Lead Test Engineer / Quality Assurance

Overview

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Credence has an immediate need for a Lead Test / Quality Assurance Engineer to support the Foreign Military Sales – Army Case Execution System (FMS-ACES) Product Office. FMS-ACES is the first Defense Business System (DBS) program in the DoDI 5000.87 Software Acquisition Pathway, within PEO Enterprise, located in the Defense Integrated Business Systems (DIBS) portfolio. FMS-ACES is a cloud-based Platform as a Service (PaaS) providing a user-centric journey design that will modernize the Army’s FMS case execution and management processes from end to end. By stream-lining business processes, data standardization, integrated through state-of-the-art interface management, FMS-ACES will provide accurate case management and business analytics enabling real-time, accurate and informed data-drive decisions for Senior Leaders. FMS-ACES is in development and once fielded subsumes capabilities of a 50-year-old legacy system and consolidates two disparate systems into a single source of Army FMS data. The new system will exchange information with 26 distinct financial and logistic systems of record partners for end-to-end process execution. FMS-ACES will support 2000 users, incorporating 6,200 active FMS cases and 88,000 active requisitions.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to the duties listed below

• Develop, execute, and oversee comprehensive test plans tightly aligned with software development milestones under Agile methodologies
• Design detailed test scenarios and strategies for both functional (application features) and non-functional (performance, security, scalability) requirements
• Perform thorough front-end testing including evaluating visual design, validating user interactions, ensuring accessibility, and verifying consistency across devices and browsers
• Test data and interface transactions, verify integrated end-to-end ETL processes, and ensure accuracy and integrity of data exchanged with external systems
• Proactively identify defects, usability issues, and performance bottlenecks; maintain structured defect reports for transparency and follow-up
• Assess application speed and responsiveness, execute regression tests after code changes, and monitor visually and technically for unintended impacts
• Continuously refine and improve test processes, applying industry best practices and leveraging modern test automation tools
• Collaborate closely with developers, product managers, and key stakeholders to ensure technical and business objectives are met throughout the project lifecycle
• Prepare and deliver detailed test result reports for development teams and stakeholders to support informed decisions
• Validate and test UI features, supporting compliance with DoD requirements
• Oversee test automation implementation, leveraging tools such as Selenium, Cypress, and Playwright, and conduct performance testing as needed

Requirements

Minimum Required Experience :

Worksite location :

This role is 90 % Hybrid, with in-person attendance for quarterly onsite at our Arlington VA -Crystal City

Benefits