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# Senior Software Test and Evaluation Specialist at PingWind

- **Company:** PingWind
- **Location:** Multiple Locations
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** remote
- **Posted:** 2025-10-08
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-11
- **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/pingwind/6d21ac43-db11-426e-ad51-827f0d1e60e8

## Job description

Location: Multiple Locations Required Clearance: Top Secret Certifications : DoD 8140 certifications Required Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or related field Required Experience: 10+ years of experience in software testing, quality assurance, or evaluation.

Position Description:

PingWind is seeking a highly qualified and experience Senior Software Test and Evaluation Specialist who leads the planning, execution, and reporting of test and evaluation activities for complex software systems and applications. This role ensures that software products meet performance, reliability, security, and compliance requirements through rigorous testing practices. The Senior Specialist develops test strategies, manages evaluation processes, mentors junior testers, and collaborates with development, DevOps, and quality assurance teams to ensure delivery of high-quality solutions.

Responsibilities:

Typical Responsibilities/Tasks:

- Develop and manage comprehensive test plans, test cases, and evaluation strategies for software systems.
- Define testing objectives, success criteria, and evaluation methodologies.
- Ensure alignment of testing activities with program requirements and industry standards.
- Lead the execution of functional, performance, regression, integration, and user acceptance testing.
- Perform automated and manual testing as appropriate.
- Document, analyze, and report test results, identifying defects, risks, and areas for improvement.
- Ensure adherence to software quality assurance standards, best practices, and compliance frameworks.
- Validate that security, interoperability, and performance requirements are met.
- Support continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines by embedding automated testing.
- Expertise with testing methodologies, tools, and frameworks (e.g., Selenium, JUnit, TestNG, Cucumber, Postman).
- Strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines and automated testing integration.
- Familiarity with defect tracking systems (e.g., JIRA, Azure DevOps, Bugzilla).
- Experience with performance and load testing tools (e.g., JMeter, LoadRunner).
- Knowledge of cybersecurity testing, secure coding standards, and vulnerability assessment.
- Understanding of system integration testing, interoperability, and requirements validation.

Required Qualifications

- DoD 8140 Certification

Desired Qualifications

- (Master’s preferred).
- Proven track record of leading test and evaluation activities for enterprise or mission-critical systems

.About PingWind

PingWind is focused on delivering outstanding services to the federal government. We have extensive experience in the fields of cyber security, development, IT infrastructure, supply chain management and other professional services such as system design and continuous improvement. PingWind is a VA CVE certified Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) and SBA HUBZone Certified with offices in Washington DC and Northern Virginia. www.PingWind.com

Our benefits include:

- Eleven Federal Holidays
- Paid Time Off accrued each pay period
- Parental Leave
- Three medical plan choices with generous employer contribution
- Dental and Vision Insurance
- Company paid Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
- Company paid Life and AD&D Insurance
- 401k with competitive matching and vesting schedule
- Continuing education assistance
- Short Term / Long Term Disability & Life Insurance
- Medical, Dependent Care and Commuter Flexible Spending Accounts
- Employee Assistance Program
- Wellness benefits include Calm Health app and WellHub gym subsidy (formerly GymPass)
- 529 College Savings Plan
- Legal Insurance
- Pet Insurance

Veterans are encouraged to apply

PingWind, Inc. does not discriminate in employment opportunities, terms and conditions of employment, or practices on the basis of race, age, gender, religious or political beliefs, national origin or heritage, disability, sexual orientation, or any characteristic protected by law

## About PingWind

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: PingWind is a technology services company delivering cybersecurity, IT modernization, and supply chain solutions primarily to U.S. federal agencies.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Privately Held; certified SDVOSB – Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business)
- **Headquarters**: Annandale, Virginia, United States
- **Founded**: 2012 (per company website) or 2015 (per LinkedIn) – conflicting reports exist; the company’s official site states 2012. [pingwind.com](https://www.pingwind.com/about) | [linkedin.com](https://linkedin.com/company/pingwind-inc-)
- **Founders**: Not publicly disclosed

