Test & Evaluation Lead – Senior

DecisionPoint Corporation

. Develop, maintain, and govern the program’s software test and evaluation strategy .

Posted 10/27/2026full-timeRemote • Illinois • United StatesSeniorWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in developing and governing software test strategies, ensuring alignment with Test and Evaluation Master Plans, and maintaining requirements traceability. Proven ability to lead defect triage, coordinate testing across multiple environments, and communicate effectively with stakeholders.

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Active Secret ClearanceTest And Evaluation Master Plan AlignmentRequirements Traceability ManagementDefect Triage LeadershipAutomated Testing Frameworks

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Hard Skills

Software Test Strategy DevelopmentRisk-Based TestingTest Coverage ReportingFunctional TestingIntegration TestingUser Acceptance TestingRegression TestingPerformance TestingSecurity TestingAccessibility Testing

Soft Skills

LeadershipAnalytical SkillsCommunication SkillsFacilitation SkillsCollaboration

Tools & Technologies

Azure DevOpsJiraTestRailZephyrXray

Certifications & Qualifications

CompTIA Security+ CEISTQB Advanced Level Test Management

Industry Keywords

Department Of DefenseFederal Software DevelopmentMission-Critical SystemsRegulated SystemsAgileDevSecOps

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AzureCyber Security

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Develop, maintain, and govern the program’s software test and evaluation strategy
Align testing activities, artifacts, schedules, and evidence with the approved Test and Evaluation Master Plan and Government requirements
Define test objectives, scope, levels, methods, environments, entry and exit criteria, roles, responsibilities, and reporting expectations
Develop risk-based testing approaches for mission workflows, business rules, interfaces, data exchanges, security corrections, and operational capabilities
Ensure test coverage across requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria, interfaces, risks, and release content
Establish and maintain traceability among requirements, test cases, test data, test results, defects, corrections, and release decisions
Oversee the Requirements Traceability Matrix and test-coverage reporting
Review requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria, interface specifications, and technical designs for clarity, completeness, consistency, and testability
Coordinate preparation of test plans, scenarios, cases, scripts, data, expected results, and execution schedules
Guide functional, integration, system, end-to-end, regression, exploratory, security, accessibility, performance, and user acceptance testing
Coordinate testing across development, integration, test, staging, and Government-approved environments
Ensure test environments, configurations, interfaces, accounts, data, tools, and dependencies are ready for execution
Define standards for test execution records and objective verification evidence
Review test results, execution evidence, coverage information, unresolved risks, and release impacts
Lead defect-triage meetings and coordinate severity, priority, ownership, disposition, correction, retesting, and closure decisions
Oversee verification of defect corrections and targeted regression testing
Identify systemic quality trends, recurring defects, coverage gaps, and process weaknesses; recommend corrective actions
Coordinate release testing and establish release-specific scope, readiness criteria, schedules, and reporting
Provide evidence-based release-readiness recommendations to program and Government leadership
Support Government user acceptance testing
Coordinate testing for urgent security fixes, production defects, modernization changes, interfaces, and migration activities
Work with cybersecurity personnel to validate approved security remediation and assess regression impacts
Coordinate with CI/CD engineers to integrate automated tests and quality gates into delivery pipelines
Establish and report test metrics covering execution progress, requirements coverage, defect trends, correction rates, automation, and release quality
Prepare test status reports, quality assessments, decision briefings, release recommendations, and Government-required test artifacts
Support sprint planning, demonstrations, reviews, retrospectives, release planning, and program-governance activities
Mentor QA and testing personnel and promote consistent test methods, evidence standards, and defect-management practices
Lead continuous improvement of testing, automation, traceability, evidence management, defect prevention, and release validation
Collaborate with Government stakeholders, mission liaisons, requirements analysts, architects, software developers, QA engineers, cybersecurity personnel, DevSecOps engineers, trainers, and operations teams

Requirements

What you’ll need

Active Secret clearance or higher
Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information technology, software engineering, or a related field, or an equivalent permitted by the applicable labor category
At least eight years of relevant professional experience
Experience leading software test strategy and test-planning activities
Experience establishing and maintaining requirements traceability and test-coverage reporting
Experience defining, collecting, reviewing, and maintaining objective verification evidence
Experience planning, coordinating, and evaluating release testing
Experience developing or aligning testing activities with a Test and Evaluation Master Plan or comparable governing test plan
Experience leading defect triage, correction verification, and release-risk assessment
Ability to evaluate requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria, interfaces, and designs for completeness and testability
Ability to coordinate functional, integration, system, regression, and user acceptance testing across multiple teams and environments
Ability to communicate test status, quality risks, coverage gaps, unresolved defects, and release recommendations to technical and executive stakeholders
CompTIA Security+ CE or another Government-approved certification satisfying the required IAT Level II qualification and applicable current DoD 8140 work-role requirements
Strong leadership, analytical, risk-assessment, facilitation, technical documentation, and communication skills
Ability to collaborate effectively with Government representatives, mission stakeholders, analysts, developers, architects, cybersecurity personnel, DevSecOps engineers, testers, and operations teams
Preferred: ISTQB Advanced Level Test Management certification
Preferred: Additional advanced software-testing, quality-management, or test-automation certifications
Preferred: Experience supporting federal or Department of Defense software-development, modernization, or test and evaluation programs
Preferred: Experience leading testing for mission-critical, regulated, security-sensitive, or high-availability systems
Preferred: Experience testing military accession processing, personnel processing, or other complex rules-driven workflows
Preferred: Experience developing or maintaining a TEMP, Requirements Traceability Matrix, test plan, test report, or comparable Government test artifact
Preferred: Experience leading Government user acceptance testing, operational validation, or formal release-acceptance activities
Preferred: Experience with Azure DevOps, Jira, TestRail, Zephyr, Xray, or comparable tools
Preferred: Experience with automated testing frameworks, CI/CD quality gates, service virtualization, or test-data management
Preferred: Experience with API, interface, database, accessibility, performance, security, resilience, or migration testing
Preferred: Familiarity with Section 508 accessibility testing and Web Content Accessibility Guidelines
Preferred: Familiarity with Agile, DevSecOps, risk-based testing, configuration management, and secure software-development practices
Preferred: Experience mentoring test engineers or leading a multi-team testing function

Benefits

Comp & perks

Regular full-time employment
Active Secret clearance or higher requirement associated with a federal government role
Opportunity to support the USMEPCOM ENLIST program and federal/Department of Defense mission
Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action protections
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