Software Validation and Test Engineer

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

• 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