## Core Business
- **Primary industries**: IT Services and IT Consulting; Cybersecurity; Supply Chain Management; Digital Transformation
- **Target customers**: U.S. federal government (Departments of Veterans Affairs, Health and Human Services, Defense, Army, Navy, Energy, Treasury, Labor, General Services Administration, etc.)
- **Mission or purpose**: “Utilize leading edge technology and best practices to help clients secure information, modernize systems, and optimize performance.” [pingwind.com](https://www.pingwind.com/about)

## Products & Services
PingWind organizes its offerings into four core capability areas, delivered as consulting and managed services:
- **Advanced Threat Intelligence**: Cybersecurity remediation, RMF & ATO expertise, Zero Trust Architecture, predictive analysis, cloud security, microelectronics engineering & security.
- **Supply Chain & Risk Management**: Supply chain planning & analytics, operational risk mitigation, category management, demand forecasting, inventory optimization, continuity of operations / resilience planning.
- **Digital Transformation & Automation**: Systems & app engineering, Agile solution development, DevSecOps, XaaS, legacy system sustainment & enhancement, process transformation.
- **AI-Driven Operations & Machine Learning**: AI & advanced analytics, data engineering & management, model development/training/evaluation, ML Ops & scalable deployment, intellectual property development, graph data science.

PingWind also maintains expertise with platforms such as Salesforce, Pega, Microsoft Dynamics, ServiceNow, MuleSoft, Microsoft Power Platform, AWS, Azure, and Elastic. [pingwind.com](https://www.pingwind.com/capabilities)

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly available (private company)
- **Key Metric**: Over 250 employees across 37 states and OCONUS (per company website) or 148 employees (per LinkedIn) – conflicting headcount data; official site claims larger workforce.
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Joint ventures include Ailani Wind (with Ailani Hawaiian Federal – SBA 8(a) NHO), PingWind United (with 42 United – WOSB), and Clear Vantage Point Solutions (CVPS II) (with Peraton Inc.). [pingwind.com](https://www.pingwind.com/capabilities)
- **Growth Signals**: Expansion through mentor‑protégé joint ventures to capture set‑aside contracts; active hiring across multiple roles (60+ open positions as of search date); presence in federal contracting with top agencies.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Certified SDVOSB** – qualifies for set‑aside contracts and sole‑source awards within the federal market.
- **CMMC Level 2 C3PAO Certified** – validates ability to protect Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) per DoD requirements; also holds ISO 9001, 20000, 27001 certifications and CMMI Level 3 Development & Services.
- **Deep federal domain expertise** – founders and leadership have military, federal government, and Fortune 100 experience.
- **Mentor‑protégé joint ventures** – provide unique contracting privileges (direct awards, exemption from bid protests, no competitive thresholds) that give a strategic advantage in government bids.

## Strategic Focus
- **Current priorities**: Deepening AI/ML and automation capabilities; expanding through joint ventures to tap into 8(a) and WOSB set‑aside markets; sustaining high security certifications to maintain trust with defense and civilian agencies.
- **Growth drivers**: Increasing demand for Zero Trust, supply chain risk management, and digital transformation across the federal government; leveraging past performance to win larger contracts.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Great Place to Work‑Certified™; emphasizes trust, performance, and longevity in client relationships; values include curiosity, collaboration, and continuous learning.
- **Work‑life balance**: Offers flexible work hours, remote work options, and observance of Federal holidays.
- **Professional development**: Encourages training, continued education, and certifications; a culture of learning and growth.
- **Community involvement**: Active in STEM education and supports service‑disabled Veterans (e.g., Virginia Values Veterans organization).
- **Perks**: Competitive salaries and benefits; opportunity to work on mission‑critical projects for the U.S. government.
- **Recruitment fraud warning**: PingWind posts all legitimate openings on its official careers page and LinkedIn; any other solicitations should be reported. [pingwind.com](https://www.pingwind.com/careers) | [jobs.lever.co](https://jobs.lever.co/pingwind)

## Sources
1. [pingwind.com – About](https://www.pingwind.com/about)
2. [pingwind.com – Careers](https://www.pingwind.com/careers)
3. [linkedin.com – PingWind](https://linkedin.com/company/pingwind-inc-)
4. [jobs.lever.co – PingWind](https://jobs.lever.co/pingwind)
5. [pingwind.com – Capabilities](https://www.pingwind.com/capabilities)

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