Testing Lead / Manager

Spatial Front, Inc.•Arlington, VA

9d•$100,000 - $160,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Spatial Front, Inc. is seeking a Testing Lead / Manager to oversee testing activities for enterprise application projects. The role combines leadership and coordination with the technical understanding needed to review testing work, identify gaps, validate results, understand system behavior, and provide hands-on support when needed. The position works closely with testers, developers, business analysts, project managers, automation resources, and client stakeholders in a structured, client-facing project environment. The role is based in Crystal City, Virginia, and requires onsite work at least three days per week, with up to five days onsite as needed. The successful candidate will coordinate testing activities, track execution and defects, communicate status and release readiness, facilitate defect triage, and support improvements to QA processes and quality controls. This is a full-time, W-2 position. Applicants must be U.S. citizens with an active Secret security clearance.

Requirements

Active Secret security clearance; applicants must be U.S. citizens.
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Business, or a related field, or equivalent work experience.
At least 5 years of experience in software testing, quality assurance, or enterprise application testing.
Experience leading testing efforts, managing testers, or coordinating QA workstreams.
Strong understanding of testing frameworks, QA methodologies, and the software testing lifecycle.
Experience with test planning, test case development or review, execution tracking, defect management, and release readiness reporting.
Familiarity with automated testing tools and frameworks such as Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, Cucumber, TestNG, JUnit, Postman, SoapUI, Tricentis, Tosca, or similar.
Ability to oversee testers while maintaining enough technical depth to validate their work.
Experience reviewing test artifacts, including test cases, results, defects, logs, screenshots, and supporting documentation.
Ability to provide hands-on support for testing, validation, and issue analysis when needed.
High-level technical understanding of enterprise applications, including workflows, data, integrations, interfaces, and defect analysis.
Strong communication skills with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Experience collaborating with project managers, developers, business analysts, testers, and client stakeholders.
Ability to manage multiple priorities, deadlines, risks, and blockers simultaneously.
Strong analytical, problem-solving, and critical-thinking skills.
Attention to detail and commitment to enforcing quality standards.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office tools, including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Teams.
Ability to work onsite in Crystal City, Virginia.

Nice To Haves

Experience in a QA leadership role, such as QA Lead, Test Lead, Test Manager, UAT Lead, SIT Lead, or Release Testing Lead.
Experience testing enterprise systems, including business applications, case management, financial, HR, or government systems.
Experience in Agile, Scrum, SAFe, or hybrid delivery environments.
Ability to review and interpret technical documentation, including user stories, requirements, acceptance criteria, interface specifications, and system design materials.
Experience coordinating manual and automated testing within the same release cycle.
Experience reviewing automated test execution results, including failure reports, logs, screenshots, and supporting evidence.
Experience leading or coordinating User Acceptance Testing (UAT) with business users or client stakeholders.
Experience developing testing dashboards, metrics, executive summaries, and release readiness reports.
Experience supporting federal government projects.
Relevant certifications such as ISTQB, CSM, SAFe, PMP, or similar.

Responsibilities

Lead and manage testing activities across enterprise application projects.
Develop and maintain test plans, test schedules, testing processes, and execution tracking.
Coordinate testing across functional and technical testers, automation testers, developers, business analysts, project managers, and client stakeholders.
Assign testing tasks, monitor progress, follow up on open items, and ensure deadlines are met.
Review and verify test cases, test scripts, results, supporting evidence, and completion status.
Validate that testing is accurate, complete, documented, and aligned with project requirements.
Provide hands-on testing, issue analysis, documentation review, or validation support when needed.
Understand enterprise system workflows, data flows, integrations, interfaces, reports, and application behavior at a high level.
Track testing progress, pass/fail results, defects, blockers, risks, and release readiness.
Lead defect triage meetings and coordinate retesting, validation, and defect closure.
Work with developers and analysts to clarify expected behavior, understand defects, and verify fixes.
Review automated test results, identify potential gaps, and coordinate with automation resources as needed.
Identify and communicate testing gaps, risks, and quality concerns to project leadership.
Prepare and present testing status reports, dashboards, metrics, and go/no-go recommendations.
Support functional, regression, integration, user acceptance, system, automated, and end-to-end testing.
Improve testing processes, standards, templates, reporting methods, and quality controls.
Ensure testers follow defined QA processes, testing frameworks, and project documentation standards.
Work onsite or in a hybrid capacity in Crystal City, Virginia, based on project and client needs.