Systems Engineer ; Test Coordinator Security Clearance

Position: Systems Engineer 3 (Test Coordinator) with Security Clearance
Location: Annapolis Junction

Job Description Position Summary Base-2 Solutions is seeking a Systems Engineer 3 / SETA Test Coordinator to serve as the central, active facilitator of contractual and programmatic test events across multiple Government teams and vendors. This role coordinates one or more high-visibility, staggered test events across the full test life cycle and provides timely status updates to Government leads.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities
* Serve as the central facilitator of contractual and programmatic test events by driving communication, streamlining information reception, and removing dependencies across multiple Government teams and vendors.
* Coordinate one or more high-visibility, staggered test events concurrently across the full test life cycle.
* Provide timely status updates to Government Leads, including Agile Release Train Leads, Project Directors, CORs, and other stakeholders.
* Facilitate regular meetings and communication mechanisms to discuss progress, address issues, and mitigate risks.
* Liaise between vendor, integrator, development, and testing teams to ensure effective communication.
* Actively participate in communications across multiple channels, including chatrooms, emails, and verbal communication, on unclassified and classified networks.
* Identify and recommend actions to remove gaps in information or communication.
* Escalate issues to appropriate teams or, when necessary, to Government Leads.
* Centralize presentation of test-event data across teams and vendors.
* Create SOPs and templates for Government use.
* Maintain a broad view of testing activities for assigned equipment across different test phases.
* Track and communicate information across multiple teams and stakeholders.
* Monitor test case execution and track progress against the test plan.
* Ensure defects and issues are properly logged, prioritized, tracked, and resolved.
* Provide periodic status messaging for each test event.
* Coordinate with other teams in the setup of the system or environment under test, including hardware, software, and network configurations.
* Ensure each test environment meets event-specific criteria.
* Triage, prioritize, and summarize issues reported during testing.
* Facilitate issue resolution by working with teams, vendors, and stakeholders.
* Summarize regular test status reports for stakeholders.
* Facilitate the culmination of multiple test reports summarizing the environment, detailed results, and recommendations.
* Identify, track, and help mitigate risks that could impact testing schedule, scope, or quality.
* Provide recommendations on decisions and priorities for test activities.
* Provide recommendations to help define testing scope, objectives, and criteria for success.
* Facilitate review of detailed test plans, including timelines and milestones.
* Coordinate resources and schedules between the vendor, integrator, and testing teams.
* Coordinate with Government teams to develop test cases covering required functionality and edge cases.
* Review test cases to ensure they are well defined, relevant, and feasible.
* Coordinate test closure activities, including final testing, documentation updates, and messaging.
* Facilitate identification and incorporation of lessons learned to improve future testing efforts.

Required Qualifications
* Active TS/SCI with Full Scope Polygraph.
* Experience in systems engineering sufficient to meet one of the stated education/experience pathways.
* Strong experience coordinating schedule-driven, project-level activities across multiple participants.
* Strong written and verbal communication skills and the ability to synthesize and summarize complex technical information for diverse audiences.
* Experience working across multiple stakeholders, including Government teams, industry vendors, and internal stakeholders.
* Ability to escalate appropriately to Government Leads, including ART Leads and CORs.
* Proficiency supporting requirements validation activities.
* Proficiency tracking schedules and anticipating logistical challenges.
* Proficiency using ticketing systems, collaboration platforms, and dashboard tools.
* Analytical mindset with the ability to identify gaps, assess risks, and recommend prioritization of test activities.
* Ability to coordinate environment setup, issue management, reporting, planning, scheduling, and closure activities across the test life cycle. Required

Education and Experience Equivalency Education Years of Experience High School Diploma/GED 12 Associates Degree 12 Bachelors' Degree 7 Masters' Degree 5 PhD 3 Required Certifications
* None specified. Required Security Clearance
* Active TS/SCI with Full Scope Polygraph. Pay & Benefit Highlights Compensation
* Competitive fixed salary or hourly pay (based on experience, skills, location, and internal equity).
* Employee referral bonuses up to $10,000 per hired referral.
* Additional bonus opportunities for exceptional performance and contributions to business…