Senior Lead Test Engineer — Agile & DevSecOps

Amentum; Dahlgren (VA); On-site; USD 135,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, vision insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Job summary

Amentum is seeking a Lead Test Engineer in Dahlgren, VA to lead software testing for mission-critical systems on the SLCM-N program. You will guide testing activities in a highly collaborative, cross-functional Agile team and ensure quality across the development lifecycle.

The role requires facilitating automated testing, test strategy development, and strong leadership of a testing team, with experience in DoD/weapon systems and secure environments.

Qualifications

• BS degree or 5 years of demonstrated testing expertise in lieu of degree.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain comprehensive software test strategies and plans.
• Develop, review, and execute test scenarios, cases, scripts, and data.
• Lead testing activities across multiple levels (exploratory, system, integration, unit, end-to-end).
• Promote Test-Driven Development (TDD) in an Agile environment.
• Evaluate and implement test automation tools and frameworks.
• Manage the test team: assign tasks, set priorities, mentor, train.
• Review artifacts for quality and traceability.
• Track defects and coordinate resolution with development teams.
• Report metrics on test coverage, defects, automation, and team utilization.
• Collaborate with sponsors, end users, contractors, developers, and engineers.
• Provide technical leadership and resolve complex testing issues.

Skills

Test engineering

Agile

DevSecOps

Automation testing

Test data management

Education

Bachelor of Science degree

5 years testing experience (in lieu of degree)

DoD/weapon system testing knowledge

Tools

DOORS

Jira

Confluence

Docker

OpenShift

GitLab/Jenkins

Azure DevOps

Job description

Amentum is seeking a Lead Test Engineer in Dahlgren, VA to lead software testing for mission-critical systems on the SLCM-N program. You will guide testing activities in a highly collaborative, cross-functional Agile team and ensure quality across the development lifecycle.

The role requires facilitating automated testing, test strategy development, and strong leadership of a testing team, with experience in DoD/weapon systems and secure environments.