Software Test Engineer

SOFTWARE TEST ENGINEER

• Customer: FAA
• Program: NAS Common Reference (NCR)
• Location:
  
  Onsite, William J. Hughes Technical Center, Egg Harbor Township, NJ
• Position Status:
  Full-Time, W-2 or 1099
• W-2 Salary Range: $65,000 - $75,000 per year
• 1099 Rate Range: $53 - $58 per hour (LOE is 1,880 – Annualized Pay is $99,640 - $109,040)
• Clearance:
  Public Trust
• Eligibility:
  Eligible to work in U.S., must have maintained residence in U.S. for the past 3 years

OVERVIEW The Security Application Developer will support the Federal Aviation Administration’s Second Level Engineering (SLE) Division on the NAS Common Reference (NCR) Program. NCR is an FAA System Wide Information Management (SWIM) service that integrates, stores, and correlates real-time National Airspace System (NAS) data. It consolidates aeronautical data, weather, and Traffic Management Initiatives (TMIs) into a single correlated format.

NCR acts as a centralized clearinghouse, allowing air traffic controllers, airlines, and aviation stakeholders to access data for decision-making without having to query multiple disparate systems.

• Experience in independently planning, designing, developing, and dry running test cases.
• Experience in conducting formal testing and developing applicable reports as well as collecting necessary artifacts and documenting issues identified during the test process.
• Able to prepare the lab for testing and work with the team as well as PM/CM to perform lab audit and resolve findings of CM audits.
• Participate and contribute to team meetings and discussions in person or virtually.
• Troubleshooting:
  Identify when problems occur within the testing. Research data problems, determine if data is missing as well as identify the source of the lost data.
• Working knowledge of and ability to support applications in Linux/Unix environments.
• Detail oriented documentation (system test documentation, test cases and good record keeping).
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills including providing status reports.
• Motivated to learn and willing to work with minimal supervision.

• Understanding of Java, test-driven development.
• Experience with Ansible (Python), Linux shell scripting, Perl.
• Experience with messaging systems such as JMS/ActiveMQ, Web services messages
• Experience with Red Hat Fuse
• Experience with Jira, Bitbucket, Git.
• Experience with VMware, virtual machine environment
• Support enterprise test and evaluation, automated testing.
• Support application configuration in the Linux environment.

Pay: $65,000.00 - $ per year

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Professional development assistance
• Referral program
• Retirement plan
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance

• Bachelor's (Preferred)

• Technical: 3 years (Required)

• English (Required)

• Egg Harbor Township, NJ 08234 (Required)