Acceptance Test Plan Lead – Senior
About The Position
JRAD is seeking a Senior Acceptance Test Plan Lead to support the U.S. Army Test and Evaluation Command and the U.S. Army Test Enterprise Network Modernization (TENM) program. This is a telework position involving frequent travel and extended onsite support at ATEC Test Centers. The role leads the development, coordination, management, and execution planning of comprehensive acceptance test plans. It serves as the Senior Site Manager overseeing site-level planning activities, technical personnel, schedules, resources, and coordination with ATEC government representatives. The position is the primary interface with government stakeholders for planning, requirements validation, readiness, scheduling, and approvals. The Lead develops and maintains plans, procedures, scenarios, performance criteria, and verification methodologies for network, wireless, RF, fiber-optic, and related communications infrastructure. The role coordinates with technical teams and government representatives, manages objectives, requirements traceability, dependencies, readiness milestones, site assessments, schedules, resources, risks, and issues, and oversees government-facing documentation. It also provides senior leadership to site personnel and technical teams to ensure testing is planned, coordinated, documented, and aligned with ATEC mission requirements. Candidates must have a bachelor's degree in a relevant technical or project management discipline, at least 10 years of applicable professional experience, and an active Secret clearance. They must also have an appropriate DoD 8140-aligned cybersecurity qualification or certification for the assigned workforce role and proficiency level.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, Telecommunications, Information Systems, Project Management, or a related technical discipline.
- At least 10 years of professional experience in technical project management, systems integration, acceptance testing, test planning, or related engineering program management.
- Demonstrated experience developing, managing, and coordinating formal acceptance test plans for complex technical systems, network infrastructure, telecommunications, or systems integration projects.
- Experience as a site manager, technical project lead, or senior testing manager responsible for personnel, schedules, resources, and technical deliverables.
- Experience working directly with government representatives or customer stakeholders to develop test plans, establish acceptance criteria, and coordinate testing milestones.
- Experience managing technical project schedules, acceptance testing dependencies, requirements traceability, risk mitigation, and issue resolution.
- Experience supporting DoD, federal government, military test and evaluation, or similarly complex mission-critical technical programs.
- Appropriate DoD 8140-aligned cybersecurity qualification or certification based on the designated cyber workforce role and required proficiency level.
- Active Secret clearance and ability to meet applicable government background investigation, installation access, cybersecurity, and personnel security requirements.
- Strong knowledge of technical project management methodologies, including planning, scheduling, resource management, risk assessment, stakeholder coordination, and performance reporting.
- Expertise developing comprehensive acceptance test plans, procedures, scenarios, verification methodologies, and technical evaluation criteria.
- Experience establishing requirements traceability, acceptance criteria, test readiness milestones, and verification and validation processes.
- Working knowledge of enterprise network infrastructure, including routing, switching, TCP/IP, wireless communications, RF systems, fiber-optic networks, and telecommunications technologies.
- Ability to interpret engineering specifications, system architecture diagrams, technical requirements, and network implementation documentation.
- Experience coordinating system integration testing, Site Acceptance Testing (SAT), verification and validation (V&V), and government acceptance processes.
- Strong understanding of test planning documentation, configuration management, discrepancy tracking, corrective action procedures, and technical quality assurance.
- Familiarity with applicable DoD cybersecurity requirements, system security controls, network hardening practices, and information assurance principles.
- Ability to coordinate multidisciplinary technical teams, manage competing priorities, and resolve scheduling or technical dependencies.
- Experience developing government-facing technical documentation, requirements traceability matrices, test readiness reports, and acceptance planning deliverables.
- Strong leadership, organizational, analytical, written communication, and stakeholder engagement skills.
- Proficiency with technical project management, scheduling, requirements management, and test documentation tools.
Nice To Haves
- CompTIA Security+ CE or another qualifying credential may be applicable, subject to the specific DoD 8140 requirements assigned to the position.
Responsibilities
- Lead development, coordination, management, and execution planning of acceptance test plans for the TENM program.
- Serve as Senior Site Manager overseeing site-level acceptance test planning, personnel, schedules, resources, and coordination with ATEC government representatives.
- Act as the primary government stakeholder interface for test planning, requirements validation, readiness, scheduling, and approval coordination.
- Develop and maintain acceptance test plans, procedures, scenarios, performance criteria, and verification methodologies for network and communications infrastructure.
- Coordinate with network engineers, installation leads, cybersecurity personnel, systems integrators, and government technical representatives to align test plans with approved specifications and operational requirements.
- Establish and manage test objectives, success criteria, requirements traceability, dependencies, and readiness milestones.
- Oversee site readiness assessments and coordinate personnel, equipment, infrastructure, test environments, and technical documentation.
- Lead acceptance test planning meetings, technical reviews, test readiness reviews, and stakeholder coordination sessions.
- Manage schedules, resource allocation, risks, issues, and corrective action planning to support program milestones.
- Coordinate identification, documentation, tracking, and resolution of test planning deficiencies, technical discrepancies, and requirements gaps.
- Ensure test plans incorporate applicable cybersecurity requirements, network security controls, configuration management standards, and performance objectives.
- Oversee preparation, review, and submission of government-facing test documentation, including plans, procedures, traceability matrices, readiness assessments, and acceptance planning packages.
- Monitor testing progress, evaluate schedule impacts, coordinate test plan revisions, and provide status updates to government representatives and program management.
- Provide senior-level leadership and oversight to site personnel and technical teams.
Benefits
- More paid time off than the average company upon hire
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Life and Accidental Death and Dismemberment insurance
- Section 125 Flexible Spending Accounts for unreimbursed medical and dependent day care
- Disability insurance
- 401K plan
- Tuition reimbursement
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
