Role Description

This position is contingent on a future opening with Gunnison.

Salary: $155,000-$165,000

Work location: Remote. Candidates must be local to the DC area in case of on-site meetings in Rockville, Maryland.

The Development and Test Environment Lead oversees the setup, operation, and optimization of development and pre-production environments to ensure they accurately reflect production conditions. Key responsibilities include:

• Establishing, monitoring, and maintaining development and pre-production environments so they remain aligned with production configurations.
• Coordinating activities across development, pre-production, and production environments to ensure smooth transitions, consistent configuration management, and effective collaboration among technical teams.
• Supporting test lifecycle activities, including aiding testers with test strategy development, overseeing test execution, ensuring adherence to quality standards, and analyzing and reporting test outcomes.
• Driving environment automation, such as designing automation frameworks, developing scripts, and integrating with CI/CD pipelines to streamline deployment and testing processes.
• Serving as a liaison between release/deployment functions and technical teams responsible for workstation, server, and maintenance operations to ensure efficient promotion of changes through the delivery pipeline.

Qualifications

• US Citizenship required.
• Ability to set up, monitor and maintain Development and Pre-Production environments to accurately mirror the Production environment.
• Strong leadership and management skills to include the ability to coordinate activities between the NRC’s Development, Pre-Production and Production environments.
• Ability to support testers during the development of testing strategies and plans, test execution to include ensuring quality standards, as well as, analysis and reporting on test results.
• Understanding of various testing types (functional, performance, security) and testing methodologies.
• Proficiency in automation to include but not limited to design frameworks, scripting (Java, Python, etc.), and integration with CI/CD.
• Experience acting as a liaison between the release and deployment team and other teams associated with workstation and server M&O.
• A high-level of experience and skill relevant to the role.
• Strong project management skills; experience in organizing, planning, and executing large-scale projects from the envisioning stage through to implementation, involving internal personnel, Contractors, and vendors; ability to analyze project needs and determine resources needed to meet objectives in a fast paced, high pressure and relatively complex technical environment.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong teamwork and interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate with all management levels.
• High standards of respect for individuals, excellence, and service to the customer.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance.

Benefits

• 3 weeks of Personal Leave your first year
• 11 paid Holidays each year
• 5 days of Flexible Time Off each year
• 401(k) company match at 50% up to 10% of your salary
• Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance
• Life and Disability Insurance
• Public Transportation Subsidies
• Certifications and Training Allowance - $2,500/year!