What are the responsibilities and job description for the Test Planner-C4ISR position at SimIS Inc.?
SimIS, Inc.
Test Planner-C4ISR
Joint Test and Evaluation Joint Program Office, Suffolk, VA
Who We Are: Founded in 2007, SimIS Inc. is an innovative information technology solution Veteran Owned Small Business (VOSB) that models future environments, requirements, and capabilities, and then secures the enterprise from internal and external threats compliant with Federal, State, and industry standard governance to ensure client mission success. Our performance standard is “excellence,” with an outcomes-based, quality focus in our services and products, guided by our core values of honesty (in word and deed), relationships (confidence and trust with clients and partners), teamwork (shared goals, mission, and purpose), loyalty (allegiance to our client and team), and importance of others (work and win as a team).
Job Title: Test Planner-C4ISR
Job Location: Suffolk, VA
Security Clearance: Active TS Clearance, with eligibility for SCI
Period of Performance: Base year, beginning May/June 2024, plus Four 1-year options.
Job Description: SimIS is seeking a Test Planner with expertise in C4ISR to support the Joint Test and Evaluation (JT&E) Program Office. The JT&E program brings two or more military services together to provide improvements in the joint interoperability of service systems, technical and operational concepts, and system performance; validated testing methodologies; and the validation of models, simulations, and test beds. The JT&E Program achieves this objective by evaluating new concepts and addressing needs and issues in joint military environments.
Duty Requirements:
- Conducting test planning in the DoD operational testing and evaluation environment.
- Working with the joint exercises process, the Joint Event Life Cycle (JELC), and joint tests and evaluations.
- Observing and analyzing test and evaluation operations to ensure conformity with military doctrines, policies, and procedures.
- Developing test concepts, test scenarios, candidate test venues, test design, test products, and programming of resources for JT&E projects.
- Conducting research and coordination, develops program test plans and detailed test plans.
- Developing, refining, and maintaining, project schedules to include allocation of resources and identification of project tasks and milestones.
- Performing technical risk assessment, identifies test limitations, and assists in developing risk mitigation strategies for JT&E project planning.
- Providing consultation concerning C4ISR issues and techniques for inclusion in the design, development, and planning joint tests and evaluations.
Experience Required:
- Requires advanced knowledge and in-depth experience in test planning in the DoD operational testing and evaluation environment. Must have a thorough understanding of the joint exercises process, the Joint Event Life Cycle (JELC), and JT&E Program requirements.
- Experience observing and analyzing test and evaluation operations to ensure conformity with military doctrines, policies, and procedures.
Benefits:
- Medical, Dental, and Vision
- Short Term Disability (SimIS provides Short-Term Disability benefits at no cost to you)
- Life Insurance
- 401(k) Savings Plan
- Tuition Assistance Program
- Paid Time Off (PTO)
- 11 Holidays each year
- SimIS, Inc. is an AA / EOE / M / F / Disability / VET / Drug Free Employer
