Test and Evaluation Lead

CACI International; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 121,000 - 266,000; Full time

Job summary

CACI International seeks a Test and Evaluation Lead to set program-wide testing standards and lead SDET teams. You will shape automation strategy, oversee enterprise testing frameworks, and ensure delivery teams meet performance, compliance, accessibility, and reliability goals across federal mission applications.

With strong leadership, you will drive testing maturity across Agile programs, aligning modernization efforts with CI/CD and DevSecOps practices.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and 15+ years of experience in testing
• At least 10 years in test automation and 8 years in manual testing
• Experience with automation frameworks and distributed test scenarios
• Strong collaboration with product managers and cross-functional teams
• Knowledge of DevSecOps alignment and cloud modernization

Responsibilities

• Define automation strategy and leadership of testing frameworks
• Plan, estimate, and report on test activities aligned with sprint goals
• Establish test data management processes and detailed test reports
• Define performance and quality metrics for product readiness
• Enable ATDD through collaboration with business analysts and developers
• Lead and mentor SDET engineers across teams
• Collaborate with product, UX, DevSecOps, and security teams to cover functional and non-functional requirements

Skills

Automation leadership

SDET/QA engineering

Communication

Test strategy

Education

Bachelor’s degree in related field

Tools

Selenium Grid

WebDriver

Protractor

Jasmine

Cucumber

Gherkin

JUnit

TestNG

GitHub

Bitbucket

Jira

Serena

HP QC

Job description

Job Title: Test and Evaluation Lead

Job Category: Engineering

Time Type: Full time

Minimum Clearance Required to Start: None

Employee Type: Regular

Percentage of Travel Required: None

Type of Travel: None

* * *

The Opportunity:
The Test and Evaluation Lead sets program wide testing standards, leads SDET teams, and ensures all products are thoroughly evaluated prior to release. This role collaborates directly with Product Managers to confirm schedule readiness and alignment between test activities and release goals. As the senior authority on testing strategy, automation frameworks, and quality engineering, the Test and Evaluation Lead is accountable for ensuring delivery teams meet performance, compliance, accessibility, and reliability expectations across federal mission applications.

This role provides the technical leadership needed to shape test automation strategy, evolve enterprise testing frameworks, and guide SDET engineers through complex, distributed test scenarios. You will drive testing maturity across Agile programs—ensuring that modernization, microservices, and cloud native platforms are validated with rigor, precision, and strong DevSecOps alignment. The Test and Evaluation Lead serves as the linchpin connecting quality engineering, development, compliance, accessibility, and release readiness.

Responsibilities:
• Automation Strategy & Framework Leadership

• Design and develop automated test solutions using Selenium, Protractor, Jasmine, and Cucumber, ensuring modern frameworks support scalable applications.
• Improve automation frameworks for speed, reliability, and usability—introducing parallel execution, optimized grid configuration, and test harness enhancements.
  •Test Planning, Estimation & Reporting
• Plan, estimate, and architect comprehensive test solutions that align with sprint goals, release timelines, and mission priorities.
  - Establish and maintain test data management processes and generate detailed test reports consumed by leadership and engineering teams.
  • Quality Metrics, Processes & ATDD
• Define meaningful performance and quality metrics to measure product readiness and cross team success.
• Enable Acceptance Test Driven Development (ATDD) through close collaboration with Business Analysts and developers—ensuring acceptance criteria and test cases are aligned from the start.
  • Team Leadership & Cross Functional Collaboration
• Lead and mentor SDET engineers to strengthen technical capability and promote best practices in automation, accessibility, and usability.
• Work closely with Product Managers to confirm test schedules, validate readiness, and identify risks/gaps in release plans.
• Collaborate with development, UX, DevSecOps, and security teams to ensure testing fully covers functional, non functional, and regulatory requirements.

Qualifications:

Required:

• Strong programming or scripting background and a demonstrated passion for testing
• Bachelor’s degree with 15+ years of experience.
• At least 10 years in test automation and 8 years in manual testing.
• Expertise in:
  • Selenium Grid or WebDriver
  • Protractor or Jasmine
  • Cucumber or Gherkin
  • JUnit or TestNG
  • GitHub or Bitbucket
• Experience with databases, Agile/Scrum, UI/UX best practices, 508 accessibility compliance, Jira, Serena, HP QC.
• Strong communication skills, with proven ability to collaborate across engineering, product, and leadership groups.

Desired:

• Experience leading SDET teams within federal cloud modernization or enterprise software programs.
• Deep familiarity with DevSecOps practices and integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong understanding of performance testing, security scanning, and modern QA tooling ecosystem

What You Can Expect:

A culture of integrity.

At CACI, we place character and innovation at the center of everything we do. As a valued team member, you’ll be part of a high-performing group dedicated to our customer’s missions and driven by a higher purpose – to ensure the safety of our nation.

An environment of trust.

CACI values the unique contributions that every employee brings to our company and our customers - every day. You’ll have the autonomy to take the time you need through a unique flexible time off benefit and have access to robust learning resources to make your ambitions a reality.

A focus on continuous growth.

Together, we will advance our nation’s most critical missions, build on our lengthy track record of business success, and find opportunities to break new ground — in your career and in our legacy.

Pay Range :

There are a host of factors that can influence final salary including, but not limited to, geographic location, Federal Government contract labor categories and contract wage rates, relevant prior work experience, specific skills and competencies, education, and certifications. Our employees value the flexibility at CACI that allows them to balance quality work and their personal lives. We offer competitive compensation, benefits and learning and development opportunities. Our broad and competitive mix of benefits options is designed to support and protect employees and their families. At CACI, you will receive comprehensive benefits such as; healthcare, wellness, financial, retirement, family support, continuing education, and time off benefits.

The proposed salary range for this position is:

$120,800 - $265,800

CACI is anEqualOpportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any otherprotectedcharacteristic.