• Participate in testing throughout the entire software development life cycle • Collaborate on refining product feature requirements • Research, document, and report on identified bugs • Troubleshoot customer-facing issues • Build test environments for use with testing • Utilize scripting languages (such as TypeScript, Python, and PowerShell) to support testing • Help create and expand automated test suites in Playwright or Pester • Participate in code reviews • Establish and maintain a good working knowledge of appropriate products • Work as part of an Agile team • Continually improve our testing culture and processes • Create and maintain testing docs and test cases

Role Description Our team is growing and Brightstar is seeking a talented and experienced Technology Manager to join our team to build world class Lottery products. As the leader of our team, you will be a contributing member and responsible for a product engineering team. This exciting position offers many opportunities to be on the cutting edge of software development and delivery while working with other talented engineers. Responsibilities - Actively manage and lead software engineering team - Work with Product Management Teams to define Customers Feature Roadmap - Promote high quality and timely completion of projects - Actively lead or participate in resolving key issues that impact the performance of the team - Provide technical solutions to complex problems - Provides guidance to team members within the established company policies - Mentor and guide other engineers to achieve their career goals - Responsible for support 24/7 support of solutions in specialized or disaster situations Qualifications - 5+ years Software Development roles - 3+ years of Engineering Leadership or Management experience - May include years of experience in Software Architecture roles - Computer Science Bachelor's degree, college degree, or equivalent experience - Team management, coaching and people development - Ability to drive development teams - Engineering experience with Java language and its frameworks including SpringBoot, JPA, JAX-RS, Spring Batch, Quartz - Expert in developing scalable products in Cloud Infrastructure including Azure Cloud, Kubernetes, Terraform - Experience working with database applications at scale, i.e. PostgreSQL - Application solutions developed using event streaming, i.e. Kafka - Experience developing monitoring systems using latest frameworks and technologies - Expert knowledge of version control systems including Git - Production deployment and troubleshooting - Must be able to pass a security investigation Success Profile - Leading Complexity - Leading People - Leading the Business - Leading Self Benefits - Estimated starting compensation range: $74,961 - $164,800 - Base pay is only one part of our Total Rewards program - Sales roles may be eligible for commission payments - Other roles are eligible for discretionary bonuses - 401(k) Savings Plan with Company contributions - Health, dental, and vision insurance - Life, accident, and disability insurance - Tuition reimbursement - Paid time off - Wellness programs - Identity theft insurance - Programs are subject to eligibility requirements Company Description Brightstar is an innovative, forward-thinking global leader in lottery that builds on our renowned expertise in delivering secure technology and producing reliable, comprehensive solutions for our customers. As a premier pure play global lottery company, our best-in-class lottery operations, retail and digital solutions, and award-winning lottery games enable our customers to achieve their goals, fulfill player needs and distribute meaningful benefits to communities. Brightstar has a well-established local presence and is a trusted partner to governments and regulators around the world, creating value by adhering to the highest standards of service, integrity, and responsibility. Brightstar has approximately 6,000 employees.

About the Team: STR’s Analytics and Command & Control (AC2) Division focuses on developing actionable, advanced technology solutions to provide asymmetric advantages within the information domain. The Mission Applications (MA) Group within the AC2 Division specializes in ensuring the technology that STR creates produces outsized mission impact. Staff within the MA group have a deep understanding of missions and technology needs for national security with skills targeting transition of technology to operational use, including product management, UX Product implementation, software integration & mission engineering, platform engineering, DevOps, and program management. MA staff combine with other science and engineering staff from the various STR research and development groups to form dedicated product teams focused on accelerating the operational transition of cutting-edge software technologies. The Role: A Test Lead coordinates all efforts associated with test, to include test-driven development and implementing automation for various elements of system test. This approach places a strong emphasis on all aspects of test (unit, integration, and system-level) to ensure STR is fulfilling the end-user's operational needs, thus enabling the success of the overall mission. Ensuring all facets of system test are accounted for in the end-to-end software development and deployment can significantly improve the impact of STR software.  We are seeking experienced candidates – preferably, established technical leads with experience as a test lead on a software development program and skill interfacing with teams of developers. What you will do: - Lead the development team in designing and implementing integration tests for innovative software services in an agile DevSecOps environment - Collaborate with program leadership to prioritize test planning and execution activities - Ongoing work includes developing and maintaining automated system and regression tests and working with program management/staff to identify key system-level test cases - Hands-on experience with ability to quickly grasp overall system architecture picture is essential Who You Are: - Ability to obtain a Top Secret security clearance with SCI eligibility, for which U.S citizenship is needed by the U.S government - BS in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related technical field with a minimum of 7+ years of relevant experience. Equivalent experience will be considered. - Experience with relevant technologies, including: - Python - Kafka - RESTful services - Gitlab, specifically Gitlab CI/CD and understanding pipelines - Kubernetes (good familiarity with kubectl and experience putting together k8s yml config files) - ELK stack tools - Docker and docker-compose - Java applications (e.g., deployment/configuration) - xUnit-based test frameworks, primarily pytest, PyUnit, Jest, and Junit - Web-based UI test automation tools (e.g., Selenium, Playwright) Even Better: - Active Security Clearance at the Top Secret level with SCI Eligibility - Advanced Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related technical field - Located near STR offices in Woburn, MA, Arlington, VA, or San Diego, CA, Denver, CO or willing to relocate - Demonstrated ability to work across DevOps and development teams to find solutions to enable automated testing - Demonstrated test framework/infrastructure debugging skills, especially debugging microservices deployed to a cloud infrastructure (leverages multiple skills including kubectl, ELK, Docker knowledge - Ability to fully understand the architecture of the system under test and to identify weak/failure points Pay Information Full-Time Salary Range: $157,000 - $224,000 The salary range listed is based on external market data. Offers are based on factors, such as but not limited to, the candidate’s experience, education, training, key skills/critical skills, security clearances, and prevailing market and business conditions. STR is a growing technology company with locations near Boston, MA, Arlington, VA, near Dayton, OH, Melbourne, FL, and Carlsbad, CA. We specialize in advanced research and development for defense, intelligence, and national security in: cyber; next generation sensors, radar, sonar, communications, and electronic warfare; and artificial intelligence algorithms and analytics to make sense of the complexity that is exploding around us. STR is committed to creating a collaborative learning environment that supports deep technical understanding and recognizes the contributions and achievements of all team members. Our work is challenging, and we go home at night knowing that we pushed the envelope of technology and made the world safer. STR is not just any company. Our people, culture, and attitude along with their unique set of skills, experiences, and perspectives put us on a trajectory to change the world. We can't do it alone, though - we need fellow trailblazers. If you are one, join our team and help to keep our society safe! Visit us at www.str.us for more info. STR is an equal opportunity employer. We are fully dedicated to hiring the most qualified candidate regardless of race, color, religion, sex (including gender identity, sexual orientation and pregnancy), marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any portion of the employment process, email us at appassist@str.us and provide your contact info. Pursuant to applicable federal law and regulations, positions at STR require employees to obtain national security clearances and satisfy the requirements for compliance with export control and other applicable laws.

