Program Analyst with Security Clearance at JRAD
Aberdeen, MD 21001
About the Job
Roles/Responsibilities:
● Serve as a subject matter expert providing technical guidance and information to meet
requirements.
● Work independently with minimal guidance on complex projects and assignments. Tasks
require expert level application of standard engineering methods, procedures, techniques,
criteria, and programs.
● Performs a project assignment that involves complex features and can be guided by codes,
standards, and other precedents of the discipline; analyzes and/or evaluates the results of
an analysis using techniques prescribed by senior engineers or supervisors; and
accomplishes tasks of which require investigation of many variables.
Required Skills and Education:
● Master’s Degree in Engineering.
● Fifteen (15) or more years of experience in reliability, availability, maintainability (RAM)
modeling, test design techniques, predictions, reliability growth management, requirements
generation, software, and specification inputs. Demonstrable knowledge of Department of
Defense RAM Regulations required. Experience must demonstrate six (6) months in each of
the following:
o Ability to use database software (Microsoft Access) or other database software to
archive RAM data from tests and evaluation to identify RAM trends, lessons learned, and
success metrics.
o Ability to develop technical training on RAM test planning and data analysis methods.
o Ability to interpret test incident reports, RAM scoring conferences, and use of failure
definition scoring criteria.
● Five (5) or more years of additional experience gained within the last ten (10) years in the
operational effectiveness evaluation of Army and Joint Service systems, subsystems, and
components in one (1) or more of the following system commodity areas:
o Conduct of developmental tests, operational tests, and evaluation methods for Army
and Joint Service systems. Experience is defined as activities to include test and
evaluation planning, test execution, data collection during test, evaluation of test or
modeling data, and development of evaluation analysis plans and reports.
o Interpretation, application, and integration of Army and Joint Service system acquisition
documentation in the development of system acquisition products for test and
evaluation. Examples of system acquisition documentation include Department of
Defense, Army, and Army Test and Evaluation Command regulations, pamphlets,
instructions, and guidance.
o Executing Office of the Secretary of Defense methodologies and policies related to
assessment of Joint Capability Technology Demonstrations and Advanced Technology
Demonstrations.
o Test methods, infrastructure, and capability gaps related to system/program testing and
processes.
o Oral and written communication such as briefings, writing technical papers, etc.
Examples include Evaluation Plans, Evaluation Reports, Test Plans (Operational or
Developmental), Safety Releases, and Safety Confirmations.
o Some labor categories may require at least one (1) year of experience in software
application testing (at least at black box level) and network communication. Black box
functional and system level testing is defined as testing techniques in which the software
tester does not have access to the source code itself.
Security Clearance: ● Top Secret (TS)/Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) clearance.
When you work for JRAD you will never be just a number. We put people before profits! JRAD is committed to the health and well-being of its employees. We offer more paid time off
than the average company upon hire and the following benefits are available to all full-time
employees:
• Health Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Life & Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance
• Section 125 Flexible Spending Accounts for unreimbursed medical & dependent day care
• Disability Insurance
• 401K Plan
• Tuition Reimbursement
JRAD is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled.
PLEASE NOTE: Once you apply, to ensure you continue to receive important updates on your
application and status, please add JRAD to your approved email list and/or check your spam
and junk mail often for updates.
Revision Date: 21 October 2022
● Serve as a subject matter expert providing technical guidance and information to meet
requirements.
● Work independently with minimal guidance on complex projects and assignments. Tasks
require expert level application of standard engineering methods, procedures, techniques,
criteria, and programs.
● Performs a project assignment that involves complex features and can be guided by codes,
standards, and other precedents of the discipline; analyzes and/or evaluates the results of
an analysis using techniques prescribed by senior engineers or supervisors; and
accomplishes tasks of which require investigation of many variables.
Required Skills and Education:
● Master’s Degree in Engineering.
● Fifteen (15) or more years of experience in reliability, availability, maintainability (RAM)
modeling, test design techniques, predictions, reliability growth management, requirements
generation, software, and specification inputs. Demonstrable knowledge of Department of
Defense RAM Regulations required. Experience must demonstrate six (6) months in each of
the following:
o Ability to use database software (Microsoft Access) or other database software to
archive RAM data from tests and evaluation to identify RAM trends, lessons learned, and
success metrics.
o Ability to develop technical training on RAM test planning and data analysis methods.
o Ability to interpret test incident reports, RAM scoring conferences, and use of failure
definition scoring criteria.
● Five (5) or more years of additional experience gained within the last ten (10) years in the
operational effectiveness evaluation of Army and Joint Service systems, subsystems, and
components in one (1) or more of the following system commodity areas:
o Conduct of developmental tests, operational tests, and evaluation methods for Army
and Joint Service systems. Experience is defined as activities to include test and
evaluation planning, test execution, data collection during test, evaluation of test or
modeling data, and development of evaluation analysis plans and reports.
o Interpretation, application, and integration of Army and Joint Service system acquisition
documentation in the development of system acquisition products for test and
evaluation. Examples of system acquisition documentation include Department of
Defense, Army, and Army Test and Evaluation Command regulations, pamphlets,
instructions, and guidance.
o Executing Office of the Secretary of Defense methodologies and policies related to
assessment of Joint Capability Technology Demonstrations and Advanced Technology
Demonstrations.
o Test methods, infrastructure, and capability gaps related to system/program testing and
processes.
o Oral and written communication such as briefings, writing technical papers, etc.
Examples include Evaluation Plans, Evaluation Reports, Test Plans (Operational or
Developmental), Safety Releases, and Safety Confirmations.
o Some labor categories may require at least one (1) year of experience in software
application testing (at least at black box level) and network communication. Black box
functional and system level testing is defined as testing techniques in which the software
tester does not have access to the source code itself.
Security Clearance: ● Top Secret (TS)/Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) clearance.
When you work for JRAD you will never be just a number. We put people before profits! JRAD is committed to the health and well-being of its employees. We offer more paid time off
than the average company upon hire and the following benefits are available to all full-time
employees:
• Health Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Life & Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance
• Section 125 Flexible Spending Accounts for unreimbursed medical & dependent day care
• Disability Insurance
• 401K Plan
• Tuition Reimbursement
JRAD is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled.
PLEASE NOTE: Once you apply, to ensure you continue to receive important updates on your
application and status, please add JRAD to your approved email list and/or check your spam
and junk mail often for updates.
Revision Date: 21 October 2022