Management Analyst (V&V)-Junior

Amewas•Patuxent River, MD

11h•$62,000 - $87,000•Onsite

About The Position

AMEWAS is seeking a highly motivated and talented Management Analyst (V&V)-Junior to support Battlespace Modeling & Simulation. The salary range of this position is $62,000.00 - $87,000.00 and is commensurate with experience. This position is not eligible for remote work; on-site support is required. About the location: Patuxent River, MD, located in the California-Lexington Park area, is Maryland’s #1 City Hiring the Most High-Tech Workers . To learn more about the surrounding area, please visit: www.visitstmarysmd.com

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in a business discipline or a related field OR HS Diploma or equivalent with 3 years of relevant experience
2 years of experience working with people in a customer service or work environment
Experience as a lead, supervisor or manager
The ability to learn how to operate multiple computer stations that support the Joint Simulation Environment
The ability to proactively learn and perform system tests to identify software/hardware deficiencies to verify compliance with system requirements
The ability to document and work through issues
The ability to support a flexible schedule, including occasional weekend and evening testing (approximately once per month, subject to mission needs)-Schedule changes will be communicated with at least one (1) week’s advance notice whenever possible
The ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Special Access Program (SAP) Access AMEWAS willing to obtain and process full clearance-The ability to obtain and maintain a DoD (Top) Secret Security Clearance

Nice To Haves

Experience supporting model and simulation efforts
Experience supporting testing environments
Experience with the DoD
Candidates must demonstrate a customer-focused mindset, professionalism, and discretion, while working collaboratively with management and teams to meet objectives.
Candidates should be hard-working individuals with strong attention to detail and the ability to foster a positive, team-oriented culture.

Responsibilities

Trains as a junior V&V Management Analyst and learns to test software for an advanced synthetic training environment
Learns and becomes proficient at integrating software into flight simulators to system testing
Supports software development/integration, testing, customer training and demonstrations
Learns and becomes proficient at installing and running regression tests on new software builds (multiple builds weekly)
Becomes knowledgeable and proficient in testing a variety of Jira issues (new feature implementation, bug fixes, database queries, etc.)
Documents test results and learns to update issues in Jira
Learns and becomes proficient in creating new test procedure documents to validate new requirements
Uses effective communication across a large team to verify correct procedures and software issue diagnosis
Becomes proficient running extensive regression tests when software reaches Release Candidate (RC) phase