Our training and continuing education programs allows us to constantly improve services and deliver innovation to our customers. We invest in our employees and they, in turn, advance our clients' mission.

Clearance Requirement: Active or Current TS w/ a current SCI and Polygraph.

**This position is contingent upon award.**

POSITION OVERVIEW

The Chief Development Tester will work with other systems engineers, program managers, and technical subject matter experts to plan, execute technology demonstrations, system development testing, operational testing, operational assessment, and other T&E related activities, as well as data analysis and reporting of test and evaluation event

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES (ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS)

• Ensures oversight for all aspects of Test and Evaluation for NRG program deliverables;
• Has overall authority for all procedures and processes related to ensuring the program’s requirements are properly scheduled and effectively evaluated in accordance with the NRG Test Strategy and the NSG Test and Evaluation Master Plan;
• Coordinates across the NRG organizations, as well as across the organizations of the NSG;
• Reduces enterprise risk through early Integration Testing and structured regression testing leading to Independent Verification and Validation prior to operational release.

JOB REQUIREMENTS AND QUALIFICATIONS

• Demonstrated experience and success in both Agile and Waterfall development methodologies to include transitioning software development functionality from development stage into operational stage;
• Demonstrated experience with geospatial missions, capabilities, and supporting systems development;
• Ability to work with multiple program elements and harmonize their integration test activities, reduce risk, and effectively schedule test events.

Qualifications include:

Education

• Bachelor’s Degree or Master Degree desired

Experience

• 15 years of experience with Bachelors or
• 10 years of experience with a Masters

Specialized Knowledge/Skills Requirements

• Knowledge and understanding of Geospatial Intelligence (GEOINT) collection, exploitation and systems
• Strong Jira/Confluence competencies

On September 24, 2021, the U.S. Government’s Safer Federal Workforce Task Force issued “2021 Guidance for Federal Contractors and Subcontractors” mandating that Covered federal contractors, including Xator Corporation, and their employees shall be fully vaccinated for COVID-19. Therefore, this position may require individuals to be fully vaccinated (2 weeks past final dose) or have been granted a religious or medical accommodation by December 8, 2021 or shortly thereafter.

Equal Opportunity Statement
Xator Corporation, and its Subsidiaries, provides equal opportunity to all applicants for employment as required by and/or consistent with applicable country law and company policy. Consistent with the foregoing, Xator Corporation provides qualified applicants consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veterans’ status, citizenship, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other status(s) protected by law. In the United States, Xator Corporation ensures nondiscrimination in all programs and activities in accordance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

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