Software Test Engineer

Qualis Corporation is seeking a Software Test Engineer to provide technical requirements and Test and Evaluation (T&E) support survivability trend analysis tools developed for the Air Force Safety Center (AFSEC).

The AFSEC, located at Kirtland AFB, New Mexico, is the Department of Defense agency responsible for overseeing weapon system and human factors mishap investigations, evaluating corrective actions, and ensuring availability, survivability and maintenance of the Air Force mishap reporting database. The center evaluates aviation, ground, weapons, and space mishaps and develops, implements, and executes Air Force mishap prevention, policy, and nuclear surety programs. The AFSEC preserves and enhances combat capability through preservation and survivability for both Airmen and equipment, which is accomplished through mishap elimination.

Requirements

Duties and Responsibilities  

Candidate will support AFSEC efforts to test and evaluate AFSAS, other AFSEC web application systems and other AFSEC system software development and database solutions that will ensure their systems maintain state-of-art technology and performance. The candidate will provide T&E technical and advisory services to address the following and to support developing the deliverables listed in Paragraph 3 below:

• Update, modernize or develop web application and other software modules associated with the survivability/vulnerability tools using the following software development tools: Eclipse, Java, Oracle, Tomcat, JQuery, Solr, Velocity, Hudson, SVN, JUnit, and POI 
• Maintain the current baseline of the system and provide T&E of software change and problem fixes to these baselines as required.
• Develop T&E processes and programs, test plans, test procedures, test scripts, test operating instructions, databases, system test files, other test documentation as needed, and test conditions used to maintain, update or evaluate the application and database.
• Test, verify and validate support of system sustainment activities to include sustaining all applications, databases, and interfaces on the Amazon cloud and maintain existing legacy systems on servers and security of the AFSAS data.
• Verify and validate with Government changes to coding algorithms that modify PII data. 
• Maintain and develop automated test scripts.
• Modify data in the test environment to prepare test data. 

Candidate will provide system requirements and analysis support for the development of survivability trend analysis tools developed for the AFSEC. Support AFSEC efforts to define requirements for AFSAS and other AFSEC system software development and database solutions that will ensure their systems maintain state-of-art technology and performance. Provide research, analysis, and engineering assessments on weapon system mishaps to maximize the impact on current and future weapon system survivability through safety, reliability, and control of use to reduce vulnerability through increased safety measures. The candidate will provide requirements development and technical and advisory services to address the following and to support deliverables:

• Support the AFSAS development of requirements process leveraging requirements tools (Excel, Visio, MS Word, etc) and work within the AFSEC requirements framework to develop new and modify existing requirements. Additionally, support the development of survivability trend analysis by analyzing, extracting, and providing recommendations on survivability analysis via the development of reports requested by the Government 
• Provide research, analysis, and engineering assessments on weapon system mishaps to maximize the impact on current and future weapon system survivability through safety, reliability, and control of use to reduce vulnerability through increased safety measure 
• Provide data extraction and analysis to support survivability analysis of critical weapons systems (e.g. laser guided bombs, global satellite support network, intercontinental ballistic missiles) to include the associated support systems, equipment, human factors, and supporting logistical elements 
• Provide data extraction and analysis to support a risk management plan and analysis to determine the SMS’s capability to effectively evaluate and mitigate vulnerabilities discovered through recommendations captured as part of the mishap investigation.

Education and Experience Qualifications

• High School Diploma required.
• Minimum 10 years related T&E experience required.
• Air Force/DoD risk management experience.
• Must exemplify a dedication to achieving the mission of AFSEC as well as high standards of quality and excellence in performing the duties.
• Must be able to work in a fast paced environment while being able to prioritize work to balance multiple projects and deadlines
• Ability to quickly understand the customers overall technical objectives and mission and provide effective solutions required.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills along with customer interaction and presentation capabilities required.
• Must be able to work effectively alone, unsupervised, or within a group.
• U.S. Citizenship required.

Clearance: Active Secret Clearance required.

Equal Opportunity Employer/M/F/Vet/Disabled and a Participant in E-Verify

Benefits

Qualis Corporation is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse and talented workforce who can contribute to the mission and vision of the Company. Our employees are our greatest asset and we promote a positive work environment, teamwork, professional growth, innovation, community involvement, flexible scheduling and a family-friendly work environment.