S. Federal Government. Headquartered in McLean, VA, CTEC has over 300 team members working on mission-critical systems and projects for agencies such as the Department of Homeland Security, Internal Revenue Service, and the Office of Personnel Management.

S. citizens daily as they interact with the systems we build.

Requirements

, are enabling this future every day. The Company has experienced rapid growth over the past 3 years and recently received a strategic investment from Main Street Capital Corporation (NYSE: MAIN). S.

Intelligence Community. We are seeking to hire a Senior Quality Assurance Engineer to our team! Client: CTEC develops and delivers innovative customer-centric technologies and solutions that support the Office of Personnel Management’s (OPM) Health and Insurance business unit and Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO).

& User Story Validation: Partner with business analysts, product owners, and developers to ensure

are testable, define acceptance criteria, and maintain end-to-end traceability using Azure DevOps. Test Execution Oversight: Lead manual and automated testing activities, ensuring adequate test coverage across functional, integration, system, regression, and user acceptance testing. Defect Management & Governance: Oversee defect lifecycle management using Azure DevOps, ensuring accurate documentation, prioritization, root-cause analysis, and resolution verification.

Test Automation Leadership: Design, implement, and maintain scalable automated test frameworks and regression suites to improve testing efficiency and support continuous integration pipelines.

Performance & Non-Functional Testing: Plan and oversee performance, load, and integration testing to validate system scalability, stability, and reliability. Release Readiness & Quality Reporting: Provide quality status reporting, risk assessments, and release readiness recommendations to project leadership and stakeholders. Agile Participation & Quality Advocacy: Serve as a quality advocate within Agile/Scrum teams, participating in sprint planning, daily standups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives.

Mentorship & Team Leadership: Mentor mid-level and junior QA staff, establish QA best practices, and support continuous improvement of testing processes and standards. Continuous Process Improvement: Identify and implement improvements to QA methodologies, automation practices, and toolchains. Works under minimal supervision with minor guidance from senior personnel.

Responsibilities

: Test Strategy & Planning: Lead the design and execution of comprehensive test strategies, test plans, and test frameworks to ensure software quality across enterprise systems and data-driven applications.

Proven experience developing enterprise-level test strategies, test plans, and automated testing frameworks. Strong experience with test automation tools and frameworks such as Selenium, JUnit, TestNG, or similar.