Test Lead

Overview

The Test Lead provides quality assurance leadership, setting testing standards, mentoring testers, and overseeing execution and reporting across development teams. The role leads test planning and execution; formulates go/no‑go recommendations from metrics, progress, and defect status; communicates as the primary liaison; and coordinates work plans, status tracking, and high‑quality deliverables. This leader demonstrates ownership and proactive leadership, identifies efficient solutions to tough challenges and guides the team to implement them, builds a culture of teamwork, and maintains excellent client relationships. Success requires a bachelor’s degree with 5 years of relevant experience (or equivalent), excellent written and verbal communication, strong analytical problem‑solving, the ability to shift priorities, leadership amid ambiguity, and perseverance to drive outcomes.

Key Functions

• Provide overall quality assurance leadership for the program, leading the testing team to produce complete, client-ready, high quality work products.

• Oversee quality of test execution across development teams, set testing standards and approaches, and mentor testers.

• Prepare quality assessments, reports, and metrics, formulating go/no-go statements based on reports and metrics, test progress, and defect status.

• Present test improvements and developments in daily progress meetings.

• Act as the main liaison communicating between the team and the rest of the internal and external organization.

• Lead execution of planned test cases, ensuring that all test results are correctly recorded against the system.

• Develop detailed work plans for engagements, status tracking and reporting, and production of high quality deliverables for clients, coordinating all testing roles and responsibilities within teams.

• Be responsible for all Test, Test Tools Development, and configuration management activities.

• Demonstrate ownership and accountability to drive successful results and outcomes for the team.

• Consistently demonstrate proactive leadership.

• Identify optimal and efficient solutions to tough challenges to consistently influence positive change and lead the team to implement identified solutions.

• Create a culture of teamwork.

• Maintain excellent client relationships.

• Propose and implement improvement recommendations by building consensus and commitment around corrective action.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and 5 years of relevant experience.

• An additional 2 years of experience with an Associate's Degree.

• An additional 4 years of experience with a high school diploma.

• Excellent verbal and written communications skills.

• Strong attention to detail with proven analytical and problem-solving skills.

• Can easily shift focus between high priority tasks as required.

• Demonstrates leadership in the face of ambiguity, rather than waiting for direction from above.

• Navigates through challenges to consistently get things over the finish line.

Preferred Qualifications or Skills

• Experience with 508 and automated testing tools including JAWS, Selenium, RestAssured.

• Experience with SQL queries in an Oracle DB infrastructure.

• Existing Public Trust clearance at the Department of Veterans Affairs or other federal agency.

• In depth knowledge of the mortgage industry.

• Experience implementing Salesforce and/or AWS solutions for the federal government or Department of Veterans Affairs specifically.

• Experience using JIRA, including the JIRA X-Ray plugin, and Confluence.

How We’ll Support You:

Keeping people satisfied is no small undertaking. At CADRE, our commitment to supporting employees extends further than conventional benefits. While we offer competitive industry-standard packages, our focus goes beyond transactional care.

This is why we developed the CADRE Cares Program which encompasses a range of benefits and initiatives aimed at enhancing the overall well-being and job satisfaction of employees.

We want to support our employees at the times they need it the most. We envision unwavering commitment to our employees that sets a new standard for compassionate and impactful business practices.

· CADRE Convoy Program: A dedicated support system designed to cater to your individual needs and enhance your overall well-being, no matter where you are.

· CADRE Connect Program: A series of intentional touchpoints, events, and initiatives that promote open communication and encourage continuous growth and development among team members.

· CADRE Compensation Program:

· 401k Safe Harbor Plans with matching & immediate vesting

· Medical, Dental, & Vision Plans

· Paid Time Off: Holidays, Vacation, Wellness, & Personal Leave Plans

· Continuing Education & Training Budget

· Office & Technology Budget

· Cell Phone Budget

· Wellness & Healthy Living Budget

· Awards & Bonuses

· Profit Sharing Plans

Who We Are:

We’re more than a government contracting company. We’re a cadre, a specialized team finely honed in providing innovative solutions that meet the complex and evolving needs of government agencies. We strategically mobilize, manage, and maintain specialized cadres using our RO(M³) model.

CADRE GOVERNMENT SOLUTIONS is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. We welcome and encourage diversity in our workforce.

It is the policy of CADRE GOVERNMENT SOLUTIONS to provide equal employment opportunity to all employees and qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other protected characteristic under federal, state, or local law.