Torch Technologies
Thank you for your interest in employment with Torch Technologies. We are a 100% employee-owned, Certified Great Place To Work and named Best Places to Work in Huntsville/Madison County, headquartered in Huntsville, AL. Our team provides superior research, development, and engineering services to the Federal Government and Department of War. As one of the nation’s top 100 defense companies, the services we provide directly support the men and women who serve our country. Our corporate mission sums up the pride our employee-owners take in the work we do: “Lighting the Pathway of Freedom”. And, as a Certified Evergreen ESOP, we have made the commitment to grow and sustain our company for the next 100 years! Come grow with us!
Torch is seeking IV&V Software Analyst to execute the process of verifying system and software artifacts for compliance, with a focus on source code analysis, design specifications, documentation review and testing. Candidates must exercise excellent communication skills, written and verbal, and keen attention to detail.
As an IV&V Software Analyst your duties will include but are not limited to the following:
- Develop and review plans and reports to ensure system and software operate and comply with requirements and/or design specifications.
- Review design, system and test documentation related to requirements and test output.
- Provide technical expertise in data analyzed through verification and validation process. Must be knowledgeable of requirements and data used for analysis.
- Utilize strong organizational skills and the ability to collaborate with team members internal and external to the organization.
- Develop post-processing analysis tools and visualizations to evaluate system performance.
- Perform detailed performance analyses, produce actionable insights, and suggest architectural or algorithmic enhancements.
- Support and develop automation platforms (e.g., Jenkins) by creating, maintaining, and troubleshooting pipeline jobs, scripts, and plugins.
Required Qualifications:
- US Citizenship.
- A bachelor’s degree (Master’s Degree preferred) Computer Science, or related technical degree or equivalent experience.
- 8 + years of relevant experience.
- Candidate must have an Active Secret Clearance.
- Ability to perform evaluations of various software related products and cover assessments of software products through all phases of the development life cycle, including software specifications, design verification, coding, testing and results data validation.
- Strong programming skills in software languages: c, c++, java, python
- Experience in Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) Waterfall and Agile methodologies, Validation and Verification testing and analysis
- Ability to configure necessary hardware and operating environments as needed to complete analysis
- Knowledge of military and software development industry standards, and software requirement
- Strong knowledge of Microsoft Windows and Linux technologies
- Good organizational skills in keeping structural repositories (GIT, SharePoint)
- Experience with automated testing environment, frameworks, and programming languages
- MIL-STD- or other software standards
- Ability to learn and adapt to customer’s Environment and Processes
- Participate in customer meetings, reviews/walkthroughs
- Record and close defects found during V&V activities (Requirements traceability, Static Analysis, Dynamic Analysis)
- Perform remediations of V&V results as required
- Experience reviewing requirements, design, and CDRLs documents such as: Software Requirement Specification (SRS), and Software Design Description (SDD), etc.
- Experience with requirements and traceability analysis and management.
Schedule: M-F; 8-5
Work Location: Customer- site: No telework option available
Travel: Yes, 0-10%
Relocation Assistance Available: No
Position Contingent Upon Award of Contract: Yes
Benefits:
Torch Technologies is proud to offer a stable and professional work environment, a competitive salary, and an excellent, comprehensive benefit package including: ESOP participation, 401(k) match and safe-harbor contribution, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, flexible spending accounts, Health Saving Accounts and Health Reimbursement Accounts, EAP, education assistance, paid time off, and holidays.
Applying to Torch Technologies:
Only those candidates invited for an interview will be contacted. Employment at Torch Technologies is contingent upon the successful completion of a comprehensive background check.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, citizenship, ancestry, marital status, protected veteran status, disability status or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law. Torch Technologies, Inc. participates in E-Verify.
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Skills Required
- US Citizenship
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related technical degree or equivalent experience
- Master's degree
- 8+ years of relevant experience
- Active Secret Clearance
- Strong programming skills in C, C++, Java, Python
- Experience with SDLC (Waterfall and Agile) and V&V testing and analysis
- Experience supporting and developing automation platforms and pipelines (e.g., Jenkins)
- Experience with static and dynamic analysis and defect recording/remediation
- Experience reviewing requirements, SRS, SDD, and CDRLs
- Strong knowledge of Microsoft Windows and Linux
- Experience using and maintaining structural repositories (Git, SharePoint)
- Experience with automated testing environments and frameworks
- Knowledge of MIL-STD or other software standards
- Ability/willingness to travel up to 10%
What We Do
Founded in October 2002, Torch is a 100% employee-owned business headquartered in Huntsville, Alabama. Our commitment to our employees results in a retention rate well over 90% and helps ensure our customers experience a stable work force. Our outstanding fringe benefits package helps recruit, retain and sustain our workforce. Torch has received national and local recognition for its business performance, workplace environment, and ethical business practices. In 2021, Torch was named one of the Best Workplaces in Consulting & Professional Services for the sixth year by Great Place to Work. Torch was also recognized as the 2021 ESOP Company of the Year by the New South Chapter of The ESOP Association for a second time. Torch was a recipient of the 2021 James S. Cogswell Outstanding Industrial Security Achievement Award by the DCSA. Bloomberg Government also listed Torch in its annual “Top 200” for the fifth year. In 2020, Torch became the only four-time recipient of the Better Business Bureau’s Torch Award for Business Ethics in the North Alabama region. Great Place to Work named Torch one of the country’s Best Workplaces for Parents, and Great Place to Work and Fortune named Torch one of the country’s Best Workplaces for Millennials in 2020. Torch was also ranked on the Inc. 5000 list for the fourteenth consecutive year in 2020. Washington Technology listed Torch in its “Top 100” Government Contractors ranking for the sixth consecutive year. Torch was also selected for a 2020 Colorado Springs Business Journal “Best in Business” award. In 2019, Torch was ranked on the Entrepreneur 360 list for the third consecutive year. In 2018, Great Place to Work and Fortune magazine named Torch a Best Medium Workplace for the third consecutive year. Torch was also named a winner of the 2018 Best Places to Work in Huntsville award for the fifth time. In 2016, Torch was named one of America’s Best Small Companies by Forbes.
