Highlights
This strong commitment to our employees has been recognized by our inclusion on the Washington Business Journal’s “50 Best Places to Work” list as well as being a “Great Place to Work” certified company with a 4.6 star, and a 99% CEO approval Glassdoor rating. You will guide a testing team operating within a SAFe Agile, DevSecOps, and AWS GovCloud IL4/5 environment, ensuring high‑quality, secure, and reliable software releases.
Numbers & Facts
| Location | McLean, VA (Remote) |
| Industry | Computer/IT Services |
| Company Size | 500 to 999 employees |
| Year Founded | 2002 |
| Website | https://www.vmdcorp.com |
Description
Description
Testing Manager - Secret
Xcelerate Solutions is seeking a Testing Manager to support the Defense Logistics Agency. This role leads testing strategy, automation, and release validation across a mission‑critical DoD ecosystem of 34+ procurement, financial, logistics, and property management applications. You will guide a testing team operating within a SAFe Agile, DevSecOps, and AWS GovCloud IL4/5 environment, ensuring high‑quality, secure, and reliable software releases.
Clearance:
Secret
Location:
Remote
Responsibilities:
- Lead the testing team in planning, developing, executing, and maintaining manual and automated tests across SAFe Agile Iterations and Program Increments.
- Participate in Agile ceremonies (Daily Stand‑ups, Iteration Planning, Demos, Retrospectives) and ensure team alignment with SAFe and Scrum practices.
- Oversee creation, maintenance, and optimization of automated test suites using Selenium and other DevSecOps toolchains.
- Provide periodic test metrics, dashboards, and release readiness documentation to Project Leads and stakeholders.
- Develop testing strategies for each release, ensuring coverage of functional, non‑functional, and integration requirements.
- Collaborate with Project Leads to manage testing scope, timelines, and quality expectations.
- Support troubleshooting of release issues across CI/CD pipelines (GitLab, Jenkins, Nexus, Ansible, SonarQube).
- Review and validate the quality of test artifacts, automation scripts, and documentation delivered to the customer.
- Assist in decomposing epics, features, and user stories into detailed testable requirements.
Minimum Requirements:
- Active Secret Clearance
- Bachelor’s Degree in Software Quality Assurance, Software Development, Computer Science, or related field
- 5+ years of experience creating and executing manual and automated tests supporting CI/CD pipelines and DevOps environments
- Experience testing custom and COTS applications within Agile delivery teams
- Experience implementing and conducting software test automation using Selenium
- Experience with CI/CD and DevSecOps tools such as GitLab, IBM CLM, Nexus, Ansible, Jenkins, SonarQube
- Experience with enterprise tools such as Remedy, IBM Collaborative Lifecycle Management (CLM), and SharePoint
- Experience decomposing epics, features, and user stories into functional and non‑functional test requirements
- Experience supporting testing in cloud environments, preferably AWS GovCloud IL4/5
- Applicable SW Test Engineer Certification
Desired Certifications:
- DoD Approved 8570 Baseline Certification: Category IAT Level II.
- Applicable SAFe Certifications
About Xcelerate Solutions:
Founded in 2009 and headquartered in McLean, VA, Xcelerate Solutions (www.xceleratesolutions.com) is one of America's fastest-growing companies. Xcelerate’s culture is defined by our diversified workforce of dynamic and versatile professionals, supported with growth and development opportunities that contribute to individual and company growth. This strong commitment to our employees has been recognized by our inclusion on the Washington Business Journal’s “50 Best Places to Work” list as well as being a “Great Place to Work” certified company with a 4.6 star, and a 99% CEO approval Glassdoor rating. Come find out why Xcelerate Solutions is one of the DC Metro top employers!
Founded in 2009 and headquartered in McLean, VA, Xcelerate Solutions (www.xceleratesolutions.com) is one of America's fastest-growing companies. Xcelerate’s culture is defined by our diversified workforce of dynamic and versatile professionals, supported with growth and development opportunities that contribute to individual and company growth. This strong commitment to our employees has been recognized by our inclusion on the Washington Business Journal’s “50 Best Places to Work” list as well as being a “Great Place to Work” certified company with a 4.6 star, and a 99% CEO approval Glassdoor rating. Come find out why Xcelerate Solutions is one of the DC Metro top employers!
Xcelerate Solutions is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, age, equal pay, disability, veteran status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, or expression of another protected characteristic. As part of this commitment to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals, Xcelerate provides reasonable accommodations if needed because of an applicant's or an employee's disability.
Pay Transparency Notice: Xcelerate Solutions will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant.
Pay Transparency Notice: Xcelerate Solutions will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant.
Benefits
Parking, Prescription Drug Coverage, Professional Development, 401K, Employee Referral Program, Flexible Spending Accounts, Employee Events, Transportation Allowance, Tuition Reimbursement, Life Insurance, Military Leave
About Company
We are a team of visionary leaders who shift the paradigm to bring our customers game changing innovations and emerging technologies to strengthen their missions. As a Vision, Mission, and Driven company, VMD has been delivering information technology solutions to the Federal government in Agile Engineering, Cybersecurity, and Critical Infrastructure Protection since 2002.
Why Join VMD Corp?
At VMD you have the opportunity to thrive in your career and become a Game Changer. The quality and talent of our people is what drives the success of VMD. We embrace an employee-first culture and make it a priority to provide professional development opportunities that foster career growth.
We help protect American Citizens and the nation’s most critical infrastructure by working alongside our customers and delivering game changing solutions to strengthen their missions. We believe our passion and commitment to achieve our customers' goals and solve their most critical challenges defines who we are. We don’t just dream big, we act on it – through teamwork, dedication, and resilience.
Learn more about our Game Changing Culture here: VMD Culture
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