Senior Test and Evaluation Lead Evaluator

Title : Senior Test and Evaluation Lead Evaluator

Position Description : Serves as the Lead Evaluator for the Independent Test Agent (ITA), responsible for leading the Test and Evaluation (T&E) of a DHS Information Technology (IT) major acquisition program. Candidate will be responsible for all aspects of the System Evaluation in accordance with DHS policies and program test plans, and advising program offices and user representatives on all matters related to T&E. Candidate will be responsible for leading test teams to ensure they are conducting their activities in alignment with test strategies. Candidate will interface with government customers up to the SES level and should have excellent interpersonal and written skills. Additional duties and requirements listed below :

Duties :

• Provides ITA input to the T&E strategy, developing the Evaluation Framework (EF), Failure Definition and Scoring Criteria (FDSC), and supports the development and briefing of the T&E Strategy Briefing.
• Works with the Operational Test Director to develop the Operational Assessment (OA) Plan, Operational Test (OT) Plan, develops and briefs the T&E Concept Briefing, and leads Test Readiness Reviews.
• Oversees the execution of the OA, OT, and Cyber Adversarial Assessment (AA). Authors the final evaluation report and issues the final evaluation ratings for the system.
• Works closely with Developmental Test (DT) teams to ensure the planning, execution, and reporting of the DT events supports the system evaluation.
• Facilitates working groups and customer meetings.

Required :

Desired :

Location : Maryland / Northern Virginia / Telecommuting

Travel : Minimal, however, some future travel may be required to visit test sites.

Clearance : Candidate must be able to obtain Department of Homeland Security component vetting / suitability

Black Diamond Consulting is an Equal Opportunity Employer.