Test Engineer

About the role

Founded in 2007 and headquartered in Columbia, Maryland, Synergy ECP is a leading provider of cybersecurity, software and systems engineering and IT services to the U.S. intelligence and defense communities. The company leverages its expertise in data transport solutions, software and systems engineering, and other solutions to deliver critical and innovative capabilities to high-level decision makers that enhance our nation’s security.

In an ultra-competitive environment, Synergy ECP has thrived by adhering to our name, making sure excellence is displayed by our Employees, to our Customers and by Improving Performance (ECP). It’s what sets us apart, enabling us to be an autonomous yet agile business that delivers huge results—showing we’re ready to meet our customers’ evolving demands. Synergy ECP has earned a client list that includes numerous Fortune 100 companies, in addition to multiple branches of the US government and military services.

We are seeking a Test Engineer to support the software development team who will develop and sustain integrated, feature-rich capabilities that promote modernization of visualization and presentation tools. The software development team will provide application development and support to tools that allow mission analytic users to view existing data or contribute new information in a collaborative environment.

This Test Engineer will take ownership of the product release process, and should hit the ground running with automation improvements and regression testing. Should have experience with standard test processes, regression testing, automated testing (service and UI), Continuous Integrations pipeline, and release processes. Responsibilities also include development of test plans and procedures, documentation of test results, and development of special test code.

Desired skills:

- GitLab

- Testkube

- JMeter

- Selenium/Robot

- Cloud familiarity

Required Education:

Bachelor’s degree in Math, Science, Engineering, Statistics, Engineering Management, or related discipline from an accredited college or university is required. Four (4) years of additional TE experience may be substituted for a bachelor’s degree.

Individual Capabilities Required:

- Five (5) years experience as a TE in programs and contracts of similar scope, type and complexity is required.

- Assist with any or all of the Level 1 tasks as constrained by technical training and previous testing experience

- Conduct research into and apply knowledge of Government test and evaluation concepts and related engineering, acquisition, and operations activities as needed to support the T&E activities

- Plan and Execute Performance Analysis

- Review planned acquisition approaches to support T&E schedule alignment with decision maker needs for T&E support

- Analyze performance risk areas to focus T&E planning