System Test Engineer Lead

Type of Requisition:
Regular

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:
Secret

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:
Secret

Public Trust/Other Required:
None

Job Family:
Professional Engineering

Job Qualifications:

Skills:
Test Case Design, Testing Methodology, Test Plans
Certifications:
None
Experience:
8 + years of related experience
ship Required:
Yes

Job Description:

System Test Engineer Lead

Transform technology into opportunity as a System Test Engineer Lead at GDIT, shaping what's next for an Enterprise Zero Trust Program for a DoD client.

Your Impact

As a System Test Engineer Lead, you will ensure the effectiveness, resilience, and reliability of Zero Trust architecture solutions while driving collaboration and growth within a high-performing team.

Key Responsibilities

Leadership & Collaboration:

• Lead and mentor a team of test engineers, fostering collaboration and professional development.
• Assign tasks, monitor progress, and ensure alignment with project goals and timelines.
• Act as the primary liaison for test-related activities, providing updates to stakeholders and leadership.
• Testing & Validation:
• Develop, document, and maintain Test Plans, Test Procedures, Test Cases, and Test Inspection Reports.
• Coordinate and execute phased testing processes, including Qualification Testing and performance evaluations.
• Validate critical Zero Trust components (e.g., identity management, access control, micro-segmentation).
• Troubleshoot system-level issues, classify defects, and collaborate with engineers to resolve the issues.

Compliance & Documentation:

• Ensure systems align with industry standards (e.g., NIST 800-207, ISO 27001).
• Maintain detailed, version-controlled documentation for audit and validation purposes.
• Track performance metrics and drive continuous improvement efforts.

Cross-functional Collaboration:

• Work with architects, engineers, cybersecurity, and training teams to ensure shared understanding of requirements and risks.
• Participate in design reviews, technical discussions, and risk assessments to enhance testability and mitigate potential issues.
• Create and deliver presentations to inform stakeholders internal and external to the program.
• Lead testing-focused discussions of a technical nature.

Testing Techniques:

• Execute functional, integration, and regression testing to ensure system reliability and compliance.
• Leverage automation frameworks for testing efficiency and accuracy.
• Validate interoperability between Zero Trust solutions, external systems, and network security tools.

Skills & Qualifications

• Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience).
• 8+ years of experience in system testing, with strong expertise in developing Test Plans, Procedures, and Cases.
• Experience with testing against system requirements of a Cybersecurity nature, such as those aligned with a Zero Trust Architecture.
• Hands-on experience with cybersecurity tools and protocols, including firewalls, VPNs, TLS, and OAuth.
• Strong understanding of cybersecurity principles such as least privilege, continuous authentication, and micro-segmentation.
• Excellent reporting, documentation, collaboration, and problem-solving skills.

Required Knowledge & Skills

• System and network integration testing expertise.
• Experience in Zero Trust cybersecurity projects or NIST 800-207-aligned implementations.
• Cloud expertise (e.g., AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform) and experience with security rules (e.g., Palo Alto, Azure Security Groups).
• Knowledge of compliance frameworks (e.g., FedRAMP, HIPAA, NIST).
• Certifications: Cybersecurity-related certifications (e.g., CompTIA Security+, CISSP).
• Active Secret Clearance.

GDIT IS YOUR PLACE
At GDIT, the mission is our purpose, and our people are at the center of everything we do.

• Growth: AI-powered career tool that identifies career steps and learning opportunities
• Support: An internal mobility team focused on helping you achieve your career goals
• Rewards: Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages, 401K with company match, and competitive pay and paid time off
• Flexibility: Full-flex work week to own your priorities at work and at home
• Community: Award-winning culture of innovation and a military-friendly workplace

OWN YOUR OPPORTUNITY
Explore a career at GDIT and you'll find endless opportunities to grow alongside colleagues who share your ambition to deliver your best work.

***Position is slated to last until August 2026 based on the current schedule, but could be extended***

The likely salary range for this position is $107,950 - $146,050. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

Scheduled Weekly Hours:
40

Travel Required:
10-25%

Telecommuting Options:
Remote

Work Location:
Any Location / Remote

Additional Work Locations:

Total Rewards at GDIT:
Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. GDIT typically provides new employees with 15 days of paid leave per calendar year to be used for vacations, personal business, and illness and an additional 10 paid holidays per year. Paid leave and paid holidays are prorated based on the employee's date of hire. The GDIT Paid Family Leave program provides a total of up to 160 hours of paid leave in a rolling 12 month period for eligible employees. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available. We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.

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