Acceptance Test Plan Lead – Senior

Belcamp Full time Belcamp, MD, US

4 days ago Requisition

Salary Range: $ To $ Annually

J RAD is seeking candidates for a Senior Acceptance Test Plan Lead position supporting the U.S. Army Test and Evaluation Command. This position is a telework position with frequent travel and extended onsite support to ATEC Test Centers.

Roles/Responsibilities:

• Lead the development, coordination, management, and execution planning of comprehensive acceptance test plans supporting the U.S. Army Test Enterprise Network Modernization (TENM) program.
• Serve as the Senior Site Manager responsible for overseeing site-level acceptance test planning activities, technical personnel, schedules, resources, and coordination with ATEC government representatives.
• Act as the primary interface with government stakeholders for acceptance test planning, requirements validation, test readiness, scheduling, and approval coordination.
• Develop and maintain detailed acceptance test plans, procedures, test scenarios, performance criteria, and verification methodologies for network, wireless, RF, fiber-optic, and associated communications infrastructure.
• Coordinate with network engineers, installation leads, cybersecurity personnel, systems integrators, and government technical representatives to ensure test plans align with approved engineering specifications and operational requirements.
• Establish and manage acceptance test objectives, success criteria, requirements traceability, test dependencies, and readiness milestones to support government evaluation and acceptance.
• Oversee site readiness assessments and coordinate the availability of personnel, equipment, infrastructure, test environments, and technical documentation necessary for successful test execution.
• Lead acceptance test planning meetings, technical reviews, test readiness reviews, and coordination sessions with government stakeholders and program leadership.
• Manage technical project schedules, resource allocation, risks, issues, and corrective action planning to ensure testing activities support established program milestones.
• Coordinate the identification, documentation, tracking, and resolution of test planning deficiencies, technical discrepancies, and requirements gaps.
• Ensure acceptance test plans incorporate applicable cybersecurity requirements, network security controls, configuration management standards, and system performance objectives.
• Oversee the preparation, review, and submission of government-facing test documentation, including test plans, procedures, requirements traceability matrices, readiness assessments, and final acceptance planning packages.
• Monitor acceptance testing progress, evaluate schedule impacts, coordinate necessary test plan revisions, and provide regular status updates to government representatives and program management.
• Provide senior-level leadership and oversight to site personnel and technical teams, ensuring acceptance testing is properly planned, coordinated, documented, and aligned with ATEC mission requirements.

Required Skills and

Education:

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, Telecommunications, Information Systems, Project Management, or a related technical discipline.
• Minimum of 10 years of professional experience in technical project management, systems integration, acceptance testing, test planning, or related engineering program management activities.
• Demonstrated experience developing, managing, and coordinating formal acceptance test plans for complex technical systems, network infrastructure, telecommunications, or systems integration projects.
• Experience serving as a site manager, technical project lead, or senior testing manager responsible for personnel, schedules, resources, and technical deliverables.
• Demonstrated 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.
• CompTIA Security+ CE or another qualifying credential may be applicable,…