Senior Testing Lead

Job Type
Full-time

Description

POSITION DESCRIPTION:

Inadev is seeking a highly experienced Senior Testing Lead to establish and lead the quality engineering and testing function for the SEC's EDGAR 2.0 modernization program. This is a strategic leadership role responsible for defining, implementing, and governing the overall testing vision, quality strategy, processes, methodologies, tools, environments, and delivery approach across a large-scale, multi-workstream modernization effort.

The Senior Testing Lead will build and lead the testing organization supporting multiple Agile teams responsible for delivering new EDGAR capabilities, forms modernization, APIs, workflows, data services, integrations, and operational improvements. This individual will define the quality engineering framework, establish test automation and continuous testing practices, govern release readiness, and ensure the platform meets the SEC's expectations for security, performance, scalability, reliability, accessibility, and regulatory compliance.

The successful candidate will be both a strategic quality leader and hands-on quality engineering expert capable of establishing enterprise-level testing practices while collaborating with business stakeholders, product owners, architects, development teams, cybersecurity personnel, DevSecOps engineers, and SEC leadership.

RESPONSIBILITES:

Quality Strategy & Leadership

- Define and implement the EDGAR 2.0 enterprise quality assurance strategy.
- Establish testing policies, standards, governance processes, quality gates, and success metrics.
- Develop and manage the Testing Master Plan and Quality Management Plan.
- Serve as the senior authority for all testing, quality engineering, and release readiness activities.
- Build and lead a high-performing team of test engineers, automation engineers, and quality analysts.

Test Framework & Process Development

- Design and institutionalize scalable testing processes supporting Agile and DevSecOps delivery models.
- Define testing methodologies for functional, integration, regression, performance, security, API, data, usability, accessibility, and operational testing.
- Establish requirements traceability from business requirements through deployment.
- Develop test maturity and continuous improvement roadmaps.
- Implement risk-based testing approaches across all workstreams.

Test Automation & Continuous Testing

- Define enterprise test automation strategy and implementation roadmap.
- Lead development of automated functional, regression, API, integration, and end-to-end test suites.
- Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines.
- Establish automated quality gates and release validation processes.
- Drive adoption of continuous testing and shift-left quality practices.

Program-Level Test Coordination

- Coordinate testing activities across multiple Scrum teams and vendors.
- Manage test schedules, dependencies, environments, resources, and release testing activities.
- Lead integrated system testing efforts involving external systems, partner agencies, and SEC stakeholders.
- Ensure consistency of testing practices across the program.

Quality Engineering & Release Readiness

- Establish release readiness criteria and go/no-go decision support processes.
- Monitor quality trends, defect leakage, testing effectiveness, and release performance.
- Lead defect triage, root cause analysis, and corrective action planning.
- Evaluate overall product quality and deployment readiness.

Data, Interface & Migration Validation

- Establish testing strategies for data migration, data integrity validation, interface testing, and API verification.
- Validate complex business workflows spanning multiple systems.
- Develop reconciliation, validation, and audit testing procedures.

Performance & Security Testing

- Lead testing efforts focused on scalability, reliability, resiliency, and operational readiness.
- Coordinate security testing activities and remediation validation.
- Ensure testing supports compliance with SEC cybersecurity requirements.
- Validate platform readiness for peak filing periods and mission-critical operating conditions.

Stakeholder Engagement

- Brief SEC leadership and program executives on quality metrics, release readiness, and testing performance.
- Collaborate with Product Owners, Business Analysts, Chief Architects, Product Managers, and technical leads.
- Support user acceptance testing and stakeholder demonstrations.
- Serve as the primary point of contact for all program-level testing activities.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

- Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions

Inadev Corporation does not discriminate against qualified individuals based on their status as protected veterans or individuals with disabilities and prohibits discrimination against all individuals based on their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation/gender identity, or national origin

INTEGRITY AND COMPLIANCE NOTICE:

All information provided by applicants must be complete, truthful, and accurate. Any intentional misrepresentation of skills, experience, credentials, or identity may result in removal from consideration for this and future employment opportunities.

For positions supporting U.S. federal government contracts, applicants may be subject to background investigations and employment eligibility verification in accordance with federal regulations. Providing false information during this process may be subject to review and action as required under applicable federal laws and security regulations.

Inadev is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and a federal contractor committed to compliance with all applicable EEO, OFCCP, and federal hiring standards.

Requirements

Non-Technical Requirements:

- Must be a U.S. Citizen.
- Must be willing to work a HYBRID Schedule (3-4 Days) in Reston, VA & client locations in the Washington D.C. area as required.
- Ability to pass a 7-year background check and obtain/maintain a U.S. Government Clearance
- Strong communication and presentation skills.
- Must be able to prioritize and self-start.
- Must be adaptable/flexible as priorities shift.
- Must be enthusiastic and have passion for learning and constant improvement.
- Must be open to collaboration, feedback and client asks.
- Must enjoy working with a vibrant team of outgoing personalities.

MANDATORY REQUIREMENTS/SKILLS:

- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related discipline.
- Minimum 12 years of experience in software testing and quality engineering.
- Minimum 5 years leading large-scale federal testing organizations or enterprise quality programs.
- Demonstrated experience establishing test programs for complex modernization efforts.
- Experience leading testing across multiple Agile delivery teams.
- Strong expertise in automated testing frameworks and enterprise quality engineering practices.
- Experience supporting cloud-native and API-driven architectures.
- Proven experience developing quality metrics, dashboards, and governance processes.
- Strong leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
- Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance.

Preferred Qualifications:

- Experience supporting SEC programs, EDGAR, EDGAR Next, or other financial regulatory systems.
- Experience leading testing efforts for large-scale digital modernization programs exceeding multiple simultaneous delivery teams.
- Experience with AWS cloud environments and cloud-native architectures.
- Experience supporting DevSecOps and CI/CD implementations.
- Familiarity with Jira, Azure DevOps, GitHub, Selenium, Playwright, Cypress, Postman, JMeter, LoadRunner, SonarQube, and related testing tools.
- Knowledge of Section 508 accessibility testing requirements.
- Experience supporting FISMA, NIST, and federal security compliance frameworks.

Desired Certifications:

- Certified Software Quality Engineer (CSQE)
- Certified Agile Tester (CAT)
- AWS or Azure Certification

Key Competencies:

- Enterprise Test Strategy
- Quality Engineering Leadership
- Test Automation
- Continuous Testing
- DevSecOps Quality Practices
- Performance Testing
- Security Testing
- Accessibility Testing
- Data Validation
- Defect Management
- Test Governance
- Release Readiness
- Risk Management
- Federal System Modernization

Success Factors:

- Serve as the technical leader for all testing and quality engineering activities.
- Build and maintain robust automated testing frameworks that significantly reduce manual testing effort.
- Ensure applications meet Section 508 and WCAG accessibility compliance requirements.
- Deliver comprehensive performance and load testing capabilities that support scalable AWS-based solutions.
- Mentor and develop a high-performing team of test engineers.
- Improve overall software quality, test coverage, deployment confidence, and release predictability.
- Champion a culture of quality, automation, and continuous improvement across the organization.

Salary Description
$175,000-$195,000 (based on pertinent experience)