Senior Test Manager

About the Company:

HLP Integration is a leading provider of data and document management solutions, specializing in tailored technologies that leverage machine learning and artificial intelligence. We work with commercial and government clients to identify critical information that facilitates conclusive business decisions with accuracy and efficiency.

HLP Integration partners with organizations to architect and implement technology ecosystems that drive measurable results. From systems integration and cloud infrastructure to digital transformation strategy, we deliver solutions that are built to scale. Our team thrives providing technologies that satisfy business strategy, and we’re looking for a dynamic leader who shares our passion for impact.

As a technology products development and systems integration business, HLP Integration is dedicated to delivering seamless, scalable solutions for clients across industries with a culture rooted in innovation, accountability, and excellence.

Description of Role

HLP Integration is seeking an experienced Test Manager to lead software testing and quality engineering activities supporting complex enterprise and government applications.
The Test Manager will be responsible for test strategy, planning, execution oversight, automation, quality metrics, defect management, and release readiness. This role will lead testing resources across Agile delivery teams and ensure solutions meet functional, performance, security, accessibility, and operational requirements.

Responsibilities

• Own and maintain the overall test strategy, test plans, standards, and quality processes.
• Lead and manage QA engineers, automation engineers, and other testing resources.
• Coordinate testing activities across multiple Agile teams, releases, applications, APIs, and external dependencies.
• Establish testing scope, schedules, resource needs, entry/exit criteria, and release-quality thresholds.
• Oversee functional, integration, regression, API, end-to-end, performance, accessibility, and automated testing.
• Establish and mature test automation frameworks and CI/CD integration.
• Ensure requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria are complete, testable, and traceable.
• Implement risk-based testing approaches focused on critical business and technical capabilities.
• Lead defect triage, prioritization, root-cause analysis, and resolution tracking.
• Define and report quality metrics including test execution, automation coverage, defect trends, escaped defects, requirements coverage, and release readiness.
• Provide testing status, risks, dependencies, and recommendations to program leadership and government stakeholders.
• Participate in backlog refinement, sprint planning, release planning, demonstrations, and other Agile ceremonies.
• Support release readiness and Go/No-Go activities by providing objective evidence of system quality and outstanding risk.
• Ensure testing complies with applicable Federal security, privacy, accessibility, and technical requirements.
• Promote shift-left testing, continuous testing, and quality engineering practices throughout the SDLC.
• Identify staffing, tooling, training, and process improvements needed to strengthen the testing organization.
• Mentor testing staff and establish consistent testing practices across teams.
• Experience integrating testing activities within ITIL processes such as Change Management, Release and Deployment Management, Incident Management, and Problem Management.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related discipline, or equivalent professional experience.
• 8+ years of software testing or quality engineering experience, including demonstrated testing leadership or management responsibilities.
• Experience managing testing for complex enterprise applications and integrated systems.
• Demonstrated experience creating and executing enterprise-level test strategies and plans.
• Strong understanding of Agile development, quality engineering, and the software development lifecycle.
• Experience with automated testing frameworks such as Playwright, Selenium, Cypress, Cucumber, Postman/Newman, REST Assured, pytest, or equivalent.
• Experience testing REST APIs, microservices, web applications, and distributed systems.
• Experience integrating automated testing into CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience with Jira, Confluence, Git-based workflows, and DevSecOps environments.
• Strong defect management, analytical, troubleshooting, and root-cause-analysis skills.
• Ability to communicate quality, risk, and release-readiness information to technical and executive stakeholders.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting Federal Government or Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) programs.
• Experience managing testing across multiple Scrum, Kanban, or SAFe teams.
• Experience with AWS or other cloud environments.
• Experience testing microservices, APIs, containerized applications, and event-driven architectures.
• Experience with performance and load-testing tools such as JMeter, k6, or Gatling.
• Knowledge of Section 508 accessibility testing and accessibility automation.
• Knowledge of DevSecOps, OWASP, security testing, and NIST requirements.
• Experience with Behavior-Driven Development (BDD) and modern quality-engineering practices.
• Experience with AI-assisted testing and test-generation technologies.
• ISTQB, ASTQB, or other recognized testing certification preferred.

Key Success Measures

Success in this role will be measured by improved automated test coverage, reduced production defects, earlier defect identification, predictable release quality, improved testing efficiency, and clear evidence-based assessments of production readiness.

Pay: $115,000.00 - $135,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Work Location: Remote