Lead Test Engineer

Job overview

The Lead Test Engineer role is hybrid in Suitland, MD, and the posting states a salary range of $140,000–$180,000. Revolutional provides technology solutions and mission support to federal agencies; this position supports a federal application transformation and modernization initiative. The engineer leads enterprise testing strategy, automation, and quality engineering across applications, APIs, cloud platforms, data pipelines, and distributed systems. The role coordinates testing across teams and vendors, integrates automated testing into delivery pipelines, and promotes quality practices that support reliable modernization without disrupting mission-critical operations.

What you'll do

• Lead testing and quality engineering across a modernization program
• design and maintain automated testing frameworks
• develop formal test plans, cases, scripts, scenarios, and readiness reports
• establish test data strategies
• integrate testing into CI/CD pipelines
• coordinate testing across systems, vendors, teams, and environments
• lead API, integration, regression, system, performance, load, and end-to-end testing
• manage defect lifecycle activities
• analyze quality trends and metrics
• collaborate with development, architecture, DevSecOps, and operations teams
• mentor test engineers.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

lead test engineer

quality engineering

test automation

federal modernization

cloud-native systems

ci/cd

devsecops

suitland md

hybrid

revolutional

$140k–$180k

public trust eligibility

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• Medical insurance options, employer-paid dental and vision options, employer-sponsored disability and life insurance, 5% 401(k) match, flexible schedules and teleworking options, paid holidays and PTO, paid parental leave, and professional development.

Why this role

The posting requires U.S. citizenship and ability to obtain and maintain Public Trust; travel is listed at 0–20%.

About the employer

Revolutional, LLC is hiring for this role. Industry: Engineering Services. Sector: 54.