Quality Engineering Lead (Remote Opportunity)

VetsEZ is seeking a Quality Engineering Lead for a fully remote position on a federal healthcare technology program supporting the Department of Veterans Affairs. This role will lead quality strategy, test planning, and delivery assurance across multiple Agile teams, ensuring high-quality software delivery within a DevSecOps environment.

Responsibilities:

• Lead quality engineering strategy across multiple teams supporting software delivery, platform operations, and data integration initiatives
• Define and evolve testing approaches for functional, integration, regression, non-functional, and release validation activities
• Coordinate quality planning activities across product, engineering, and operations stakeholders to ensure release readiness and delivery confidence
• Establish and monitor quality metrics, defect trends, test coverage, and release health indicators
• Guide the adoption of test automation frameworks, CI/CD quality gates, and quality engineering best practices
• Review user stories, requirements, and technical designs to ensure testability and quality considerations are incorporated early in the development lifecycle
• Collaborate with Test Automation Engineers and developers to improve coverage across API, middleware, data, and UI layers
• Support root cause analysis, defect triage, and corrective actions for production and pre-production issues
• Mentor QA and test engineering personnel while driving continuous improvement initiatives across delivery teams
• Partner with release and program leadership to support milestone readiness, auditability, and delivery transparency
• Contribute to team objectives and take on additional responsibilities as needed

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related technical field, or equivalent experience
• 10+ years of experience in software quality assurance, test engineering, or quality leadership roles
• Experience leading test strategy and quality engineering activities for enterprise or federal technology programs
• Strong understanding of Agile delivery methodologies, CI/CD pipelines, and quality engineering practices within DevSecOps environments
• Experience supporting API, middleware, integration, data, and end-to-end system testing
• Knowledge of defect management, test management, and reporting tools such as Jira and related platforms
• Experience defining test plans, quality metrics, and release readiness criteria
• Strong communication, collaboration, and coordination skills across technical and non-technical teams
• Experience working closely with developers, product managers, and operations teams to improve software quality outcomes
• Ability to obtain and maintain a government clearance
• Experience supporting Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) or other federal healthcare initiatives
• Familiarity with healthcare interoperability standards, API-based integrations, or healthcare data workflows
• Experience with accessibility, security, compliance, or performance testing practices
• Relevant certifications in software testing, Agile, SAFe, or quality engineering methodologies
• Experience leading distributed or remote engineering and QA teams