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About this 1768 - Test Engineer role at Sigma Defense

Sigma Defense · Onsite · San Diego, California, United States

Sigma Defense is seeking a Test Engineer to join our team in San Diego, CA.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled: Sigma Defense Systems is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

Requirements

  • 3+ Years of experience.
  • Experience with developing test strategies and test plans for HA network architectures.
  • Experience with creating functional, integration, system, regression, and performance test cases.
  • Experience performing regression testing after network software, firmware, configuration, or topology changes.
  • Experience documenting defects with reproducible steps, logs, packet captures, and relevant telemetry.
  • Experience analyzing failures and participate in root-cause analysis (RCA).
  • Experience with Network Devices such as Switches, Routers, Wireless Controllers/APs, Proxy Servers, VOIP, and NTP services
  • Experience with hyper-converged infrastructures.
  • Must be a U.S. citizen.

Mandatory Certifications:

  • Security+ or CISSP and at least one Operating System certification (i.e. Windows, Linux, VMware, Cisco IOS).

Computer Programs/Software:

  • Experience with Jira and Confluence.
  • Experience with Git, Ansible, CI/CD tools.
  • Experience with scripting languages: Python, JavaScript, PowerShell.
  • Experience with Cloud, including AWS and Azure.

Personnel Clearance Level:

  • Candidate must possess or have the ability to obtain an active Secret security clearance or higher.
  • Clearance may be sponsored for the right candidate.

Education Requirements:

  • Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in an Engineering or related field of study.

Essential Job Duties (not all-inclusive):

  • Configure, install, and maintain network equipment, software and services across Navy Enterprise Network architecture to include switching, routing, firewall, proxy, wireless, call managers, network access control, voice over IP and network time services.
  • Implement, test, evaluate, and troubleshoot VLANs, routing protocols, IP addressing plans, and WAN connectivity.
  • Integrate external services including a wide variety of connected systems.
  • Apply and validate network-related STIGs in coordination with cybersecurity personnel to ensure compliance with DoD security standards.
  • Create, Maintain, and update installation documentation, network diagrams, IP schemas, port mappings, and script/configurations for automated installations.
  • Conduct diagnostics and fault isolation during official and unofficial test events and production installations.
  • Collaborate with systems, software, and cybersecurity engineers to deliver secure and resilient network operations.
  • Participate in shipboard testing, validation, and documentation.

Salary Range: $70,000 - $100,000 annually.

Benefits

  • Dental and Vision Insurance
  • Medical Insurance to Include HSA, FSA, and DFSA Plans
  • Life and AD&D coverage
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
  • 401(k) Plan with Company Matching Contributions
  • 160 Hours of Paid Time Off (PTO)
  • 12 (Floating) Holidays
  • Educational Assistance
  • Highly Competitive Salary
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How this QA Engineer salary compares

This role pays $85,000/yrbelow the typical range for QA Engineer roles.

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About Sigma Defense

Sigma Defense is challenging the defense industry status quo with an innovative approach to delivering JADC2, DevSecOps and C5ISR capabilities to today’s warfighter. We are hiring the best and brightest to be a part of our team that is focused on bringing next generation technology and solutions to market. As a company founded by veterans, we are committed to supporting our service men and women in their next career and we are proud to be recognized as a 2025 HIRE Vets Medallion Award recipient.

Sigma Defense is a new kind of military system integrator: using the field experience of our team and technical expertise of our businesses to translate sophisticated technologies into a tactical communications fabric that keeps warfighters and commands connected, united, confident, and ready for what’s next. From ground to space and the air in between, Sigma Defense’s software-defined communications and supporting development capabilities support key modernization initiatives across every service branch.

We are a team of innovative professionals collaborating in a highly motivating work environment that fosters creativity and independent thinking. The work we do is meaningful and stimulating and our team is working on cutting-edge projects that move the state-of-the-art closer to the people who need them. If you're looking for a challenging, high growth environment with opportunities to lead and deliver solutions that protect and defend our service men and women, we want to speak to you.

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