About the Team: STR’s Analytics and Command & Control (AC2) Division focuses on developing actionable, advanced technology solutions to provide asymmetric advantages within the information domain. The Mission Applications (MA) Group within the AC2 Division specializes in ensuring the technology that STR creates produces outsized mission impact. Staff within the MA group have a deep understanding of missions and technology needs for national security with skills targeting transition of technology to operational use, including product management, UX Product implementation, software integration & mission engineering, platform engineering, DevOps, and program management. MA staff combine with other science and engineering staff from the various STR research and development groups to form dedicated product teams focused on accelerating the operational transition of cutting-edge software technologies. The Role: A Test Lead coordinates all efforts associated with test, to include test-driven development and implementing automation for various elements of system test. This approach places a strong emphasis on all aspects of test (unit, integration, and system-level) to ensure STR is fulfilling the end-user's operational needs, thus enabling the success of the overall mission. Ensuring all facets of system test are accounted for in the end-to-end software development and deployment can significantly improve the impact of STR software.  We are seeking experienced candidates – preferably, established technical leads with experience as a test lead on a software development program and skill interfacing with teams of developers. What you will do: - Lead the development team in designing and implementing integration tests for innovative software services in an agile DevSecOps environment - Collaborate with program leadership to prioritize test planning and execution activities - Ongoing work includes developing and maintaining automated system and regression tests and working with program management/staff to identify key system-level test cases - Hands-on experience with ability to quickly grasp overall system architecture picture is essential Who You Are: - Ability to obtain a Top Secret security clearance with SCI eligibility, for which U.S citizenship is needed by the U.S government - BS in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related technical field with a minimum of 7+ years of relevant experience. Equivalent experience will be considered. - Experience with relevant technologies, including: - Python - Kafka - RESTful services - Gitlab, specifically Gitlab CI/CD and understanding pipelines - Kubernetes (good familiarity with kubectl and experience putting together k8s yml config files) - ELK stack tools - Docker and docker-compose - Java applications (e.g., deployment/configuration) - xUnit-based test frameworks, primarily pytest, PyUnit, Jest, and Junit - Web-based UI test automation tools (e.g., Selenium, Playwright) Even Better: - Active Security Clearance at the Top Secret level with SCI Eligibility - Advanced Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related technical field - Located near STR offices in Woburn, MA, Arlington, VA, or San Diego, CA, Denver, CO or willing to relocate - Demonstrated ability to work across DevOps and development teams to find solutions to enable automated testing - Demonstrated test framework/infrastructure debugging skills, especially debugging microservices deployed to a cloud infrastructure (leverages multiple skills including kubectl, ELK, Docker knowledge - Ability to fully understand the architecture of the system under test and to identify weak/failure points Pay Information Full-Time Salary Range: $157,000 - $224,000 The salary range listed is based on external market data. Offers are based on factors, such as but not limited to, the candidate’s experience, education, training, key skills/critical skills, security clearances, and prevailing market and business conditions. STR is a growing technology company with locations near Boston, MA, Arlington, VA, near Dayton, OH, Melbourne, FL, and Carlsbad, CA. We specialize in advanced research and development for defense, intelligence, and national security in: cyber; next generation sensors, radar, sonar, communications, and electronic warfare; and artificial intelligence algorithms and analytics to make sense of the complexity that is exploding around us. STR is committed to creating a collaborative learning environment that supports deep technical understanding and recognizes the contributions and achievements of all team members. Our work is challenging, and we go home at night knowing that we pushed the envelope of technology and made the world safer. STR is not just any company. Our people, culture, and attitude along with their unique set of skills, experiences, and perspectives put us on a trajectory to change the world. We can't do it alone, though - we need fellow trailblazers. If you are one, join our team and help to keep our society safe! Visit us at www.str.us for more info. STR is an equal opportunity employer. We are fully dedicated to hiring the most qualified candidate regardless of race, color, religion, sex (including gender identity, sexual orientation and pregnancy), marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any portion of the employment process, email us at appassist@str.us and provide your contact info. Pursuant to applicable federal law and regulations, positions at STR require employees to obtain national security clearances and satisfy the requirements for compliance with export control and other applicable laws.