Independent Test Lead

American Ops; Montgomery (AL); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

American Ops in Montgomery, AL, seeks an Independent Test Lead responsible for leading testing, integration validation, and release certification activities. The role involves coordinating with various leads to validate modernization activities and ensuring compliance with operational readiness standards.

Qualified candidates should have 8+ years of software testing experience and knowledge in integration and regression testing. Certifications like ISTQB and Agile Testing are required, as well as possessing a DoD Secret Clearance.

Qualifications

• 8+ years software testing experience.
• Experience supporting enterprise release validation.
• Must possess DoD Secret Clearance.

Responsibilities

• Leads independent testing and validation activities across BMx FoS.
• Coordinates with various teams to validate modernization activities.
• Supports release stabilization monitoring and operational readiness reviews.

Skills

Integration testing

Regression testing

Automated testing

Selenium/UFT

Release validation

Test strategy development

Education

ISTQB Certification

Agile Testing Certifications

Job description

Leads independent testing, integration validation, regression testing, operational readiness assessment, release certification, and deployment validation activities across the BMx FoS. The Independent Test Lead governs testing activities independent of the development teams producing the associated code changes, ensuring compliance with PWS separation-of-duties requirements.

This role coordinates directly with the DevSecOps Platform Lead, Cybersecurity Lead, System Architect, Product Owners, Enterprise Integration personnel, and Functional SMEs to validate modernization activities, release candidates, interface synchronization behavior, rollback readiness, and operational workflow stability prior to deployment authorization. The Independent Test Lead also supports release stabilization monitoring, production validation activities, and operational readiness reviews.

Within BMx, this role is particularly important because modernization and sustainment activities may directly affect maintenance scheduling, PMEL operations, readiness reporting, operational dashboards, and mission‑critical workflows.

Technical Skills

• Integration testing
• Regression testing
• Automated testing
• Selenium/UFT
• Release validation
• Test strategy development

Certifications

• ISTQB
• Agile Testing certifications

Experience

• 8+ years software testing experience.
• Experience supporting enterprise release validation

Must possess DoD Secret Clearance.