Overview
Bowhead seeks a Software Validation and Test Engineer to join our team supporting our MITSM customer in Stafford, VA.
Responsibilities
• Provide expert technical guidance, coaching, and review throughout all stages of our software development lifecycle. • Determine operational feasibility by evaluating analysis, problem definition, requirements, solution development, and proposed solutions. • Document and demonstrate solutions by developing documentation, flowcharts, layouts, diagrams, charts, code comments, and clear code. • Prepare and install solutions by determining and designing system specifications, standards, and programming. • Improve operations by conducting systems analysis and recommending changes in policies and procedures.• Conduct thorough design and code reviews to conform with enterprise standards and provide improvement recommendations. • Guide teams on strategies for automated testing, performance tuning, observability, and release management. • Evaluate overall system quality, security, scalability and readiness for production. • Identify technology gaps, dependencies, risks early and provide options to address them. • Share techniques for improving developer productivity, velocity, and engineering processes. • Collaborate with leadership on policies, processes, team structures, and technology roadmaps. • Assure that the security best practices, design reviews, implementation, and software security concept development. • Work closely with the system engineering team to identify potential threats, vulnerabilities, and risks in the system. • Collaborate on a secure and robust solution covering software.• Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
• BA/BS in a related discipline 5+ years of experience.• Experience in cloud-based software development and support.• Experienced in software review, and documentation of cybersecurity engineering work products in compliance with cybersecurity standards, such as NIST SP 800-53. • Excellent communications skills. • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills. • Experience in establishing and maturing software development practices. • Ability to influence and manage change across an organization.
SECURITY CLEARANCE REQUIRED: Must currently hold a security clearance at the Secret level. US Citizenship is a requirement for Secret clearance at this location.
Physical Demands:• Must be able to lift up to 25 pounds• Must be able to stand and walk for prolonged amounts of time• Must be able to twist, bend and squat periodically
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