1 month ago
Hanover, MD, USASenior
Base Salary
$170k - $220k/yr
Responsibilities
- Develop and improve program-level software and system testing strategies, methodologies, standards, and SOPs.
- Author, maintain, and execute test plans, procedures, cases, scripts, automated tests, and system verification plans.
- Define release acceptance criteria, regression methodologies, verification requirements, and test coverage approaches.
- Analyze requirements and system changes to determine verification methods, dependencies, impacts, and testability concerns.
- Perform unit, integration, system, regression, performance, functional, and acceptance testing across software and integrated systems.
- Analyze test results, troubleshoot failures, identify root causes and defects, coordinate remediation and retesting, and perform restoration-to-service testing.
- Maintain traceable, audit-ready test evidence and requirements documentation supporting releases and maintenance activities.
- Coordinate verification activities across development teams and provide technical guidance and mentoring to QA and test personnel.
- Evaluate testing tools and technologies and develop automation to improve coverage, repeatability, and efficiency.
Requirements
- A Master’s degree in Computer Science or a related field with eight years of applicable software QA/testing experience, or a Bachelor’s degree with thirteen years of experience.
- Security+ or equivalent certification is required.
- TS/SCI with Poly security clearance is required.
- Demonstrated experience developing and executing software or system test plans, cases, procedures, and verification activities.
- Experience analyzing requirements, developing testing approaches, maintaining automated tests or test automation frameworks, and troubleshooting complex failures.
- Working knowledge of Linux and Windows operating systems and experience with virtualized, containerized, or integrated environments.
- Experience with source control, defect tracking, test documentation, regression testing, Git-based workflows, and CI/CD pipelines.
- Experience applying Agile development and continuous integration practices to software testing is preferred.
- Experience establishing quality practices across multiple development teams and maintaining system verification plans, SOPs, release criteria, and audit-ready documentation is preferred.
Benefits
- Health, dental, and vision insurance.
- Paid time off and holidays.
- Retirement benefits including 401(k) matching.
- Educational reimbursement.
- Parental leave.
- Employee stock purchase plan.
- Tax-saving options.
- Disability and life insurance.
- Pet insurance.
- The role is based in Hanover, Maryland, with work in SCIF and non-SCIF environments; course support hours are 0700-1800 Monday through Friday, with contract core hours of 1000-1400 and occasional support outside course hours.
- The position was posted September 29, 2026, and is listed until filled.
About Amentum
Amentum provides engineering, operations and maintenance, logistics, and mission support services to U.S. federal agencies and allied governments, including defense and energy programs. Its business centers on large, long-term government contracts spanning defense, space, nuclear cleanup, and infrastructure, with program management and technical services at the core. Headquartered in Chantilly, Virginia, it was formed in 2020 from the spinoff of AECOM’s Management Services division.