Quality Engineering & Testing Lead

Valiant Solutions is seeking a Quality Engineering & Testing Lead to join our rapidly growing and innovative team!

The Quality Engineering & Testing Lead develops and executes the enterprise testing strategy for Air Hub. This individual leads all functional, integration, system, regression, automation, performance, user acceptance, and external stakeholder testing activities.

The role manages contractor testing staff, coordinates testing with the client's testing resources, and establishes the testing framework supporting Agile development and phased releases.

Named one of the Best Places to Work in the Washington DC area for 12 consecutive years
, Valiant is proud of our employee-centric culture and commitment to excellence. If you are interested in learning more about Valiant and this opportunity,

This position allows for 100% remote work. Remote work requires a high level of trust in our employees, and we strictly adhere to the details outlined in our Remote Work Policy below.

Required Experience

• 12+ years of software testing experience.
• 8+ years of experience leading enterprise QA or Quality Engineering organizations.
• Experience implementing automated testing frameworks.
• Experience with Test Rail and Agile testing practices.
• Experience leading UAT programs and coordinating business-user testing.
• Experience testing APIs, databases, cloud applications, and integrated enterprise systems.
• Strong leadership, facilitation, and communication skills.
• Experience supporting Federal software delivery preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain the Air Hub Test Strategy.
• Establish and lead the Air Hub Quality Engineering practice.
• Manage contractor test engineers.
• Coordinate EPA testing resources.
• Own UAT test planning, execution governance, defect management, results, and quality exit criteria in coordination with the Implementation Lead and EPA business stakeholders.
• Provide testing results and quality criteria to support Beta and Production release readiness decisions.
• Establish and mature the automated testing framework.
• Oversee Test Rail governance.
• Define release quality metrics.
• Coordinate external stakeholder testing activities.

About Valiant Solutions

Valiant Solutions is a security-focused IT solutions provider with public clients nationwide. Named one of the fastest growing privately held companies by Inc. 5000, Washington Technology’s Fast 50, and Washington Business Journal’s Best Places to Work in the D.C. area, Valiant Solutions prides itself on providing its employees with great benefits and career development opportunities. As a company, we are just as committed to growing careers as we are to building world-class IT solutions, all while enjoying an unparalleled work-life balance.

We are in a phase of tremendous growth and building the team that will take us to the next level. We seek people whose talents and accomplishments will contribute to a thriving company, who have the character to support their capacity, and can make a positive impact on our culture. Alongside our talented team, you’ll learn to think quickly on your feet and expand your own personal and professional skill set.

Our management team will inspire you to consider new perspectives and challenge you to become a better practitioner in the fast-paced industry of IT security. We hire people we respect – and we trust them to deliver results leveraging their expertise. If you would enjoy working in a dynamic environment as part of a stellar team of professionals,

Benefits Snapshot (includes, but not limited to)Valiant pays 99% of the Medical, Dental, and Vision Coverage for Full-time Employees Valiant contributes 25% towards Health Coverage for Family and Dependents
100% Paid Short Term Disability and Life…