AMERICAN SYSTEMS is an employee-owned federal government contractor supporting national priority programs through our strategic solutions in the areas of Information Technology, Test & Evaluation, Program Mission Support, Engineering & Analysis, and Training.
Responsibilities- Leads quality assurance and test strategy for Bifrost, software maintenance, interface changes, CDS-related modifications, and customer additions. Develops and manages test approaches, requirements-to-test traceability, regression and mission-thread testing, defect adjudication, assessment evidence, release readiness, and final test reporting before operational implementation.
- Independently develops and executes test scripts to ensure that quality software is provided forrelease to production and to certify system changes.
- Produces expert level test plan documents and requirements.
- Develops test control databases.
- Performs solution testing confirming business requirements.
- Maintains test databases and ensures their integrity and currency.
- Distributes test data from control database to development staff to satisfy adequate unit testing.
- Develops, compiles, documents and runs automated test scripts and test procedures.
- Runs regression tests. Tracks status of defects.
- Provides quality assurance testing for all systems to ensure the development and distribution of quality products.
- Assists with roll-out of systems documentation.
- Produces lists of defects that are to be resolved and incorporated into future releases of the application as required.
- Communicates with analysts and programmers about formal testing plans, problems, and results.
- Develops technical documentation and reports.
- Manages the Release Management process for all changes to the baseline IT infrastructure.
- Ensures all processes are adhered to appropriately throughout project lifecycles.
- Ensures all existing processes are fully documented, suggesting improvements, updating documentation, and communicating all process changes to relevant stakeholders.
- Bachelor's degree
- 8-10 years of related work experience
- Active TS/SCI Clearance
- US Citizenship
- Must meet DoD 8140 qualification requirements
Skills Required
- Bachelor’s degree
- 8–10 years of related work experience
- Active TS/SCI clearance
- U.S. citizenship
AMERICAN SYSTEMS Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about AMERICAN SYSTEMS and has not been reviewed or approved by AMERICAN SYSTEMS.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — The ESOP provides an ownership stake that adds long-term financial value and complements base pay. This employee-ownership structure stands out within the overall package.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) with automatic enrollment and broad investment options, alongside the ESOP, strengthens retirement pathways beyond salary. These features are presented as competitive within the defense contracting space.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Base pay is considered fair or comparable to industry peers, particularly for technical roles. Starting compensation is described as solid for areas like cybersecurity, systems administration, and IT engineering.
AMERICAN SYSTEMS Insights
What We Do
AMERICAN SYSTEMS is an employee-owned government services contractor that delivers professional, technical, information technology, engineering, analysis, testing, evaluation, and training solutions for complex national-priority programs. Based in McLean, Virginia, the company supports federal customers—particularly defense and other Department of Defense missions—with mission-essential and information engineering, digital engineering, systems integration, cybersecurity, cloud, data, and lifecycle IT services across critical public-sector environments.
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