Executive Director, Test & Evaluation

Test & Evaluation plans and conducts integrated developmental, certification, operational, and acceptance testing across the Transportation Security Laboratory (TSL), Transportation Security Administration Systems Integration Facility (TSIF), and field operations to validate performance and confirm systems are ready for TSA deployment.

The Executive Director, Test and Evaluation (T&E), Security Capabilities (SC), Technology & Systems (TS), Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Department of Homeland Security (DHS) serves as the independent Operational Test Agent (OTA) on behalf of TSA as well as the Director of the TSA Systems Integration Facility (TSIF); and provides developmental, certification, qualification, and operational test and evaluation support to the TSA and other DHS components. The Executive Director, T&E serves as the primary liaison to DHS Headquarters on all T&E matters, including T&E policy, and establishes the Division's strategies, goals, and objectives, and ensures alignment with SC, TSA and DHS strategies, goals and objectives. Duties include: Conducting risk analysis to manage TSA acquisition programs' costs, schedules and performance baselines. Identifying and assessing risk areas related to test activities and associated program costs, schedules, and performance, implementing appropriate mitigations and contingencies as necessary. Developing and maintaining a robust T&E capability to support all testing for TSA to include: acquisition support, Concept of Operations (CONOPS) or process development/refinement, and threat mitigation. Ensuring test activities are executed in accordance with T&E directives, SC/CAE Test and evaluation Policy, as well as the SC T&E Guidebook. Conducting outreach in support of TSA and DHS acquisition executives on matters related to T&E to include engagement with TSA operational elements, industry associations, equipment manufacturers, the DHS Science and Technology (S&T)Directorate, and others as appropriate. Serving as Supervisor of the Deputy Director of the Transportation Security Laboratory, a DHS S&T laboratory which executes developmental and independent test and evaluation in support of the certification of TSA screening technologies. Directing the TSA-related activities at the Terrorist Explosive Device Analytical Center (TEDAC) Improvised Explosives Detection and Synthesis Center, a laboratory dedicated to researching, manufacturing, testing, and characterizing Improvised Explosives and Devices. Coordinating with executives and senior executives across internal and external organizations to ensure consistency in application of communications, processes and procedures related to T&E.

Must be a U.S. Citizen. Must serve a probationary period of one year unless you previously completed the probationary period in a SES/TSES position. Must complete a Declaration for Federal Employment to determine your suitability for Federal employment, at the time requested by the agency. If you are a male applicant born after December 31, 1959, you must certify that you have registered with the Selective Service System or are exempt from having to do so. Subject to pre-employment and random drug tests. Must file a Confidential Financial Disclosure Report OGE-278e within 30 days of appointment and annually from then on. Must complete a favorable Tier 5 Background Investigation (T5). This position requires a TS/SCI (Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information) clearance that must be completed prior to appointment. You will be subject to a 5-year periodic investigation and must be able to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI clearance. Failure to obtain and maintain the required clearance may result in the withdrawal of a job offer or removal. There are three key documents that contain important information about your rights and obligations. Please read and retain these documents: Noncriminal Justice Applicant's Privacy Rights, for those who undergo an FBI fingerprint-based criminal history record check for personnel vetting, which includes Rap Back, FD-258 Privacy Act Statement - FBI (this is the same statement used when your fingerprints are submitted as part of your background investigation), and SEAD-3-Reporting-U.pdf (dni.gov), (applicable to those who hold a sensitive position or have eligibility for access to classified information). If you fail to meet the conditions of employment or any other pre-employment requirements, such as missing any of the scheduled appointments, the hiring agency may rescind their tentative offer of employment.

This position does not have a positive education requirement.