Testing Manager

Ariel Partners; Oregon; Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Ariel Partners is seeking a skilled Test Lead in the United States (Oregon) to support the PIEE Development and Sustainment program. The role emphasizes Agile/DevSecOps delivery, automated testing, and performance improvements across a 34-application defense procurement platform.

You will supervise test specialists, translate complex requirements into testable artifacts, and guide release readiness through rigorous test cycles. A Secret clearance and strong collaboration are required.

Qualifications

• Must have Active Secret Clearance.
• Minimum 8 years of relevant experience.
• Experience in quality gates, test coverage, release readiness, configuration controls.
• Experience in testing software applications: system, regression, acceptance, performance and automation testing.
• Experience in Agile environments and DevOps integration.
• Experience developing and maintaining test cases using automated testing tools.
• Bachelor's or Master's degree is required.
• Relevant certification from a nationally recognized technical body.

Responsibilities

• Supervises a team of test specialists and manages complex, state-of-the-art test programs.
• Leads analysis efforts to dissect output data, interface with the client, and provide clear results and recommendations.
• Translate complex program requirements into testable cases.
• Analyzes and recommends test cycle, test plans, safety reviews, and detailed test objectives.
• Manages and works effectively with diverse organizations and personalities to execute a successful test program.
• Apply complex test methodologies and compensate for limitations and restrictions.
• Develops overall test strategy to include objectives, methodologies, analysis, and schedules.
• Independently assess system performance against stated requirements.
• Apply test discipline to design a thorough and executable test program.
• Apply use cases and user stories to create test cases.

Skills

Test leadership

Data analysis

Agile methodologies

DevSecOps integration

Automation testing

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree

Industry certification

Tools

Automated testing tools

Job description

Project Overview

The DLA Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment (PIEE) Development and Sustainment program supports modernization, enhancement, and sustainment of a mission-critical defense procurement and payment platform comprising approximately 34 applications.The program focuses on enterprise software modernization, legacy-code refactoring, Agile/DevSecOps delivery, AWS GovCloud operations, CI/CD automation, cybersecurity, AI/ML integration, automated testing, and improved system performance and user experience.

Responsibilities

• Supervises a team of test specialists and manages complex, state-of-the-art test programs.
• Leads analysis efforts to dissect output data, interface with the client, and provide clear results and recommendations.
• Translate complex program requirements into testable
• Analyzes and recommends test cycle, test plans, safety reviews, and detailed test objectives.
• Manages and works effectively with diverse organizations and personalities to execute a successful test program.
• Apply complex test methodologies and compensate for limitations and restrictions.
• Develops overall test strategy to include objectives, methodologies, analysis, and schedules.
• Independently assess system performance against stated requirements.
• Apply test discipline to design a thorough and executable test program.
• Apply use cases and user stories to create test cases.

Minimum Requirements

• Must have Active Secret Clearance
• Minimum 8 years of relevant experience
• Experience in Quality gates, test coverage, release readiness, configuration controls.
• Experience in testing software applications, including system, regression, acceptance, end to end, performance testing, automation testing and release management
• Experience in an Agile Knowledge of System Operations, Engineering, and DevOps integration.
• Experience developing and maintaining test cases using designated automated test
• Must have detailed familiarity with commercial test environments and operating
• Experience supervising a team of test specialists and managing complex, state-of-the-art test
• Experience translating complex program requirements into testable
• Experience analyzing and recommending test cycle, test plans, safety reviews, and detailed test objectives.
• Bachelor or Master degree is required
• Relevant certification from a nationally recognized technical

At Ariel Partners, we solve the most difficult problems that inhibit technology from enabling our customers to achieve their goals. Our vision is to be recognized by our stakeholders as an elite provider of IT solutions, so when they have their biggest challenges we're on their short list. We're looking for team members who share our values of: Integrity to do the right thing even when it hurts; Commitment to the long term success and happiness of our customers, our people, and our partners; Courage to take on difficult challenges, accept new ideas, and accept incremental failure; and the constant pursuit of Excellence.

Ariel Partners is an Equal Opportunity Employer in accordance with federal, state, and local laws.